Colorado State’s Kelsey Snider, right, and Adrianna Culbert, left, block a shot by Northern Colorado’s Kendra Cunningham during set one of their Sept. 3 match in Greeley. (Steve Stoner, Loveland Reporter-Herald)
FORT COLLINS — Colorado State’s volleyball road victory Friday over Brigham Young, then ranked ninth nationally, paid off at the polls.
The Rams jumped from No. 14 to No. 8 in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association rankings, and that’s the highest the powerhouse CSU program has been ranked since November 2004.
CSU is 9-1, and the only loss came to Wisconsin — then ranked No. 4 — on Sept. 6. Since then, the Rams have rattled off wins over Denver, BYU, New Mexico State and UTEP. CSU is at Arizona State in its next match Friday.
Also, senior middle blocker Kelsey Snider, from Pomona High, Monday was named the Mountain West Conference player of the week. Snider had 13 kills in the win over BYU and averaged 3.38 kills per set in the four victories during the week.
Terry Frei: tfrei@denverpost.com or twitter.com/TFrei
