Thursday, November 20
Boise, Idaho
6 p.m.
Boise State
vs
Nevada
Broncos Close Out Home Slate with Nevada, Air Force
11/19/2025 8:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
It will be the first meetings of the season between the teams
FIRST SERVE
Boise State will close out its 2025 regular season with a pair of home matches this week … the Broncos will host Nevada on Thursday (6 p.m., MW Network) and then take on Air Force on Saturday (12 p.m., MW Network) … It will be Boise State's seventh and eighth home matches in its last 12 matches overall, since Oct. 16 … The Broncos are 8-5 in Bronco Gym this season.
Match 28 (November 20, 6 p.m.)
Boise State (17-10, 9-7 MW) vs. Nevada (8-18, 4-12 MW)
Promotions: Black Out
Series: Boise State leads, 41-30
Notes: This is the first and only meeting of the season between the Broncos and Wolf Pack … Boise State has won four straight against Nevada, a stretch dating back to 2023 … The Broncos have won nine of the last 10 meetings …. Over the last 10 meetings, the Broncos have won 28 of the 34 sets, notching six sweeps over the stretch … Boise State has won two straight at home in the series.
Match 29 (November 22, 12 p.m.)
Boise State (17-10, 9-7 MW^) vs. Air Force (15-13, 7-9 MW^)
^Boise State vs. Nevada on Thursday/Air Force vs. Utah State on Thursday
Promotions: Senior Day, Trading Card Giveaway
Series: Boise State leads 21-7
Notes: This is the first meeting of the season between the Broncos and Falcons … Boise State has won two straight against Air Force and three of the last four meetings … The Broncos are 11-1 all-time against the Falcons in Boise.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats and live stream for all games are available on BroncoSports.com … follow Boise State volleyball @BroncoSportsVB on X and @boisestatevb on IG.
LAST WEEK
For the seventh week in a row, Boise State split its matches as it dropped a four-set contest at San Jose State on Thursday before sweeping Fresno State on Saturday … Against the Spartans, the Broncos captured the first set before dropping the final three … Boise State was out-hit, .268-.219, by San Jose State as the Spartans had 10 blocks to the Broncos' four …. On Saturday, the Broncos turned in their best hitting percentage of the season to sweep the Bulldogs … Boise State hit .348 and four players with nine or more kills … Five attackers had at least 15 swings and none had more than 25.
LOOKING AHEAD
Boise State needs one win this week to clinch a spot in the Mountain West Volleyball Championship, which will be held next week in Las Vegas …. The Broncos could also gain entry with a loss by both Air Force and San Jose State … Air Force plays regular season conference champion Utah State on Thursday and San Jose State plays at San Diego State (Thursday) and UNLV (Saturday) … Boise State enters the week as the No. 4 seed in the six-team tournament … The Broncos could climb as high as the No. 3 seed (with two wins and two Wyoming losses) and drop to the No. 6 seed … No matter its results this week, Boise State will open the tournament with the first round on Wednesday, Nov. 26.
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*Tiebreak points are used if a head-to-head season series is split 1-1
NCAA RANKINGS
Boise State is among the best in the nation in several defensive categories.
Team Blocks/Set
11. Auburn - 2.80
12. Pitt - 2.80
13. Boise State - 2.80
14. Colorado State - 2.76
Team Total Blocks
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN (WEST)
Boise State leads the Mountain West in several categories.
Team Blocks/Set (All Matches)
Team Digs/Set (All Matches)
Team Assists/Set (All Matches)
SENIOR DAY
Saturday will be the final home match for six Broncos:
HEATING UP
Senior outside hitter Kaitlyn Jager is coming off one of her best weeks as a Bronco as the first-year transfer averaged 3.71 kills/set (26 kills) and 2.14 digs/set (15 digs) in the two matches last week … She had first double-double in her Boise State career against San Jose State with 17 kills and 10 digs … Two days later, she had nine kills on a .381 attack percentage with five digs against Fresno State … Jager is the first Bronco newcomer (non-freshman) with 200 kills, 100 digs and 70 blocks in a single-season since Morgan Hughes (Saint Mary's transfer) in 2018 … Jager has 213 kills, 101 digs and 72 blocks this year.
