Falcons Head North to Face Wyoming, Colorado State

The Air Force volleyball team wraps up the road portion of the regular season this week, as it heads north on Interstate-25 for a pair of road contests at Wyoming and Colorado State. The Falcons will face the Cowgirls at the UniWyo Sports Complex in Laramie on Thursday, Nov. 10, before taking on the Rams at Moby Arena in Fort Collins on Saturday, Nov. 12.

MATCH INFORMATION
Thursday's match at Wyoming will begin at 5:30 p.m., while Saturday's contest at CSU is slated for a noon start. Live stats and video will be available for both matches, with direct links available on the team's schedule page. Both matches will also be streamed on the Mountain West App (available on Android, IOS, Apple TC, Roku, and Android TV).

MATCH 27 | NOV 10 | 5:30 PM MT
Air Force at Wyoming
Laramie, Wyo. | UniWyo Sports Complex
Watch Live | Live Stats

MATCH 28 | NOV 12 | 12:00 PM MT
Air Force at Colorado State
Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena
Watch Live | Live Stats

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Wyoming is 10-16 on the year and 6-8 in conference play after dropping a pair of road contests to Nevada (2-3) and San Jose State (1-3) last week, while Colorado State, which will host New Mexico on Thursday, enters the week with a 17-8 overall record and a 10-4 mark in the Mountain West after falling to both San Jose State (1-3) and Nevada (0-3) on the road. The Cowgirls are led by Naya Shime, who averages 3.53 kills per MW set, which is the sixth-highest average in the conference. The Rams currently lead the conference in team (.271) and individual (Naeemah Weathers, .429) hitting, while also being ranked among the league's top four in team kills (13.13) and assists (12.11).

BY THE NUMBERS
Air Force is 7-45 all-time against Wyoming, while holding a 2-56 lifetime mark against Colorado State. The Falcons' last won in Laramie in 2003, while its last win at Moby Arena came in February of last year – at the start of the delayed 2020 season.

HARVEY IN THE RANKINGS
Joi Harvey is ranked among the top 40 in NCAA Division I with a 1.27 blocks-per-set average (39th). Her 27 solo stops are tied for second in the nation, while her 131 total blocks are tied for 11th and her 104 assisted stops are tied for 23rd.

AROUND THE CONFERENCE
Air Force enters the week leading the Mountain West in blocks-per-set (2.43), while holding top-five rankings in overall opponent hitting (.197, fourth) and service aces (1.48, fifth). Individually, Joi Harvey leads the league in blocks (1.27) and is ranked third in hitting (.353), while Caroline Reinkensmeyer is ranked seventh in assists with a 6.21 per-set average.

FROM THE MESSENGER
BrookeLyn Messenger recorded he 660th kill of her career at UNLV on Nov 3 to debut on the program's top 10 for career kills in the 25-point scoring era.

LET'S HAVE A BLOCK PARTY
It was a big night at the net for Joi Harvey during the Falcons' victory over New Mexico on Nov. 1, as the junior recorded the 50th solo block of her career and became just the fifth Division I Falcon to record 100 assisted stops in a season in that match. Mac Russ also had a strong night with the block that night, as she collected the 25th solo stop of her career to debut on the program's career standings in the 25-point scoring era.

WHAT'S ON DECK
Air Force closes out the 2022 regular season next week, when it hosts Boise State and Utah State at the Academy's Cadet East Gym. The Falcons will face the Broncos on Nov. 17, before closing out the year against Utah State on Nov. 19.

Falcons Head North to Face Wyoming, Colorado State

Next Event

Footer