Air Force Academy

Oct. 4, 2004

The Air Force volleyball team pulls double-duty this week, with a non-conference road match and a conference home match. The Falcons will travel to Greeley, Colo., tomorrow night (Oct. 5) for a rematch with Northern Colorado at Butler-Hancock Hall. It is the final non-conference match of the season for Air Force, who will host New Mexico on Friday (Oct. 8) in a MWC showdown.

Air Force Volleyball Weekly Notes
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
With a 10-6 overall record, Northern Colorado is undefeated (5-0) at home this season ... in fact, the last time the Bears lost at home was in 2001 ... since back-to-back losses at BYU and Utah, the Bears have picked up five wins in their last six outings ... UNC has played five Mountain West Conference teams this season (2-3) ... Erin Deffenbaugh leads the program with 267 kills and a 4.45 kills per game average, while three others have also notched over 130 kills and average more that 2.25 a game ... four Bears have recorded triple-digit dig totals, while seven have notched over 20 blocks.

LAST TIME OUT
Playing one another for the first time in nine years, Air Force dropped a three-game match to Northern Colorado earlier this season in the Falcons' home opener. UNC narrowly edged the Falcons in game one (31-29), before taking the next two games with matching 30-25 scores.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Prior to the match earlier this season at the Academy, the two programs had not faced each other since 1995, when both schools were Division II ... UNC defeated Air Force 3-1 in that match-up ... Air Force's last victory was a 3-2 win in 1994 ... UNC leads the overall series 42-15.

CATCH US LIVE
The Falcons' match at Northern Colorado will be broadcast live on the internet, beginning at 6:45 MST, courtesy of 1010 KSIR. Fans can listen to the match for free via the internet at http://www.ksir.com.