COTTON CAREER ACES
Senior setter Elle Cotton had one ace last week, which improved her career total to 98 aces … Cotton enters the final week of the regular season ranked eighth in Boise State's rally-scoring era in career aces … Cotton would become the 25th Bronco all-time to have 100 career aces when she reaches that threshold … She would also join teammate Bre Mitchell in the 100-career ace club … Mitchell reached the century mark in career aces earlier this season and has 111 in her career entering this week.
Career Aces, Rally-Scoring Era
BLOCK PARTY
Boise State is looking to do something only done three times in the program's rally-scoring era: total 300 or more blocks as a team in a season … The Broncos enter this week with 297.5 team blocks, which are already tied for fourth-most in team history during the rally-scoring era (since 2001) … Boise State needs 8.5 more blocks to tie for third … This year's total team blocks are the most in a season for the Broncos since they set the rally-scoring record with 358.5 in 2021 (129 sets).
Total Blocks (Rally-Scoring Era)
BLOCKING DUO
Junior Layla Smith and redshirt freshman Eliza Sharp have become one of the top blocking duos in the Mountain West this season as the two are fourth and fifth, respectively, in the conference in blocks per set this season in all matches … Smith is averaging 1.38 blocks per set this year while Sharp is averaging 1.29 … Smith has 139 total blocks this year, which are the sixth-most by a Bronco in a single-season in the rally scoring era … Sharp, meanwhile, is 10th on the rally-scoring list for most blocks in a season with 128 … Both are top-50 in the country in blocks per set: Smith is 36th and Sharp is 43rd.
Season Blocks (Rally Scoring Era)
4. Alisha King (2010) - 140
    Alyssa Wissinger (2021) - 140
6. Layla Smith (2025) - 139
7. Jessica Donahue (2018) - 135
8. Morgan Hughes (2018) - 133
9. Sadie Maughan (2010) - 131
10. Eliza Sharp (2025) - 128
PROTECTING THE BACK LINE
Senior libero Bre Mitchell recorded 37 digs last week, as she now has a team-best 412 this season … Mitchell is 23 digs away from matching her career-high (435), which was set last year …. In three seasons as a Bronco, Mitchell has 1,210 career digs, which are tied for ninth all-time in program history … She is the first Bronco to tally 1,200+ career digs since Maddi Osburn had a program-record 1,756 from 2014-17 … Mitchell's 3.79 digs/set in her career is currently the second-best average in school history.
Career Digs (Rally-Scoring Era)
1. Maddi Osburn (2014-17) - 1,756
2. Jackie Stroud (2003-06) - 1,491
3. Lauren Hamm (2007-10) - 1,250
    Amanda Remy (2008-11) - 1,250
5. Kersti Whitney (2009-12) - 1,223
6. Bre Mitchell (2023-Current) - 1,210
Career Digs (All-Time)
8. Kersti Whitney (2009-12) - 1,223
9. Bre Mitchell (2023-Current) - 1,210
Career Digs/Set (Rally-Scoring Era and All-Time)
1. Maddi Osburn - 4.06 (2014-17)
2. Bre Mitchell - 3.79 (2023-Current)
     Jackie Stroud - 3.76 (2003-06)
4. Amanda Remy - 3.32 (2008-11)
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Boise State will close out its 2025 regular season with a pair of home matches this week … the Broncos will host Nevada on Thursday (6 p.m., MW Network) and then take on Air Force on Saturday (12 p.m., MW Network) … It will be Boise State's seventh and eighth home matches in its last 12 matches overall, since Oct. 16 … The Broncos are 8-5 in Bronco Gym this season.
