COLLEGE STATION -- Texas A&M (16-10, 9-9 Big 12) plays its final road match of the regular season Wednesday as the Aggies take on Colorado (7-20, 2-16 Big 12) in Boulder. First serve is slated for 8 p.m. (7 p.m. MST) at Coors Events Center.

The Aggies got a crucial 3-1 victory at Oklahoma last Wednesday and then won their second consecutive match with a sweep against Texas Tech on Sunday at Reed Arena to improve to 16-10 overall and equal their total number of wins from a year ago. A&M, which defeated the Buffaloes, 3-1, when the teams met earlier this season in College Station, is now tied with Missouri for sixth place in the Big 12 Conference and could finish as high as a fourth-place tie with Oklahoma and possibly Baylor by winning out against the Buffaloes and Missouri.

A&M closes out the regular season at home against the Tigers on Saturday. First serve is at 4 p.m. at Reed, and A&M’s six seniors — Sarah Ammerman, Jennifer Banse, Mary Batis, Dylan Faulkner, Jola Kelner and Kristen Schevikhoven — will be honored following the match.

Colorado is looking to end a three-match losing skid after falling, 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-16), to Kansas State on Wednesday in Manhattan. The Buffaloes are in 10th place in the Big 12 standings and close out the season at No. 8 Nebraska on Saturday.

Texas A&M leads the nation in both assists (14.12) and kills (14.9) per set and is 33rd in the country with 16.82 digs per set. In addition, the Aggies are ranked 39h in the nation and third in the Big 12 with a .247 hitting percentage.

Aggie senior setter Kristen Schevikhoven (11.09 assists per set) directs a well-balanced and potent offense. Her primary target is senior outside hitter Sarah Ammerman, who leads the team and is ranked second in the Big 12 with 4.31 kills and 4.74 points per set. Senior right-side hitter Jennifer Banse, who leads A&M’s outside attackers with a .271 hitting efficiency, is second on the team and ninth in the Big 12 with 3.26 kills per set. She also is second on the team and eighth in the Big 12 with 3.64 points per set.

Freshmen middle blocker Alisia Kastmo, who hit .500 over the last two matches, leads the Aggies and is eighth in the Big 12 with a .327 hitting percentage for the full season. Freshman colleague Lindsey Miller, who has started every match and played in a team-leading 89 sets, is hitting .298 and leads the team with 0.84 blocks per set.

The Aggies are third in the Big 12 and 33rd in the nation with 16.82 digs per set for the full season. Senior outside hitter Mary Batis, who has started every match of her career and is ranked in A&M’s top 10 records for career kills, points and digs, is one of three players averaging more than three digs per set with a team-leading 3.43 norm. Freshman libero Tori Mellinger is averaging 3.2 digs per set, and Ammerman averages 3.03 digs.

A&M-COLORADO SERIES RECORDS
• A&M leads the all-time series, 19-9, since the teams first met in 1994, including 18-9 in Big 12 matches only.
• The series is much closer in matches played in Boulder, where the Aggies own a narrow 8-6 series advantage.
• Overall, A&M has won four of the last five meetings against the Buffs and is aiming for its sixth Big 12 season series sweep. CU won its only season series sweep in 2006.
• The teams split the season series last year with each team winning on its home court.
• Earlier this season, A&M defeated CU, 3-1 (25-17, 25-11, 23-25, 25-17) on Oct. 17, 2009, at Reed Arena in College Station. Sarah Ammerman led the Aggies with 21 kills while hitting .486 and also had a match-high 15 digs. Jennifer Banse added 15 kills for A&M, and the Aggies outhit the Buffs, .319 to .148. Rosie Steinhaus led CU with 13 kills and Kerra Schroeder and Becah Fogle added 10 each.

AGGIE QUICK HITS
• The trip to Colorado is a homecoming of sorts for senior outside hitter Sarah Ammerman and senior setter Kristen Schevikhoven. Ammerman attended Chaparral High School in Parker, Colo., and Schevikhoven graduated from Eaglecrest High School in Centennial, Colo., and transferred to A&M from the University of Northern Colorado. Both played for Front Range Volleyball Club and won the AAU Junior National Championship in 2006.

• With two matches remaining in the regular season, A&M is 16-10 and has already equaled its total number of victories recorded last year. The 2008 squad finished the season 16-14.

• For the second consecutive week, A&M moved up one spot in the NCAA RPI ranking, the heavily weighted tool that the NCAA Volleyball Committee uses to help determine the 33 teams that will receive an at-large berth into the 64-team NCAA Championships. With one week remaining in the regular season, A&M is 40th in this week’s RPI, released on Monday. A&M is 4-8 against teams in the NCAA Volleyball RPI top 50 and 2-5 against teams in the top 20, including wins against Nebraska and Northern Iowa.

• Sarah Ammerman, who leads the team with 4.31 kills per set this season, needs five kills to give her 1,463 career kills and move her into sixth place in the A&M career kill records, surpassing former All-American Sherri Brinkman, who had 1,462 from 1983-86. Ammerman needs only 22 kills over the last three regular-season matches to move from seventh to fourth. In addition to Brinkman, Ammerman will pass Cheri Steensma, who had 1,477 kills from 1985-88, and former two-time All-American Melissa Munsch, who had 1,479 kills from 2001-04.

• Sarah Ammerman needs 24 digs to become the 18th player in A&M history to reach the 1,000-dig career milestone. In addition, Ammerman, who currently has 1,458 career kills, will become the 10th player in A&M history to reach the 1,000-career landmark in both digs and kills. Ammerman enters the Colorado match averaging 3.03 digs per set.

