Thursday, November 18
Boise, Idaho
7 p.m. MT
Boise State
vs
Wyoming
Broncos close regular season with homestand against the Cowgirls and Rams
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Boise State hosts two big matches as it tries to qualify for next week's MW Championship in Las Vegas.
MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY, FINAL WEEKÂ
Thursday, Nov. 18
THIS WEEK IN BRONCO VOLLEYBALL
WHAT'S HAPPENING: Boise State heads into the final week of the regular season at 20-9 overall and 9-7 in Mountain West play. This week Boise State hosts two big contests when Wyoming (16-12, 8-8 MW) comes to town for 7 p.m. (Mountain) first serve on Thursday, followed by a 12 p.m. (MT) encounter on Saturday with current MW leader Colorado State (17-8, 13-3 MW) in the finale.Â
WHAT'S AT STAKE: The Broncos are looking to qualify for the first Mountain West Conference Championship tournament to be held since 2011. The tournament will feature the top-six teams from the regular season standings in a single-elimination format next week at Las Vegas (Nov. 14-16) in Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus. Boise State is currently sitting in sixth-place and needs to beat Wyoming to guarantee it advances to the tournament, otherwise it is wait and see.
SENIOR DAY:Â The Broncos will honor their four seniors, Jessica Donahue, Danielle Boss, Shae Duffy and Alli O'Harra with a pre-match ceremony on Saturday in Bronco Gym.Â
SCOUTING BOISE STATE: The Broncos enter the week coming off a road split defeating Nevada (3-0) before falling at San Jose State (3-1) to snap a five-match win streak. Through 29 matches, Boise State is led by Lauren Ohlinger who has recorded team highs for kills (384), service aces (47) and points (460.5). The junior outside hitter leads the MW and is ranked 48th nationally for kills, 12th nationally for total service aces (2nd MW) and 36th in total points (2nd MW). Alyssa Wissinger is next with 171 kills and 128 blocks (1st MW).
As a team, Boise State hits .263 percent (2nd MW / 29th NCAA) and holds opponents to .194 percent (4th MW). The Broncos average 12.63 kills per set (6th MW), 2.75 blocks (1st MW / 9th NCAA) and 1.85 service aces (3rd MW / 18th NCAA). Boise State leads the MW and is second nationally for total blocks (297.5), and is first in the MW and seventh in NCAA for total service aces (200).Â
SCOUTING WYOMING: The Cowgirls enter the week at 16-12 overall and 8-8 in MW play, eighth place. They are coming off a pair of home wins last week over Colorado State (3-2) and Fresno State (3-1) to extend win streak to three. KC McMahon and Naya Shime lead Wyoming with 287 kills apiece. As a team, Wyoming hits .229 percent (5th MW) while their opponents have hit .217 (8th MW). Wyoming was picked to place fourth in the 2021 MW race.Â
THE WYOMING SERIES: Â The all-time series is led by the Cowgirls at 16-15 overall. The Broncos won the first meeting this year 3-0 in Laramie (Sept. 25). Boise State leads the series in contests played at Boise by a six-win margin, 9-3. In addition, the Broncos also lead the conference series 11-9.
THE LAST TIME THE BRONCOS AND COWGIRLS MET: Â LARAMIE, Wyo. (Sept. 25) - Â Boise State swept Wyoming in three tight sets (25-21, 25-22, 25-19) out hitting the Cowgirls .409 percent to .191 percent. Leading the charge for the Broncos were freshman Jordan Miller, who had a career match with a team-high 15 kills while hitting .393 percent, and Lauren Ohlinger who followed by hitting an impressive .458 percent with 13 kills to go with seven digs. For Wyoming it was the Naya Shime show tallying 16 kills while hitting .400 percent, no one else reached double-figure kills.
