LAS VEGAS (UNLVrebels.com) – The UNLV volleyball team celebrated Homecoming weekend in Cox Pavilion with a match on Saturday afternoon, hosting Boise State. The match featured a new Rebel career milestone on the day, senior
Chloe Thomas registering her 1,000th career point in the match.
The Rebels (10-11, 3-7 MW) took a hot start in the first set, but eventually fell to the Broncos (14-7, 6-3) on a final score of 3-1. The final line ran 19-25, 25-20, 25-21 and 25-20, Boise State hitting .242 in the match compared to UNLV's .201.
Thomas led the Scarlet & Gray roster with 14 points in the match, consisting of 13 kills and a pair of block assists. The Rebels had two other student-athletes with double-digit kills in the contest,
Gabrielle Arretche-Ramos holding 12 and
Jordyn Freeman reaching 10. Freeman and Thomas had the most efficient swings for the UNLV roster, the former topping the roster with a .474 attacking percentage and the latter holding a .440 mark in the match.
Arien Fafard set the pace for the offense with a team-high 22 assists.
The Rebels totaled 14 blocks on Saturday afternoon, Freeman and
Dakota Quinlan each collecting a solo block in the contest. The graduate student middle blocker picked up a team-high three block assists in the match, a pair being credited to Thomas,
Basia Latos and
Jada Ingram. Three members of the roster picked up double-digit digs in the four-set match, freshman libero
Kody Wengler picking up a career-high 19 on the day after setting a career high in their last match against San Diego State.
Arien Fafard tied her career-high in the statistical category with 16,
Olivia Mikkelsen rounding out the team total with 11 to her name.
UNLV held a trio of service aces in the match, three members of the roster notching one to their statline. The student-athletes collecting the mark were Quinlan,
Alondra Alarcon and
Rheanna Deen-Jackson.
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The Scarlet & Gray will look to bounce back as they hit the road next week, traveling out to Colorado State to face off against the Rams in Fort Collins, Colo. That rematch will take place on Halloween before rounding out the weekend at Wyoming on Saturday, Nov. 2. Fans can also follow along on the team's social media accounts:
Twitter / X,
Instagram and
Facebook. News and updates on the Rebels will also be posted online at
UNLVrebels.com.
