Cowgirls Wrap Up Season at Home

Las Vegas, New Mexico – Cowgirls will face UCCS and MSU-Denver for their seasons final game with Saturday's match being Senior Night sponsored by Quality Care.  

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There is also and option for Courtside Seats these are padded chair backs located on floor level on the south side of the court

Purchase your tickets today for the Cowgirls and Cowboy season as well as your courtside at the link, nmhuathletics.com/tickets

Year Three: This is the third season for the Cowgirls under the direction of head coach Meg Grose as the Cowgirls have made significant strides since she has taken the helm.
 
Last Season: The Cowgirls finished 12-16 last season and 4-10 in conference play while also having a home winning record on the Purple Floor of the Wilson Center.
 
 In her second season leading the program, Grose guided the Cowgirls to a big turnaround in the 2025 campaign, recording the program's most wins since 2013 and securing its first home record above .500 in more than 20 years.

Under her direction, New Mexico Highlands has produced back-to-back all-conference selections.
 
RMAC Poll: The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) released the 2026 Volleyball Preseason Coaches' Poll. New Mexico Highlands received 52 points, good for a 12th place finish, in the voting by the conference's 15 coaches.
 
Stats Leaders:
Kills: Aziza Morris (249)
Assists: Marissa Sandoval-Moya (379)
Aces: Lea Süsoy and Marissa Sandoval-Moya (26)
Digs: Becca Wiersema (292)
Blocks: Elise Fourt (53.0)
 
Last Time Out:
The Cowgirls are playing their final road game in Silver City against instate rival Western New Mexico looking for payback from when the two teams faced off in September.

Set one got too a hot start as both teams were doing an amazing job on the attacking end after a while the attacking errors began to pile up for both squads however the both teams were keeping it close giving either team any room to breathe.  The Cowgirls however eventually found breathing room and took a five point lead to make it and took set one.

Set two the Mustangs took the early lead and for a majority of the set it seemed as if the set was going to be one who made the less mistakes. In this set the Mustangs were the team who made the least amount of mistakes. They grew the lead early and capitalized on the Cowgirls mistakes and took the lead late and captured set two to tie the match at 1-1.

Set three was back and forth even if the Cowgirls or Mustangs jumped out to a lead the trailer would catch up and turn the set into a dog fight. It was a dog fight to the very end and the Mustangs took set three and were one set away from capturing the match.

The Cowgirls had their back against the walls. The Mustangs however jumped out to an early lead applying more pressure to the Cowgirls. The Cowgirls battled within the set to stay alive. However, the Mustangs gained a little momentum and used that momentum to take the lead on the set and used that to push through and steal the set and the match.

Ava Kincaid led the Cowgirls in kills with nine followed by Elise Fourt with eight. Caitlin Hurley and Marissa Sandoval-Moya each had two service aces.
 
Scouting The Opposition
 
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS):
UCCS comes into the weekend at 14-10 overall and 9-3 in conference. The Mountain Lions have also been very good on the road at 5-2 on the season. Tara Hittle is in her fifth year of the program and in 2025 her team made the South Central Regional as the #2 seed as well as winning the RMAC Regular Season Championship.
 
Sydney Hyde is a player to watch in this matchup as she is currently fourth in the RMAC in total kills on the season with 212. UCCS as a team is fifth in the RMAC as a team in hitting percentage. It will be important for the Cowgirls meet the Mountain Lions at the net to force errors.
 
Metropolitan State University-Denver (MSU-Denver):
For Cowgirls senior day, the defending National Champions MSU-Denver Roadrunners will be in town to face the Cowgirls. Sitting at 18-6 overall and 11-1 in conference, the Roadrunners will face Adams State Friday before coming into Historic Las Vegas. Stacie Meisner took over the program this season with a tack record of success in college volleyball and is off too a phenomenal start as the head coach in Denver.
 
Brooke Gennerman leads the Conference in kills with 4.20 per set as well as Gabrielle Brewer at 0.47 service aces per set and a total of 40 on the year which is second in the conference.

COWGIRLS SENIORS:
Saturdays match against Metro State will be Senior Night sponsored by Quality Care and the Cowgirls have two seniors they will be honoring.
 
The first is senior Becca Wiersema, the Juco transfer from Loveland, Colorado in her two years as a Cowgirl Wiersema has recorded five kills and 113 assists in her career and 690 career digs. Wiersma will be graduating with her degree in Business this spring.
 
The Next will be Aziza Morris the Albuquerque native has recorded 818 career kills and 898 total points in her four-year career as a Cowgirl and will be graduating with a degree is Psychology in May.

 
Follow The Cowgirls: All home and road RMAC games will be on the RMAC Network.
 
Gameday Reminders:
 
 NMHU is a cashless campus, all purchases must be made using Debit, Credit, or Mobile
 
NMHU has implemented a strict Clear Bag Policy for all on-campus events.
 
No outside food or drink permitted at NMHU Athletic Events.
 
No pets allowed in NMHU Athletic Events.