Abbie Parr / Colorado State University)
FORT COLLINS — Tom Hilbert was very bottom line about Friday night.
Yes, his Colorado State team played better, even rose to the challenge of sharing the Moby Arena court with No. 3 Texas. The Rams played better than they did the evening before, feeding off a crowd of 6,253 — the fifth largest to witness a match in the arena — but in the end, it was still a loss, 25-20, 25-23, 25-23.
Not just a loss, but the fourth straight for the Rams, the first time such a streak has occurred in Hilbert's 20-year tenure.