Colorado Christian vs. Northwest Nazarene
Tuesday, March 30 | 6:00 p.m.
Lakewood, CO (CCU Event Center)
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Colorado Christian vs. Northwest Nazarene
Wednesday, March 31 | 3:30 p.m.
Lakewood, CO (CCU Event Center)
- Earlier this season Northwest Nazarene won 3-0 and 3-1 vs. the Cougars
- The two meetings in Lakewood will be there fifth and sixth all-time meetings (NNU leads 3-1)
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Looking to Lockdown a Playoff Spot
The Cougars are in a scramble to pick-up one of the top eight spot in the RMAC and earn a trip to the league's postseason tournament. Due due to current health pandemic and not every team playing the same number of matches, the league is using an RPI calculation to determine the top eight. Colorado Christian has completed their RMAC schedule and currently sits in the final postseason spot. This week there are few RMAC matches left and there are potentially a handful make-up matches still to be played as well that will factor into the final calculations. Non-conference matches did not factor into the calculations.
1) Colorado Mesa - 16.90
2) MSU Denver - 16.55
3) CSU Pueblo - 14.82
4) Regis - 14.69
5) Colo. School of Mines - 14.36
6) Western Colorado - 11.23
7) South Dakota Mines - 10.58
8) Colo. Christian - 10.38
Next Two:
UCCS - 9.80
Fort Lewis - 9.54
The RMAC tournament will be hosted at the highest seed and is scheduled to begin on Thursday, April 8.
Recapping the First Meeting
The last Friday in February the Cougars made the program's first ever trip to Idaho. Northwest Nazarene won both matches that day in Nampa.
Alli Douglass had 23 kills in those two matches (3.29 kills/set) with
Jasa Scheierman registering 19 (2.71 kills/set) to pace the Colorado Christian offense.
Megan Piton had a team best 19 digs in those two matches while the setter position was split between
Maddie Burns (10.25 asst/set) and
Jincey Nystedt (11.33 asst/set).
In the Conference Stats ...
As a team the Cougars are listed among the team leaders in a variety of categories in the RMAC.
| CATEGORY |
RANK |
| Service Aces - 1.80 |
3rd |
| Assists - 10.86 |
6th |
| Hitting Percentage - .167 |
7th |
There are a handful of players who rank in the conference's top 10
Head Coach - Bobby Blanken
The 2020 season will be
Bobby Blanken's fourth as Colorado Christian's Head Volleyball Coach. In his first year, Coach Blanken led the team to a conference record of 14-4 which landed a 4th place conference finish which allowed the program to host a RMAC Tournament match for the first time.
During his three seasons with the Cougars he has coached six all-conference players as well as an all-region and All-American player in Sophia Proano.
Before Colorado Christian, Blanken served MSU Denver's head assistant coach since 2014. In his three-year stint at MSU Denver, Blanken helped lead a very successful program that went 18-0 in the RMAC in 2016.
Prior to coaching at MSU Denver, Blanken was the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at The Master's College in Santa Clarita, CA from 2010-2014. During his time at The Master's College, Blanken successfully built the program from a 7-22 first year record to a No. 6 NAIA finish in his final year. Blanken was named the 2012 AVCA West Region Coach of the Year and 2012 Golden State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. At The Master's College, Blanken totaled a record of 87-56 (.608).