• Mary Batis is ranked in the A&M top 10 for career points, kills and digs. She is fourth in points with 1,553, fifth in digs with 1,309 and ninth in kills with 1,369.

• Senior setter Kristen Schevikhoven posted 32 assists in the sweep against Texas Tech on Sunday to give her 2,987 for her career and move her into sixth place in the Aggie career records, surpassing Chris Zogata who had 2,982 from 1983-86.

• Freshman libero Tori Mellinger has played in 88 of 91 sets this season and has reached double figures in digs in a team-leading 17 matches and has taken team-high honors in digs in a team-leading nine matches. Mellinger set a career high and led all players with 24 digs in the 3-1 win at No. 17 Baylor. She is second on the team with 3.20 digs per set in all matches and 3.35 digs per set in Big 12 matches only.

• Kristen Schevikhoven’s career-high 27 digs in A&M’s 3-1 victory at Oklahoma on Nov. 18 marks the most digs in a match by an A&M player since former libero Holly Clay had 28 in a five-set match at Texas Tech on Oct. 22, 2005, when the 30-point scoring system was in effect. The last time an A&M player recorded 27 or more digs in a four-set match was Oct. 22, 2001, when Michelle Cole tallied 32 against Kansas State. Schevikhoven’s 27 digs equals the second most digs in a four-set match amongst all players in the Big 12 this season.

• A&M’s six seniors have accounted for 70.8 percent of the Aggies’ 1,356 kills this season and have scored 68.2 percent of A&M’s 1,613.5 points.

• A&M’s .465 hitting percentage in the Big 12 opener at Texas Tech on Sept. 19 ranks ninth in the school record books and third all-time in A&M’s Big 12 matches only. It also is the highest hitting percentage by a Big 12 team this season. A&M’s .460 hitting percentage against Virginia is the second highest by a Big 12 team this season.

• A&M leads the Big 12 for fewest aces allowed (0.55) and is second for aces per set (1.16) for the full season. Mary Batis leads the team with a 0.23 average in all matches and in Big 12 matches only. In addition, her 0.23 average ranks ninth in the Big 12 in conference matches only.

• Add middle blocker to sophomore Kelsey Black’s list of positions played. The 5-11 Amarillo, Texas native was the Aggies’ designated libero as a freshman. This season, she has backed up both the left and right-side hitters and also come in as a defensive specialist. In the third set against No. 2 Texas on Oct. 28, the versatile Black was inserted as a middle blocker. She finished the match with two kills and a solo block. Black then drew her first start of the season at Kansas as a middle blocker and tied for the team lead with a career-high five blocks. Black has started four matches this season, all at middle blocker.

• A&M has three players averaging more than three digs per set for the full season: Mary Batis, 3.43 dps; Tori Mellinger, 3.2 dps; and Sarah Ammerman, 3.03 dps. Batis leads the team with 3.52 dps in Big 12 matches only.

• A&M is ranked 25th in the nation for home attendance, averaging 1,642 per match at Reed Arena. The Aggies set an all-time home attendance record with 3,876 at the Texas match on Oct. 28. It broke the previous record of 3,778 set against Texas on Oct. 24, 2003, at G. Rollie White Coliseum.

• The Aggies, who tied eventual NCAA-regional finalist Iowa State for fourth place in the Big 12 with an 11-9 league record last year, have been picked to finish fourth in the league this season, according to a preseason poll of the conference coaches. Defending Big 12 co-champions Texas and Nebraska are picked to finish first and second, respectively, with Iowa State following at third place. A&M is followed by Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and Texas Tech.

• Aggie head coach Laurie Corbelli is 359-168 in her 17th year as head coach of the Aggies and 459-274 in the 24th season of her head coaching career. She is A&M’s winningest coach in terms of total victories and ranks second for winning percentage (.681).

SCOUTING THE BUFFALOES
• Colorado, 7-20 overall, is 2-16 in Big 12 matches and in 10th place in the league standings.
• The Buffaloes are coming off a 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-16) loss at Kansas State on Wednesday. It was CU’s third consecutive loss.
• Katie Evanyo led the Buffs with eight kills and also tied for team-high honors with 14 digs. Kerra Schroeder added 14 digs, and Sofia Lindroth also reached double figures with 12.
• Colorado is 2-9 in home matches.
• Sophomore outside hitter Becah Fogle, who hails from Leander, Texas (Vista Ridge H.S.), leads the Buffs and is ranked eighth in the Big 12 with 3.27 kills per set.
• The Buffs were picked to finish 10th in the Big 12 according to a preseason vote of the league coaches.
• Liz Kritza (Tulane ‘00) is in her first season as head coach at Colorado. Previously she served four seasons as head coach at Tulane and led the Green Wave to a 76-39 record. She was in her first season at Tulane in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina struck and forced the Green Wave to relocate to Texas A&M and play their home matches at G. Rollie White Coliseum.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
A&M closes out the regular season at home against Missouri on Saturday. It will be Senior Day at the Missouri match, which begins at 4 p.m. at Reed, and A&M’s six seniors -— Sarah Ammerman, Jennifer Banse, Mary Batis, Dylan Faulkner, Jola Kelner and Kristen Schevikhoven — will be recognized in a ceremony following the match.

NCAA SELECTION SHOW AIRS SUNDAY ON ESPNews
Texas A&M, aiming to return to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005, will learn its postseason fate Sunday when the NCAA Selection Show airs on ESPNews between 2-2:30 p.m. (CST). Thirty-three at-large teams will be selected and to join 31 automatic qualifiers in the 64-team tournament field.