CHADRON, Neb. -- After playing out of conference opponent Wayne State, Tuesday, the Chadron State College volleyball team will resume RMAC play when they host Western Colorado and Fort Lewis this weekend.
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Friday's match begins at 6 p.m., while first serve Saturday is at 4 p.m.
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CSC enters the weekend with a 5-5 overall record and a 1-1 mark in conference play. Their conference victory occurred against Colorado Mines before falling to MSU-Denver.
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Friday's opponent, the Mountaineers of Western Colorado, are 2-8 overall and 0-2 in conference play. Last weekend, #12 ranked Colorado Mesa swept the Mountaineers and Westminster won in five sets.
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Offensively, Maggie Olson leads Western Colorado with 102 kills, an average of 2.91 per set. Seyun Park is second on the team with 89 kills and an average of 2.41 a set. Olson's hitting percentage is .102, while Park is precise at the net, hitting .412.
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Nur Turkmenoglu does the setting duties for the Mountaineers, having 307 assists, an average of 8.3 a set.
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Defensively, Elizabeth Rupprecht leads the team with 124 digs while Olson has 98. Rupprecht averages 3.35 digs per set.
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Park leads the team with 16 blocks while Olive Rolseth is second with 15.
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The Skyhawks of Fort Lewis are 4-6 overall and 1-1 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play. They defeated Westminster in four sets but fell to Colorado Mesa in three last weekend.
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Alexis Hobie leads the team with 94 kills, an average of 3.36 a set while hitting .169. JJ Curry is next on the stat sheet for the Skyhawks with 74 kills.
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Natalia Lambos averages 9.57 assists per set after recording 335 so far this season for Fort Lewis.
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Three players have over 80 digs this season for the Skyhawks. Sarah Wilkey leads the trio with 127, Alina Nunez has 84 and Chloe Ruhls has 80.
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Three different layers have atleast 20 blocks on the season. Jordyn Romano has 22 blocks, while Lauren Shea and Logan Spragg have 21 and 20, respectively.
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Saturday, between the first and second sets, members of the Chadron State Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023 will be recognized.
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