Like a lot of teams, Colorado State volleyball had no answer for Cincinnati's Jordan Thompson. The Bearcats' redshirt junior overpowered the Rams with 31 kills on 66 attempts (.364 hitting percentage) to lead her team a to a four-set win over CSU on Saturday at Moby Arena.
No. 25 CSU fell to 2-2 on the young season after dropping the match 25-23, 26-24, 27-29, 25-15.
The unanimous American Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2016 before sitting out last season because of injury, Thompson also had 14 digs and three blocks.
A trio of Rams finished with double digit kills: Kirstie Hillyer (15), Breana Runnels (14) and Paulina Hougaard-Jensen (11), but the team hit just .