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Was Adrianna Culbert the G.O.A.T.?

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No. 25 Colorado State will look to replace the production of graduated senior standout Adrianna Culbert by committee. Culbert’s career stats made her one of the greatest, if not the greatest CSU volleyball player of all-time.

"She's just so good at every facet of the game. She's good instinctively; she has great vision. She makes great decisions. All of that leads to her playing such a big role. We're having her set and hit and play defense and serve receive, and there's even things that don't come out of those numbers that she's doing."

-CSU head coach Tom Hilbert, 2015

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No. 25 Colorado State looks to build off of recent dominance, winning tradition

By Jack Starkebaum Colorado State’s women’s volleyball team has been extraordinarily consistent, in a good way.

The team has not been overwhelmed by any opponents.

They may lose games to some of the top programs in the nation, but there is no doubting that the Rams belong on the same floor.

In 2015 the Colorado State squad again stood above the rest of the Mountain West, capturing the teams seventh consecutive Mountain West title.

While finishing seasons on top of the Mountain West is nothing new for the program seeing that since the 2000 season the Rams' volleyball program has won 13 Mountain West championships, had 15 players named to the AVCA All-America team and reached the NCAA Volleyball Tournament 16 consecutive times, the 2015 season was full of accolades.

Along with the CSU’s Conference championship in 2015, multiple CSU Rams were recognized for their individual achievements.

Four players were selected to the 18-player All-Mountain West postseason team. Adrianna Culbert, Alex Reid, Acacia Andrews and Alexandra Poletto all earned this honor with Jaime Colaizzi as an honorable mention.

The recently graduated Adrianna Culbert—who now plays beach volleyball for the University of South Carolina— earned the award of Mountain West Player of the Year in a unanimous decision made by 11 of the Mountain West Conference head coaches. Culbert joins nine other Rams to have earned that honor.

While leading the Rams to a conference championship, Culbert tallied up nine double-doubles, one of which being the first ever quadruple-double in the Mountain West Conference where she had 10 kills, 11 blocks, 13 digs and 20 assists against San Jose State.

2016 CSU graduate Alex Reid took home the award of Newcomer of the Year after transferring in for her senior year from Long Beach State.

Reid is the second Ram to win

this award. During the Ram’s championship season, Reid earned seven double-doubles.

Creating such a winning atmosphere causes players from all around the country to come to Fort Collins and join

“Being at a smaller school, I really want to prove that we can compete against bigger teams. When Texas comes, we can compete against them, we are capable of that.””

KATIE OLEKSAK SETTER

a program that is dominant in its own conference, and is constantly looking to improve under head coach Tom Hilbert's tutelage. Potential players are given the chance to see players like Culbert, Reid, Andrews, Colaizzi and many others suc-

ceed here and it makes them feel as if they can do the same.

Freshman setter Katie Olesak comes from a Arizona Storm club team that saw players go to the likes of the University of Nebraska and University of Southern California. While Colorado State is an extremely successful program, they are not Nebraska or USC. CSU offers something different, and that's what attracts players. They want to show that Colorado State can contend with the best.

"Being at a smaller school [like Colorado State], I really want to prove that we can compete against bigger teams," Olesak said. "When Texas comes (Sept. 9) we can compete against them, we are capable of that."

Colorado State may not have the same flash as many other top programs, but what matters most is winning, and the Rams do an awful lot of that.

McKenna Thornlow, a junior transfer student form the University of North Texas, was drawn to CSU because of the volleyball culture that has been created in Fort Collins.

“I always knew that CSU was

a big volleyball town," Thornlow said. "Everybody knew the games, everybody went to the games, they are big crowds and they win, they win every year...I was excited to be around people who are competitive and want to win."

With the volleyball legacy that Colorado State has created for itself, it gives something for players to strive towards. Of course no player wants be a part of a team that puts a stop to a winning tradition, but thats not what its all about. The players are attracted to come play for a school that will compete against everyone, to come play in a town that shows passion for a winning program. There is pressure to perform, but at the end of the day, there can only be as much pressure as the team puts on themselves.

