Wyoming Travels to Nevada to Close Road Swing
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Cowgirls face Wolf Pack Thursday and Saturday
LARAMIE, Wyo. (Oct. 27, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowgirls close their four-match road swing this week with a trip to Reno for a pair of matches with Nevada. The series with the Wolf Pack begins Thursday at 7 p.m., and closes at 2 p.m., Saturday. Both times are Mountain Time.
The Cowgirls (10-11, 3-7 MW) opened their road trip with a pair of losses last week at Grand Canyon. In Saturday’s five-set loss at GCU, Wyoming set numerous career highs in the contest. Paige Lauterwasser recorded a career-best 25 kills while Sara Quigley recorded a career-high 61 assists. The 61 assists are the most in a match for a Cowgirl since October of 2017. Addy Thorington’s 17 kills were a career-best for her in that category, while Emma Winter had career-highs in both service aces (3) and digs (17).
Lauterwasser’s 2.85 kills per set ranks 10th in the league while she also leads the Cowgirls with 2.76 digs per set. Quigley ranks eighth in the Mountain West averaging 5.74 digs per set. Rylee Heinz enters the week seventh in the conference averaging 0.95 blocks per set while her .283 hitting percentage is 10th in the MW. Anna Melgren’s 0.30 aces per are ninth in the league.
Nevada's Paige Thies ranks fourth in the Mountain West in kills per set with 3.28 and is fifth in the conference with 3.71 points a set. Thies also ranks seventh in the league averaging 0.31 service aces per. At setter, Adriana Dorn is fouth in the MW averaging 8.03 assists per set while in the back row, Masyn Navarro is averaging 3.31 digs a set, which ranks sixth in the league.
As a team, the Wolf Pack are 3-4 in home matches and won three of their first four at home to open league play. Nevada ranks toward the bottom of the Mountain West in most statistical categories. The Wolf Pack is fourth in the league in service aces as a team, averaging 1.43 per set.
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