Match 28 (November 20, 6 p.m.)
Boise State (17-10, 9-7 MW) vs. Nevada (8-18, 4-12 MW)
Promotions: Black Out
Series: Boise State leads, 41-30
Notes: This is the first and only meeting of the season between the Broncos and Wolf Pack … Boise State has won four straight against Nevada, a stretch dating back to 2023 … The Broncos have won nine of the last 10 meetings …. Over the last 10 meetings, the Broncos have won 28 of the 34 sets, notching six sweeps over the stretch … Boise State has won two straight at home in the series.
Match 29 (November 22, 12 p.m.)
Boise State (17-10, 9-7 MW^) vs. Air Force (15-13, 7-9 MW^)
^Boise State vs. Nevada on Thursday/Air Force vs. Utah State on Thursday
Promotions: Senior Day, Trading Card Giveaway
Series: Boise State leads 21-7
Notes: This is the first meeting of the season between the Broncos and Falcons … Boise State has won two straight against Air Force and three of the last four meetings … The Broncos are 11-1 all-time against the Falcons in Boise.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats and live stream for all games are available on BroncoSports.com … follow Boise State volleyball @BroncoSportsVB on X and @boisestatevb on IG.
LAST WEEK
For the seventh week in a row, Boise State split its matches as it dropped a four-set contest at San Jose State on Thursday before sweeping Fresno State on Saturday … Against the Spartans, the Broncos captured the first set before dropping the final three … Boise State was out-hit, .268-.219, by San Jose State as the Spartans had 10 blocks to the Broncos' four …. On Saturday, the Broncos turned in their best hitting percentage of the season to sweep the Bulldogs … Boise State hit .348 and four players with nine or more kills … Five attackers had at least 15 swings and none had more than 25.
LOOKING AHEAD
Boise State needs one win this week to clinch a spot in the Mountain West Volleyball Championship, which will be held next week in Las Vegas …. The Broncos could also gain entry with a loss by both Air Force and San Jose State … Air Force plays regular season conference champion Utah State on Thursday and San Jose State plays at San Diego State (Thursday) and UNLV (Saturday) … Boise State enters the week as the No. 4 seed in the six-team tournament … The Broncos could climb as high as the No. 3 seed (with two wins and two Wyoming losses) and drop to the No. 6 seed … No matter its results this week, Boise State will open the tournament with the first round on Wednesday, Nov. 26.
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| Team | Tiebreak Points (Based on Set Wins) |
| Wyoming | 32 |
| Boise State | 29 |
| Grand Canyon | 28 |
| San Diego State | 24 |
NCAA RANKINGS
Boise State is among the best in the nation in several defensive categories.
Team Blocks/Set
11. Auburn - 2.80
12. Pitt - 2.80
13. Boise State - 2.80
14. Colorado State - 2.76
Team Total Blocks
- Utah Valley - 309.0
- Fordham - 303.0
- Louisville - 301.5
- Miami (OH) - 295.5
- Boise State - 293.5
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN (WEST)
Boise State leads the Mountain West in several categories.
Team Blocks/Set (All Matches)
- Boise State - 2.80
- Colorado State - 2.76
- Wyoming - 2.73
Team Digs/Set (All Matches)
- Wyoming - 15.32
- Boise State - 15.08
- New Mexico - 14.80
Team Assists/Set (All Matches)
- Utah State - 13.18
- Boise State - 12.61
- Colorado State - 12.46
SENIOR DAY
Saturday will be the final home match for six Broncos:
HEATING UP
Senior outside hitter Kaitlyn Jager is coming off one of her best weeks as a Bronco as the first-year transfer averaged 3.71 kills/set (26 kills) and 2.14 digs/set (15 digs) in the two matches last week … She had first double-double in her Boise State career against San Jose State with 17 kills and 10 digs … Two days later, she had nine kills on a .381 attack percentage with five digs against Fresno State … Jager is the first Bronco newcomer (non-freshman) with 200 kills, 100 digs and 70 blocks in a single-season since Morgan Hughes (Saint Mary's transfer) in 2018 … Jager has 213 kills, 101 digs and 72 blocks this year.