Every season shapes the legacy upheld by the CSU volleyball team. Don't expect that winning tradition to vanish any time soon.

Collegian Sports Reporter Jack Starkebaum can be reached by email at sports@collegian. com.

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CSU roster loaded with impact players Alexandra Poletto: Middle Blocker

The junior from Toronto returns to Colorado State in 2016 as the only Ram to earn a spot on the preseason All-Mountain West team. In her sophomore season, Poletto led the team in blocks with 1.33 per set in 2015 and received All-Mountain West honors. She earned MW offensive player of the week once, and MW defensive player of the week twice.

Kristie Hillyer: Middle Blocker

Sitting behind Acacia Andrews in 2015, Hillyer is now ready to take her spot in the Rams rotation after redshirting last year. Hillyer last played for Bayfield High School in Colorado, where she was named to the MaxPreps 2014 Small Schools All-American Girls Volleyball Team.

Sanja Cizmic: Outside Hitter

The junior from Split, Croatia tallied 1.36 kills per game in 2015. She started only two games last season, but expect to see her take on a bigger role in the Rams’ offense in 2016.

Alexandra Poletto goes for a kill during a game last season. COURTESY OF CSU ATHLETICS

Katie Oleksak: Setter

Oleksak comes in as true freshman who will play immediately. A native of Phoenix, Oleksak joins the Rams as a Third Team Under Armour All-America selection.

According to coach Hilbert, Oleksak is the, “the top setting prospect in the country.”

Jasmine Hanna: Outside Hitter

Hanna returns to the Rams for her junior season after finishing third on the team with 2.29 kills per set. The Queen Creek, Arizona native posted double figures in kills in four matches last season, including a season-high 15 against Iowa State.

Cassidy Denny: Defensive Specialist

Denny returns as the lone senior for the Rams in 2016.

She finished 2015 fourth on the team in digs per set with 2.39, which set a career high for the Sacramento native.

Denny will have a bigger role in the team’s defense this year, where last year she helped the Rams lead the Mountain West in digs.

Jasmine Hanna goes takes on two defenders during a game last season. COURTESY OF CSU ATHLETICS

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Colorado State chasing eighth MW title in a row

By Chad Deutschman If there were a single phrase to describe the Colorado State volleyball program and its Mountain West play it might be: total domination.

Thirteen of the past 17 Mountain West volleyball regular season championships belong to Colorado State, including seven consecutive coming into the 2016 season. If there were a single phrase to describe the Colorado State volleyball program and its Mountain West play it might be: total domination.

Colorado State will open their 2016 campaign as the No. 25 ranked team in the country. It is important to recognize Colorado State’s recent success, but the future is what these Rams are worried about. The team doesn’t want to put too much pressure on itself to win another

Mountain West championship, they want to just go out and do it.

“There is pressure put on us, of course, especially with it being seven straight,” senior defensive specialist Cassidy Denny said. “We just want to go out there and play as hard as we can, as best as we can and whatever happens, happens…It’s not a matter of we should win, we still have to work for everything, but we think if we go out there and play hard and work hard that it will come.”

Before the Rams can begin to think about winning another Mountain West championship, they have to get through the grind that is the non-conference schedule.

On the schedule again this season are Big-12 opponents Baylor and Texas. The Rams made quick work of Baylor last season, as they swept

the Bears 3-0 in Fort Collins.

Texas proved to be a different story, as the perennial powerhouse took care of CSU in short order, sweeping the Rams 3-0 in Autsin.

Texas comes into the 2016 season ranked as the No. 2 team in the country and the only team to currently hold a national rank on the Rams' schedule. When the Rams and Longhorns faceoff this time around, the matchup will take place Sept. 9, at Moby Arena in Fort Collins during the Rams Volleyball Classic.

While Texas is going to be marked on everyone’s schedules, the Longhorns aren’t the only game to catch the player’s eyes.