SCOUTING COLORADO STATE: Colorado State enters the week in first place of the conference standings at 17-8 overall and 13-3 in league. They travel to Utah State on Thursday prior to their match in Boise Saturday afternoon. The Rams have a balanced offense with four players recording 200-plus kills on the year led by Kennedy Stanford with 282 and Annie Sullivan with 254. As a team, CSU hits .246 percent (3rd MW) while their opponents have hit .201 percent (5th MW). Colorado State was picked to finish third in the 2021 Mountain West race.Â
THE COLORADO STATE SERIES: Â Colorado State has dominated the series and owns a 20-1 advantage all-time. The Rams swept the first meeting of the fall in Fort Collins (Sept. 23). CSU is 8-1 in Boise and leads the MW series 18-1.Â
THE LAST TIME VERSUS COLORADO STATE:  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Sept. 23) - The Fort Collins jinx continued for Boise State who was swept on the road in its Mountain West Conference opener. Boise State has never won in Fort Collins and is now 0-12 all-time. Lauren Ohlinger led the Broncos with a team-high 12 kills — she was the only Bronco in double-figure kills — while hitting .242 percent. Kennedy Stanford led the Rams with 13 kills and eight digs. Neither team hit the ball particularly well with Boise State finishing at .128 percent to CSU's .198 percent. The Broncos led late in both the second and third sets but were unable to hold off late Ram rallies to fall on the road 25-22, 25-23, 25-22, which snapped a nine-match win streak for the Blue and Orange.
FOLLOW THE ACTION: If you cannot attend, the best way to follow the action is by going to the volleyball schedule on BroncoSports.com and clicking on the appropriate "Live Scoring" and/or "Live Stream" links for the particular match you want to follow. For home and Mountain West contests the live stream is free of charge courtesy of the Mountain West Network.Â
ADMISSION: The price for attending the matches remains the same as in past years: $6 for adults, $4 for juniors (high school age and younger) and seniors 62 or older. Boise State students with valid ID cards and children two and under get in for free.Â
In addition, for the first time Boise State will be selling match tickets in advance for all volleyball home contests in 2021. Fans can purchase individual match tickets at the Boise State Ticket Office on the west side of Albertsons Stadium or via the internet at BroncoSports.com. Seating is limited due to COVID safety protocols that are in place for the 2021 campaign. So purchase your tickets early.
NOTES: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BRONCO VOLLEYBALLÂ
DONAHUE SETS RALLY SCORING ERA BLOCKS RECORD: Â Jessica Donahue has set the school's career blocks record for the rally scoring era (2001-present) 430 ... previous record was 420, she set the record at Nevada (Nov. 11) with 424.
WINNING SEASON:Â At 20-9, Boise State is guaranteed its seventh-consecutive winning season and 10th during the 13-year tenure of head coach Shawn Garus.Â
WELCOME TO THE BLOCK PARTY:Â The Broncos' frontline has recorded double-digit team blocks in 18 of 29 contests to date with a high of 18 against San Jose State (Sept. 30), tied for 12th all-time and tied for third during the rally scoring era (RSE).Â
THE BLUE WALL NATIONALLY RANKED:Â The Broncos lead the Mountain West and are ranked second nationally in total blocks with 297.5. The Blue Wall also leads the MW and is ninth in the NCAA for blocks per set at 2.75.Â
BOSS AT SETTER:Â Senior Danielle Boss entered the season ranked ninth all-time and fifth in the rally scoring era (RSE) for career assists at Boise State with 2,151. She has recorded 964 to move into sixth place overall and third in RSE with 3,115.
WISSINGER LEADS MW AND NATIONALLY RANKED FOR BLOCKS: Alyssa Wissinger is ranked first in the Mountain West and 13th in NCAA for blocks per set at 1.36, she also leads the MW and is 15th nationally  for total blocks with 128. Â
BOSS LEADS LEAGUE IN ASSISTS:Â Dani Boss is ranked first in the MW for total assists with 964 and is second for assists per set at 10.15. Â
OHLINGER NATIONALLY RANKED:Â Lauren Ohlinger is ranked 12th in the NCAA for total service aces (47), 35th nationally for service aces per set (0.44), 48th for total kills (384) and 36th for total points (460.5). Â
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Thursday, Nov. 18
- 7 p.m. | Wyoming at Boise State | Live Scoring | MW Network
- Parking in the Albertsons Stadium west lot next to Bronco Gym
- 12 p.m. | Colorado State at Boise State | Live Scoring | MW Network
- Parking in the Lincoln Parking Garage on the corner of University and Lincoln.