COTTON CAREER ACES
Senior setter Elle Cotton had one ace last week, which improved her career total to 98 aces … Cotton enters the final week of the regular season ranked eighth in Boise State's rally-scoring era in career aces … Cotton would become the 25th Bronco all-time to have 100 career aces when she reaches that threshold … She would also join teammate Bre Mitchell in the 100-career ace club … Mitchell reached the century mark in career aces earlier this season and has 111 in her career entering this week.
Career Aces, Rally-Scoring Era
- Paige Bartsch - 137
- Lauren Ohlinger - 135
- Cameron Flunder - 117
- Bre Mitchell - 111
- Lauren Hamm - 103
- Sierra Nobley - 102
- Jackie Stroud - 101
- Elle Cotton - 98
BLOCK PARTY
Boise State is looking to do something only done three times in the program's rally-scoring era: total 300 or more blocks as a team in a season … The Broncos enter this week with 297.5 team blocks, which are already tied for fourth-most in team history during the rally-scoring era (since 2001) … Boise State needs 8.5 more blocks to tie for third … This year's total team blocks are the most in a season for the Broncos since they set the rally-scoring record with 358.5 in 2021 (129 sets).
Total Blocks (Rally-Scoring Era)
- 358.5 (2021)
- 328.0 (2019)
- 306.0 (2018)
- 297.5 (2010), 297.5 (2025)
BLOCKING DUO
Junior Layla Smith and redshirt freshman Eliza Sharp have become one of the top blocking duos in the Mountain West this season as the two are fourth and fifth, respectively, in the conference in blocks per set this season in all matches … Smith is averaging 1.38 blocks per set this year while Sharp is averaging 1.29 … Smith has 139 total blocks this year, which are the sixth-most by a Bronco in a single-season in the rally scoring era … Sharp, meanwhile, is 10th on the rally-scoring list for most blocks in a season with 128 … Both are top-50 in the country in blocks per set: Smith is 36th and Sharp is 43rd.
Season Blocks (Rally Scoring Era)
4. Alisha King (2010) - 140
    Alyssa Wissinger (2021) - 140
6. Layla Smith (2025) - 139
7. Jessica Donahue (2018) - 135
8. Morgan Hughes (2018) - 133
9. Sadie Maughan (2010) - 131
10. Eliza Sharp (2025) - 128
PROTECTING THE BACK LINE
Senior libero Bre Mitchell recorded 37 digs last week, as she now has a team-best 412 this season … Mitchell is 23 digs away from matching her career-high (435), which was set last year …. In three seasons as a Bronco, Mitchell has 1,210 career digs, which are tied for ninth all-time in program history … She is the first Bronco to tally 1,200+ career digs since Maddi Osburn had a program-record 1,756 from 2014-17 … Mitchell's 3.79 digs/set in her career is currently the second-best average in school history.
Career Digs (Rally-Scoring Era)
1. Maddi Osburn (2014-17) - 1,756
2. Jackie Stroud (2003-06) - 1,491
3. Lauren Hamm (2007-10) - 1,250
    Amanda Remy (2008-11) - 1,250
5. Kersti Whitney (2009-12) - 1,223
6. Bre Mitchell (2023-Current) - 1,210
Career Digs (All-Time)
8. Kersti Whitney (2009-12) - 1,223
9. Bre Mitchell (2023-Current) - 1,210
Career Digs/Set (Rally-Scoring Era and All-Time)
1. Maddi Osburn - 4.06 (2014-17)
2. Bre Mitchell - 3.79 (2023-Current)
     Jackie Stroud - 3.76 (2003-06)
4. Amanda Remy - 3.32 (2008-11)
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