“Texas for sure, CU for sure, and then just going out and playing hard in conference and seeing what happens,” Denny said, speaking on what she was looking for-

ward to most about the CSU schedule.

The Rams and Buffs will faceoff Sept. 17, in Boulder.

Unlike most other NCAA sanctioned sports, the Rams and Buffs don’t play annually in volleyball.

The last time the two teams met in a regular season match was in 2010, where Colorado State won 3-0. The two teams most recently played against each other in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, where CSU again beat CU, but by a closer three sets to two. It just so happens that the Rams advanced to play Texas in that 2014 tournament, a game that ended in a similar 3-0 victory for the Longhorns.

CSU should move through non-conference play without too much trouble, giving the team a solid foundation to start conference play.

Mountain West play starts

Sept. 22, against Fresno State.

The Rams dominated conference play in 2015, finishing at an undefeated 18-0 in the MW. While CSU did go through the conference play unblemished, both Boise State and Wyoming took the Rams to a fifth set. However, CSU would also sweep both Boise State and Wyoming during conference play last season.

The Colorado State schedule sets up for the Rams to make another run at an eighth consecutive Mountain West championship, and if everything goes as expected, head coach Tom Hilbert should reach his 500th career win at CSU this season a few games into conference play.

Collegian Sports Editor Chad Deutschman can be reached by email at sports@ collegian.com.

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Cassidy Denny will be Colorado State’s lone senior this season, marking just the fourth time that has happened in the past two decades at CSU. PHOTO BY JAVON HARRIS COLLEGIAN

Denny leads young CSU squad into 2016

By Michael Roley

In the 19 seasons Tom Hilbert has been at the helm of the CSU volleyball program there have been three seasons in which the CSU volleyball team only had one senior on the roster.

The 2016 season marks the fourth such occurrence.

Cassidy Denny stands alone at the top of the pecking order for this year’s squad. The senior defensive specialist from Sacramento, California was fourth on the team last season in digs with 244 total digs, good for 2.39 per set while also reaching double-figures in digs eleven times.

Denny has been a mainstay in the Rams rotation since the beginning of her time in Fort Collins. As a true freshman she started 17 matches and rocked a .952 serve percentage, a figure that ranks sixth all-time in CSU single-season history. During her sophomore season, Denny started all but one game and played every single set. As the lone senior this year, Denny’s contribution to the team will like-

ly need to go behind statistics and service aces.

“I mean with 15 girls total including me, and me being the only senior, obviously the juniors are doing a really good job of stepping up and helping me lead,” Denny said. “But I’m the ultimate leadership role and I think it’s been going well. I get along really well with these girls. They make it easy to lead them.”

Part of the responsibility in her leadership role will come with an added twist this season as well. The Rams have a total of seven new players on this year’s roster, including six true freshman and McKenna Thornlow, a transfer from North Texas. Many of these new players, including several of the true freshman will be expected to contribute and will see court time right off the bat. However, the adjustment to playing with so many new faces has been easier than expected, Denny said.

“We have seven new people, so that’s harder than it would have been,” she said.

“But Breanna (Runnels) and I actually get along really well and then Katie (Oleksak), the

setter of course, I’m always in her ear and she’s like ‘tell me if that’s good or bad’ or anything and I’m like ‘ok I’ll get a better pass so you can get a better set. ‘Everyone has gone along well really with them so it’s easy to take them under my

“She has to do her best to lead us out of those difficult times. She needs to bring maturity and composure, and she needs to play at a high level. ” TOM HILBERT

wing because they’re all great girls.”

Denny’s teammates rave about her knack for taking them in and making sure they feel welcome in their first experience at CSU. Junior McKenna Thornlow, who transferred from North Texas even lived with Denny for a short while. Denny was the one who

reached out and exchanged text messages with her to ensure she felt a part of the team.

“She made me feel like I as a part of the team already,” Thornlow said. “She’s just been a really big influence, brining me in and making sure I’m okay all the time. I really did appreciate that. She’s a great teammate.”

