Las Vegas, New Mexico - The Cowgirls step out of conference on Monday night for a match in Portales against Eastern New Mexico. First serve is set for 6:00 pm.
NMHU HEAD COACH:
Meg Grose is in her second season at New Mexico HIghlands. She earned her first win as the head coach of the Cowgirls over Sul Ross State on September 13th and her first conference win against Adams State on September 20th, 2024. She was previously the head coach at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
LAST TIME OUT: NMHU swept Regis and Chadron State this past weekend to improve to 7-9 overall and 2-4 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Ariana Jamerson recorded 25 kills in the matches to pace the Cowgirls offensively.
Marissa Sandoval-Moya added 36 assists and 13 digs.
After the match Saturday, head coach
Meg Grose commented, "Total team win tonight! We are rolling and clicking on all aspects right now. It's exciting to win two in a row at home in conference. The girls are ready for the week ahead and going to Eastern New Mexico to kick off the week!"
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: Eastern New Mexico is 3-13 overall and 1-5 in Lone Star Conference play. This is the second meeting of the season between the two teams with NMHU taking a 3-1 decision from the Greyhounds in the opening weekend of the season at Western New Mexico's Mustang Invitational. Karli Bustos is in her first season leading the ENMU program.
EASTERN NEW MEXICO/NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS SERIES NOTES:
Eastern New Mexico leads the series 52-21-1
Last Greyhounds win 3-1 on September 20, 2016 in Portales
Last Cowgirls win 3-1 September 5, 2025 in Silver City
Eastern New Mexico won the first meeting 3-1 on October 5, 1977
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING: As a team, the Cowgirls are third in the RMAC with 16.81 digs per set and they are third in the conference with 1.73 aces per set.
Becca Wiersema is seventh in the RMAC with 3.97 digs per set.
The Cowgirls 20 service aces against Northwestern Oklahoma State is the most by an RMAC team this season.
2025 COWGIRL ROSTER BREAKDOWN:
By Class:
Freshman 4
Sophomore 3
Junior 7
Senior 3
By Home State:
New Mexico 9
Texas 3
Arizona 1
Colorado 1
Wisconsin 1
American Samoa 1
France 1
FOLLOW THE ACTION: Monday's match at Eastern New Mexico is available for purchase from
FLOCollege and
LiveStats will be provided by ENMU .
UP NEXT: The Cowgirls continue the current road trip with matches at South Dakota Mines on Friday and Black Hills State on Saturday. The next home match for NMHU is on October 24th when Western Colorado visits historic Las Vegas for a 6:00 pm match.
COME SEE THE COWGIRLS: Individual match tickets for the 2025 volleyball season are available at
NMHUahletics.com/Tickets.
