Cowgirls Close Season with Loss at Arizona in Great 8

Cowgirls Close Season with Loss at Arizona in Great 8

The Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team staved off a furious rally from the Air Force Academy Thursday night in Laramie, hanging on for a four-set victory over the Falcons in the penultimate match of the regular season. Set scores were 25-13, 25-22, 23-25 and 26-24./ UW courtesy photo

TUCSON, Ariz., – The Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team’s season came to an end Wednesday night on the road at Arizona in the NIVC Great 8. The Wildcats bested the Cowgirls 25-19, 25-18 and 25-17.

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The Wildcats (22-9) were efficient offensively, hitting .279 on the night, including .323 in the second set and .297 in the decisive third. Wyoming (17-13) was held to just a .106 hitting efficiency. Arizona also out-blocked the Cowgirls at the net, 9-5 and had a pair of aces to Wyoming’s one.

The Cowgirls also committed twice as many serving errors (10-5) in the loss.

Paige Lauterwasser and Kayla Mazzocca led the way on offense with nine kills each. Mazzocca and Kasia Partyka led UW with a .333 hitting percentage each. Defensively, Sarah Holcomb led the way with three total blocks while Sierra Grizzle and Emma Winter each had eight digs to lead the way.

Grizzle also had Wyoming’s lone ace.

Partyka finished with 26 assists in the match and closes her stellar career with 3,678 assists and finishes fourth on the all-time career assists list. All three of the former Cowgirls that finished their careers with more assists, played four seasons with the Brown & Gold while Partyka transferred and played just three seasons.

Wyoming, who made it to the Great 8 for the second consecutive season, finishes 2024 17-13 overall.

University of Wyoming’s Top 50 Football Players

During the summer of 2021, 7220Sports.com counted down the Top 50 football players in University of Wyoming history, presented by Premier Bone & Joint Centers, Worthy of Wyoming.

The rules are simple: What was the player's impact while in Laramie? That means NFL stats, draft status or any other accolade earned outside of UW is irrelevant when it comes to this list.

This isn't a one-man job. This task called for a panel of experts. Joining 7220's Cody Tucker are Robert Gagliardi, Jared Newland, Ryan Thorburn, and Kevin McKinney.

We all compiled our own list of 50 and let computer averages do the work. Think BCS -- only we hope this catalog is fairer.

Don't agree with a selection? Feel free to sound off on our Twitter: @7220sports - #Top50UWFB

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- University of Wyoming’s Top 50 Football Players

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