The last time CSU sported only a single senior was in 2011. The lone senior was Mountain West player of the year Katelyn Steffan. That year the Rams wound up going 24-6 and winning both the regular season and conference tournament champions.

It remains to be seen what type of success this year’s squad will achieve, but one thing is certain, Denny will have a unique role and will be required to be a calming factor and an example for her younger teammates when adversity strikes.

“That senior has to fight the good fight all the time," head coach Tom Hilbert said.

“We’re going to be inconsistent and Cassidy’s not going to be able to pull us out of all those situations. There’s six

other players on the court. She has to do her best to lead us through those difficult times.

She needs to bring maturity and composure and she needs to play at a high level.”

Denny said that Hilbert has asked her to take on a greater role on the court this year as the team’s only returning defensive specialist and one of the most experiences players.

But the natural leadership role is something she has undoubtedly undertaken herself.

“She’s done it on her own," Hilbert said. “We started talking about leadership with her a year and a half ago. She’s a very outward personality, she has no problem saying and doing things.”

While Denny remains as the lone senior, she is not guaranteed to hold the starting spot on the floor. She is joined in crowded position by other defensive specialists in: junior McKenna Thornlow, sophomore Katie Craig, freshman Amanda Young and redshirt sophomore Mariah Green.

Collegian Sports Reporter Michael Roley can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.

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No. 25 Colorado State will boast a host of newcomers this season, including six true freshmen. PHOTO BY JAVON HARRIS COLLEGIAN

New kids on the block

By Michael Roley

Inexperience does not necessarily equate to immaturity.

And that’s exactly what the case may be for the No. 25 ranked Colorado State volleyball team heading into their opening weekend of the season at home against North Dakota State and St. Mary’s.

Colorado State’s roster is bottom-heavy to say the least.

With only one senior, four juniors, and two sophomores on the roster, the Rams will turn to several freshman to make key contributions. There are eight freshman on the team, including six true freshman and two who redshirted last season. But this bunch of youngsters, according to the lone senior on the roster and defensive specialist Cassidy Denny, does not lack maturity.

“He (head coach Tom Hilbert) always says this, and he’s been saying this for the last two weeks and I totally agree, but this is the most game ready and mature freshman class we’ve ever had," Denny said. "And for them to have six new people, that’s huge. Their game IQ is so high and they all want to work really hard so they’re really great team-

mates. Them being freshman, I can’t even imagine them when they’re juniors and seniors.”

As winners of seven consecutive Mountain West conference championships and a stellar season a year ago in which the Rams ran through conference play unbeaten, expectations are high.

But there’s also a realization that through the flashes of brilliance that will occur at times, mistakes and inconsistency will also exist.

And that’s something Hilbert can live with.

“I have a really high standard of what I want here,” Hilbert said. “I’m going to push them to do it but I have to understand who they are that they’re not going to come out every day and play at that level.”

Perhaps the one who will be asked to do the most is freshman Katie Oleksak, who will start at setter. It will be up to her to pass and set the ball to the Rams hitters. While in high school, Oleksak was twice named a Third-Team Under Armor All-American and brings a maturity beyond her years. The transition and adjustment to the speed and demands of the college game for Oleksak has been smooth, and astoundingly quick

so far.

“She walked in the door and she was up-to-speed,” Hilbert said. “She’s really good. There’s things she has to learn but I feel very fortunate to have a freshman that’s as competent as she is.”

It’s a learning process for Oleksak, one that will only continue as she gains experience at the collegiate level. Ironically enough, Hilbert is a former setter who has spent time assisting Oleksak throughout fall practices with her technique and communication with the players she’ll be setting up.

“He works with the setters so it’s really nice to have that mentorship,” Oleksak said. “He’s helping me connect with the middles and hitters. We’re getting there and we’re getting better.”

An added benefit to having so many new faces learning the program—and the college game at the same time—is they get to do it together. In a veteran-laden team it can be easy for the new players to fall behind. There is a power and comfort in knowing that many of your teammates are going through the same process of adjustment.

