It was not meant to be for the Rams. Uncharacteristic errors, miscommunications and poor handling doomed them in the first round of the NCAA tournament as Colorado State fell to Loyola Marymount in four sets (25-20, 16-25, 25-19, 25-15). The loss ends the Rams’ season with a record of 26-4.
“They served the ball extremely tough and their attack velocity was really good,” CSU head coach Tom Hilbert said. “They hit the ball really hard. That put us back on our heels a bit in the service game and defensively. Offensively, we were good enough to win this game, but that’s not the whole game.