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Cowgirls open volleyball practice sessions 2%
By Michael Berry1%
7/31/2026, 6:46:53 AM
Topics: College Sports, Volleyball
BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, with Recency Bias as the most egregious example at 17.8% saturation with 29 hits. Analysis detected 55 faulty-reasoning hits from 163 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 8.4% and a BS Rank of 2% (25,521 of 26,005 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.10% of the article peer group.
Wyoming Volleyball opened its fall practice session Thursday afternoon.
The Cowgirls, who finished last season with a 17-13 overall mark, including 13-5 in the Mountain West, are entering year four under the tutelage of Head Coach Kaylee Prigge.
This season, UW will be led by two-time All-Mountain West Team performer Paige Lauterwasser, a senior.
Other returnees include Rya Fingerlin, Abi Milby (Casper, Wyoming), Sara Quigley, Reagan Sharp, Maddy Stucky, Addy Thorington (Powell, Wyoming), Evelyn Udezue, Anna Williams and Emma Winter.
This year’s squad features seven newcomers, four freshmen and three transfers, including Casper native Peyton Carruth, who played at Casper College last season.
The Cowgirls will host their annual Brown & Gold Scrimmage August 15 at 1:30 p.m, then travel to Greely, Colorado for a couple of exhibition games against Northern Colorado on Aug. 21 and 22, in Greeley.
The non-conference season will start on August 28 and 29 with home matches against Texas Tech and St.
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