Colorado State won a pair of crucial Mountain West volleyball matches last week to stay in the hunt for the conference title, and middle blocker Paulina Hougaard-Jensen played a major role in sweeps of Utah State and Boise State.
Her hitting performance garnered the junior Monday's honor of being named the Mountain West player of the week. She finished with 27 kills in the two victories, including a career-best 16 in the win over the Aggies as she hit .727 in the match. She had 11 kills against the Broncos, averaging 4.5 kills per set over the week, as well as 1.