THIS WEEK IN BRONCO VOLLEYBALL
WHAT'S HAPPENING: Boise State heads into the final week of the regular season at 20-9 overall and 9-7 in Mountain West play. This week Boise State hosts two big contests when Wyoming (16-12, 8-8 MW) comes to town for 7 p.m. (Mountain) first serve on Thursday, followed by a 12 p.m. (MT) encounter on Saturday with current MW leader Colorado State (17-8, 13-3 MW) in the finale.Â
WHAT'S AT STAKE: The Broncos are looking to qualify for the first Mountain West Conference Championship tournament to be held since 2011. The tournament will feature the top-six teams from the regular season standings in a single-elimination format next week at Las Vegas (Nov. 14-16) in Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus. Boise State is currently sitting in sixth-place and needs to beat Wyoming to guarantee it advances to the tournament, otherwise it is wait and see.
SENIOR DAY:Â The Broncos will honor their four seniors, Jessica Donahue, Danielle Boss, Shae Duffy and Alli O'Harra with a pre-match ceremony on Saturday in Bronco Gym.Â
SCOUTING BOISE STATE: The Broncos enter the week coming off a road split defeating Nevada (3-0) before falling at San Jose State (3-1) to snap a five-match win streak. Through 29 matches, Boise State is led by Lauren Ohlinger who has recorded team highs for kills (384), service aces (47) and points (460.5). The junior outside hitter leads the MW and is ranked 48th nationally for kills, 12th nationally for total service aces (2nd MW) and 36th in total points (2nd MW). Alyssa Wissinger is next with 171 kills and 128 blocks (1st MW).
As a team, Boise State hits .263 percent (2nd MW / 29th NCAA) and holds opponents to .194 percent (4th MW). The Broncos average 12.63 kills per set (6th MW), 2.75 blocks (1st MW / 9th NCAA) and 1.85 service aces (3rd MW / 18th NCAA). Boise State leads the MW and is second nationally for total blocks (297.5), and is first in the MW and seventh in NCAA for total service aces (200).Â
SCOUTING WYOMING: The Cowgirls enter the week at 16-12 overall and 8-8 in MW play, eighth place. They are coming off a pair of home wins last week over Colorado State (3-2) and Fresno State (3-1) to extend win streak to three. KC McMahon and Naya Shime lead Wyoming with 287 kills apiece. As a team, Wyoming hits .229 percent (5th MW) while their opponents have hit .217 (8th MW). Wyoming was picked to place fourth in the 2021 MW race.Â
THE WYOMING SERIES: Â The all-time series is led by the Cowgirls at 16-15 overall. The Broncos won the first meeting this year 3-0 in Laramie (Sept. 25). Boise State leads the series in contests played at Boise by a six-win margin, 9-3. In addition, the Broncos also lead the conference series 11-9.
THE LAST TIME THE BRONCOS AND COWGIRLS MET: Â LARAMIE, Wyo. (Sept. 25) - Â Boise State swept Wyoming in three tight sets (25-21, 25-22, 25-19) out hitting the Cowgirls .409 percent to .191 percent. Leading the charge for the Broncos were freshman Jordan Miller, who had a career match with a team-high 15 kills while hitting .393 percent, and Lauren Ohlinger who followed by hitting an impressive .458 percent with 13 kills to go with seven digs. For Wyoming it was the Naya Shime show tallying 16 kills while hitting .400 percent, no one else reached double-figure kills.
