Spring Break
Rams entertain with top 25 thriller
Stephen Meyers
Issue date: 10/6/08 Section: Sports
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Bringing the athletic Pac-10 team to Fort Collins, which head coach Tom Hilbert thinks is underrated at No. 25, gave the Rams the opportunity to face a tough opponent out of conference as well as draw the community to Moby.
"What I wanted to accomplish with this match was two things: one, I wanted our team to play at a high level and to learn more about that and understand that. Two, I wanted to bring a great team into
Moby and entertain this community that's been unbelievable for us. Both of those things were accomplished."
The match was arguably the most entertaining of the year as all four sets were tightly contested, particularly the second set in which the Rams fought off six set points before dropping the set 31-29.
"All three games we won were pretty close up to about ten points and then we would go on a two or three point run, and we held their runs down, and that was critical," said Hilbert. "We can only get better by playing teams like this. It was also a treat for our fans to see such a high-level match."
And the fans this season have seen a number of high-level matches, including wins over North Carolina, Florida and BYU. The Rams currently rank eighth in the nation in attendance at 2,684 fans a match.
"This is, to me, one of the best environments in collegiate volleyball in the United States right now," said Hilbert. "I just have to hand it to our community and our students for taking pride in this program and supporting us the way that they're doing on a regular basis."
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