“Having Katie (Oleksak) on the court or maybe one or two other people where this is their first collegiate match or first time at this school, it’s definitely good to look to them too since this is their first time as well,” Olivia Nicholson, a freshman from North Platte, Nebraska said.

For junior defensive specialist McKenna Thornlow, the experience of Friday’s opening match against North Dakota State will be slightly different than that of her younger teammates. Thornlow transferred to CSU after playing her first two collegiate seasons at North Texas after attending high school in Colorado Springs at Rampart High School. Thornlow expects to bring a team-focused mentality to her role.

“I’m a big-talker and encourager of my teammates,” Thornlow said. “I’m always for my teammates and I’m always loud.

I’m always that type of person that points at someone after they get a kill and is just yelling on the sidelines. Whatever I can do off the court, as well as playing defense, if I can help my team and be a great teammate, then that’s exactly what I want to do.”

Thornlow finds herself in

an interesting position as a new member of the Rams program but an experienced collegiate player. For now, all she can do is be there for her younger teammates while also adjusting to the program as well.

“I’m still new,” Thornlow said. “I’ve never played in Moby either but I can give them confidence and encourage them and help them. I can tell them ‘It’s going to happen, you’re going to have a bad play but how are we going to move forward from that.'

I can be that bigger sister, older guardian-type role for them. It’s just knowing that I have their back and they can always come to me if they ever need help.”

All the new faces will be thrown into the fire quickly.

But with the Rams picked to win the Mountain West for an eighth consecutive year, it appears that the newcomers haven't provoked anyone to think anything else than seeing Colorado State have another standout season.

Sports Reporter Michael Roley can be reached at sports@ collegian.com.

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NCAA implements Rocky Mountain new rules for 2016 volleyball season

By Jack Starkebaum In a game, rules are what dictates how it is played. This volleyball season, two rule changes could make the difference between winning and losing.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel has implemented two new rule changes beginning in the 2016 volleyball season. This year we will see the addition of videos replays, and the elimination of volleyball’s “pursuit rule.” While these are small changes to the rules, they can have large implications in certain situations.

Video Challenges After the Big 10 and Pac 12 conferences experimented with this new rule during the 2015 volleyball season, it was decided the new rule will be implemented in all Division I, II, and III volleyball conferences.

This new adoption of video replays will allow teams to challenge certain calls made by the referees. Coaches will only be able to challenge net faults, service foot faults, whether the ball was in or out, and if a player touched a ball. Coaches will only be allowed 3 challenges per game, and they will not be linked to the teams’ timeouts. Coaches must make the challenge before the referee raises their hand for to allow service, and only the losing team will be able to challenge a call.

Ram’s volleyball head coach, Tom Hilbert, will be adjusting to this new rule and will have to make the decision on when it will be beneficial to challenge a call. “I think there’s certainly ways it can be used. We saw in the Olympics, if you have a challenge you use it to try and slow things down,” Hilbert said.

While this new rule is available for use, it is not a requirement for competition and there are no regulations in place for where cameras must be placed.

In order for a call to be successfully overturned, there must be indisputable video evidence.

This can be a difficult task when cameras are not placed in specific areas. “It’s going to be interesting here because we’re at the mercy of what camera angles we happen to have at the time. They may go look and not have a camera angle that helps solve the problem,” Hilbert said. “I doubt we’ll [challenge] in the first part of a set unless it’s an absolutely obvious thing. Other than that, it’ll probably happen at the end of sets.”

Pursuit rule Another adjustment to the rule book for the 2016 season is the so called “pursuit rule” has been removed.

What this means for game play is that player can no longer cross under, or go around the net to reach a playable ball on the other side.

This cross-court play has proven to be extremely exciting for fans, but it has been deemed too dangerous. In several reviews of videos where this pursuit rule has been used by players, several collisions, or near collisions have been noticed by the NCAA’s panel.

The discarding of this rule has the possibility of costing teams critical points when playing tight matches. Yet with safety of players on the line, it is a rule that had to be eliminated.

Collegian Sports Reporter Jack Starkebaum can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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