SCOUTING COLORADO STATE: Colorado State enters the week in first place of the conference standings at 17-8 overall and 13-3 in league. They travel to Utah State on Thursday prior to their match in Boise Saturday afternoon. The Rams have a balanced offense with four players recording 200-plus kills on the year led by Kennedy Stanford with 282 and Annie Sullivan with 254. As a team, CSU hits .246 percent (3rd MW) while their opponents have hit .201 percent (5th MW). Colorado State was picked to finish third in the 2021 Mountain West race.Â
THE COLORADO STATE SERIES: Â Colorado State has dominated the series and owns a 20-1 advantage all-time. The Rams swept the first meeting of the fall in Fort Collins (Sept. 23). CSU is 8-1 in Boise and leads the MW series 18-1.Â
THE LAST TIME VERSUS COLORADO STATE:  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Sept. 23) - The Fort Collins jinx continued for Boise State who was swept on the road in its Mountain West Conference opener. Boise State has never won in Fort Collins and is now 0-12 all-time. Lauren Ohlinger led the Broncos with a team-high 12 kills — she was the only Bronco in double-figure kills — while hitting .242 percent. Kennedy Stanford led the Rams with 13 kills and eight digs. Neither team hit the ball particularly well with Boise State finishing at .128 percent to CSU's .198 percent. The Broncos led late in both the second and third sets but were unable to hold off late Ram rallies to fall on the road 25-22, 25-23, 25-22, which snapped a nine-match win streak for the Blue and Orange.
FOLLOW THE ACTION: If you cannot attend, the best way to follow the action is by going to the volleyball schedule on BroncoSports.com and clicking on the appropriate "Live Scoring" and/or "Live Stream" links for the particular match you want to follow. For home and Mountain West contests the live stream is free of charge courtesy of the Mountain West Network.Â
ADMISSION: The price for attending the matches remains the same as in past years: $6 for adults, $4 for juniors (high school age and younger) and seniors 62 or older. Boise State students with valid ID cards and children two and under get in for free.Â
In addition, for the first time Boise State will be selling match tickets in advance for all volleyball home contests in 2021. Fans can purchase individual match tickets at the Boise State Ticket Office on the west side of Albertsons Stadium or via the internet at BroncoSports.com. Seating is limited due to COVID safety protocols that are in place for the 2021 campaign. So purchase your tickets early.
NOTES: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BRONCO VOLLEYBALLÂ
DONAHUE SETS RALLY SCORING ERA BLOCKS RECORD: Â Jessica Donahue has set the school's career blocks record for the rally scoring era (2001-present) 430 ... previous record was 420, she set the record at Nevada (Nov. 11) with 424.
WINNING SEASON:Â At 20-9, Boise State is guaranteed its seventh-consecutive winning season and 10th during the 13-year tenure of head coach Shawn Garus.Â
WELCOME TO THE BLOCK PARTY:Â The Broncos' frontline has recorded double-digit team blocks in 18 of 29 contests to date with a high of 18 against San Jose State (Sept. 30), tied for 12th all-time and tied for third during the rally scoring era (RSE).Â
THE BLUE WALL NATIONALLY RANKED:Â The Broncos lead the Mountain West and are ranked second nationally in total blocks with 297.5. The Blue Wall also leads the MW and is ninth in the NCAA for blocks per set at 2.75.Â
BOSS AT SETTER:Â Senior Danielle Boss entered the season ranked ninth all-time and fifth in the rally scoring era (RSE) for career assists at Boise State with 2,151. She has recorded 964 to move into sixth place overall and third in RSE with 3,115.
WISSINGER LEADS MW AND NATIONALLY RANKED FOR BLOCKS: Alyssa Wissinger is ranked first in the Mountain West and 13th in NCAA for blocks per set at 1.36, she also leads the MW and is 15th nationally  for total blocks with 128. Â
BOSS LEADS LEAGUE IN ASSISTS:Â Dani Boss is ranked first in the MW for total assists with 964 and is second for assists per set at 10.15. Â
OHLINGER NATIONALLY RANKED:Â Lauren Ohlinger is ranked 12th in the NCAA for total service aces (47), 35th nationally for service aces per set (0.44), 48th for total kills (384) and 36th for total points (460.5). Â
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