CSU volleyball to host Arizona State, travel to Texas

The CSU volleyball team has lots of home matches and a marquee road rematch in 2015.

The Rams open the season at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 against Baylor, the start of a six-match homestand. In total, Colorado State University has 17 matches at Moby Arena, the most since 2010.

CSU faces Texas on the road at 2 p.m. Sept. 13, a rematch of last season’s Sweet 16 matchup won 3-0 by Texas. The Longhorns lost in the Final Four and ended the season ranked No. 5 in the AVCA coaches poll. CSU was 12th in the end-of-season poll.

Six of CSU’s opponents — Northern Colorado, Texas A&M, Western Michigan, Arizona State, Iowa State and Texas — made the 2014 NCAA tournament.

Northern Colorado is the only in-state opponent CSU faces. The Rams host the Bears at 7 p.m. Sept. 8.

CSU, the six-time defending conference champions, open Mountain West play at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at home against Utah State.

The Rams have two three-game match trips in 2015, their longest of the season.

CSU concludes the regular season with a nonconference home match Nov. 28 against Iowa State, a team receiving votes in the final top 25 poll of 2014.

CSU went 31-3 in 2014, winning the Mountain West before beating the University of Denver and University of Colorado in the NCAA tournament. The Rams season ended in the Sweet 16 at the hands of Texas.

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CSU volleyball 2015 schedule