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Saturday, November 12
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Wildcats Fight to the End, Fall to Bears
11/12/2022 9:12:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
GREELEY, Colorado – Weber State volleyball wrapped up its final road trip of the 2022 season with a 3-2 (11-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-18, 19-21) loss to Northern Colorado on Saturday night.
Northern Colorado jumped all over WSU to start the match. The opening frame was the Bears' from the start and they cruised to a 25-11 set win.
The following frame was significantly more competitive and the Wildcats were able to hang with the Bears until the final portions of the set, when the uber-experience Bears pulled away to finish out the set 25-18.
The Wildcats weren't done yet. Weber State, one of the youngest teams in the Big Sky Conference and regularly plays five freshmen, went toe-to-toe on the road against a team that has tons of senior experience and leadership.
Weber State fell behind early on in the set at 6-3, but a Makayla Sorensen kill capped of a six-point run to give the Wildcats a three-point lead. The two old rivals went back and forth and were tied at 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 points each before a Baylee Bodily kill gave WSU a set point, and a Dani Richins swing gave the 'Cats their 25th point to extend the match to a fourth set.
The ever-important momentum stayed with the purple and white in the fourth set. Kate Standifird served an ace to give WSU its initial lead in the set at 3-2, and the Wildcats never relinquished it from there. The 'Cats outhit (.204-.143), out-blocked (3-2), and out-aced (3-2) Northern Colorado in the fourth set and went on to win the set by seven points.
After being dropping the first two sets on the road on the Bears' senior night, the young Wildcats showed off their resilience to advance all the way to a fifth set. WSU certainly had its chances to close the match out with several match points, but the Northern Colorado seniors refused to be denied, and stole the fifth set from Weber State with a 21-19 victory; the Bears won the match by a final score of 3-2.
Weber State falls to 16-9 (10-4) on the year after splitting its last two matches on its final road trip of the regular season.
NOTABLES
-The Wildcats finish the regular season with a 7-5 road record, surpassing its 6-7 record away from Swenson Gym last season.
- Richins set a season high with 66 total attempts – one attempt shy of her career high – and tied her season high in kills with 24.
- With 11 digs in Saturday's match, Richins is now three digs shy of joining Weber State's 1,000 Dig Club.
- Emma Mangum tied her career high with 10 digs in a single match.
- Mangum (10 kills, 10 digs) Richins (24 kills, 11 digs) and Kate Standifird (48 assists, 16 digs) were the members of Saturday's double-double club.
UP NEXT
Weber State finishes its regular season with matches against Montana State on Thursday, November 17 and Montana on Saturday, November 19. Both matches will be in Swenson Gym and will start at 6:00. The Wildcats will be celebrating the academic and athletic careers of Emma Mangum and Riley Weinert prior to Saturday's match against the Griz.
All regular season and postseason home and Big Sky Conference matches can be seen on ESPN+.
TICKETS
Season and single match tickets are on sale and can be purchased online or by calling the Weber State ticket office at 801-626-8500.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Make sure to follow Weber State volleyball on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter to stay up to date with everything happening with the Wildcats.
Northern Colorado jumped all over WSU to start the match. The opening frame was the Bears' from the start and they cruised to a 25-11 set win.
The following frame was significantly more competitive and the Wildcats were able to hang with the Bears until the final portions of the set, when the uber-experience Bears pulled away to finish out the set 25-18.
The Wildcats weren't done yet. Weber State, one of the youngest teams in the Big Sky Conference and regularly plays five freshmen, went toe-to-toe on the road against a team that has tons of senior experience and leadership.
Weber State fell behind early on in the set at 6-3, but a Makayla Sorensen kill capped of a six-point run to give the Wildcats a three-point lead. The two old rivals went back and forth and were tied at 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 points each before a Baylee Bodily kill gave WSU a set point, and a Dani Richins swing gave the 'Cats their 25th point to extend the match to a fourth set.
The ever-important momentum stayed with the purple and white in the fourth set. Kate Standifird served an ace to give WSU its initial lead in the set at 3-2, and the Wildcats never relinquished it from there. The 'Cats outhit (.204-.143), out-blocked (3-2), and out-aced (3-2) Northern Colorado in the fourth set and went on to win the set by seven points.
After being dropping the first two sets on the road on the Bears' senior night, the young Wildcats showed off their resilience to advance all the way to a fifth set. WSU certainly had its chances to close the match out with several match points, but the Northern Colorado seniors refused to be denied, and stole the fifth set from Weber State with a 21-19 victory; the Bears won the match by a final score of 3-2.
Weber State falls to 16-9 (10-4) on the year after splitting its last two matches on its final road trip of the regular season.
NOTABLES
-The Wildcats finish the regular season with a 7-5 road record, surpassing its 6-7 record away from Swenson Gym last season.
- Richins set a season high with 66 total attempts – one attempt shy of her career high – and tied her season high in kills with 24.
- With 11 digs in Saturday's match, Richins is now three digs shy of joining Weber State's 1,000 Dig Club.
- Emma Mangum tied her career high with 10 digs in a single match.
- Mangum (10 kills, 10 digs) Richins (24 kills, 11 digs) and Kate Standifird (48 assists, 16 digs) were the members of Saturday's double-double club.
UP NEXT
Weber State finishes its regular season with matches against Montana State on Thursday, November 17 and Montana on Saturday, November 19. Both matches will be in Swenson Gym and will start at 6:00. The Wildcats will be celebrating the academic and athletic careers of Emma Mangum and Riley Weinert prior to Saturday's match against the Griz.
All regular season and postseason home and Big Sky Conference matches can be seen on ESPN+.
TICKETS
Season and single match tickets are on sale and can be purchased online or by calling the Weber State ticket office at 801-626-8500.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Make sure to follow Weber State volleyball on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter to stay up to date with everything happening with the Wildcats.
Team Stats
Weber
UNC
Kills
63
68
Errors
33
21
Attempts
213
192
Hitting %
.141
.245
Points
82
83
Assists
56
65
Aces
5
3
Blocks
14
12
Game Leaders
Kills
24
Aces
3
Blocks
2
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
7
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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