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🏆 National Player of the Week
👟 Split Squad
🔹 And so much more!

🔼 Nine In A Row. Boise State soccer struck twice inside the first 10 minutes and rolled to a 4-0 win at Fresno State, pushing its winning streak to nine, the longest in program history and the longest active streak in the nation. Campbell Wilson opened the scoring with her team-leading 10th goal, and Mia Lane headed home a Francesca McGuire cross four minutes later. Jillian Anderson cleaned up a rebound in the second half and Olivia Collins capped it in the 88th minute off a Sophie Schmautz feed. Ava de Leest posted her eighth shutout of the season and added an assist of her own, while the Broncos fired a season-high 26 shots and held the Bulldogs to just one on goal.

🔼 Career Night On The Road. Azlynn Tittmann hammered a career-high 21 kills to power Boise State past Utah State 3-1 for the Broncos’ first Pac-12 road win. She became the first Bronco this season to crack 20 kills, and Kendall Hastings backed her with a season-high 15 while leading the way with eight blocks and a .500 hitting percentage for the second straight match. Tehya Maeva set up the attack with a season-high 33 assists, Melia Barlow served up four aces, and Sydney Dreves dug out 19 balls and closed the fourth set with the clinching kill. Boise State posted season highs with 66 total kills and 63 assists before heading to Fresno State on Saturday at 1 p.m. MT.

🔼 National Player Of The Week. Mia Lane was named the IWSOC National Player of the Week, days after collecting Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors. The junior piled up four goals and eight points across two matches, scoring twice in a 4-1 win over San Diego State and twice more in a 3-0 shutout of Gonzaga, the first braces of her career, and the only multiple-brace week by any Pac-12 player. She now leads the conference in both goals and points during league play.

🔼 B1 Feature: Playing Every Snap Like It’s Your Last. Boise State left tackle Tyler Ethridge grew up in Friday night lights country outside Dallas, where the whole town turned out for Midlothian High School games. A position change and a benching his senior year forced him to rethink how he approached football, and when the starting left tackle broke his leg before the Bi-District Championships, Ethridge stepped back in and delivered. He spent three years at CSU Pueblo, earning All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference First Team honors twice and helping the Pack to a 10-2 season in 2025, before a visit to Boise with his dad led him to commit on the spot. His approach now: every athlete has a clock above their head, and you never know when it hits zero.

🔼 Conference Slate Set. Boise State softball opens Pac-12 play at home April 2-4 against San Diego State, one of three home series on the 2027 conference schedule announced this week by head coach Andrew Rich. Two weeks on the road follow at Utah State and Oregon State before the Broncos return home for Colorado State and then Texas State, an NCAA tournament team a season ago. The regular season wraps with a three-game set at Fresno State May 6-8, and the Pac-12 tournament runs May 12-15 in San Marcos, Texas, with an automatic NCAA tournament bid on the line. The nonconference slate comes later.

🔼 Split Squad. Boise State cross country sends runners to two meets today, with seven men and seven women racing the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin, and the rest heading to the Dr. Thad Scholes Invitational in Twin Falls. It’s the Broncos’ first trip to Nuttycombe since 2023 and their first under head coach Pat McCurry, against a field stacked with programs from across the country. Both teams are ranked in the top 10 of the West region, and the women also sit at No. 30 in the USTFCCCA National Coaches’ Poll. They last raced at the Roy Griak Invitational, where both squads finished second, and Brian Kiprotich claimed the men’s title.

🔼 Broncos in the NFL. Boise State will have nine players and one head coach in action this weekend, starting with Ezra Cleveland and the Jaguars facing the Eagles at 7:30 a.m. MT from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the NFL London Games. Cleveland played all 61 offensive snaps in Jacksonville’s 22-17 win last week and graded as the team’s top run blocker. Ashton Jeanty is one of three players in the league with 250-plus rushing yards and 150-plus receiving yards, while DeMarcus Lawrence notched the 24th multi-TFL game of his career and George Holani has already matched his previous career touch total. Khalil Shakir closes the weekend on Monday Night Football against the Rams, coming off an 82-yard day that included a season-long 51-yard catch.

In how many straight NFL seasons has Khalil Shakir recorded at least one 50-yard reception?

Got a guess? Scroll down for the answer reveal!

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*All times in MT unless otherwise listed

Friday, Oct. 9
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITA Mountain Regional Championships (Provo, Utah)
👟 Cross Country @ Dr. Thad Schole Invitational (Twin Falls, Idaho)
👟 Cross Country @ Nuttycombe Invitational (Madison, Wis.) | Watch | Live Stats

Saturday, Oct. 10
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITA Mountain Regional Championships (Provo, Utah)
🏐 Volleyball @ Fresno State @ 1 p.m. (Fresno, Calif.) | Live Stats
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Idaho (Exhibition) @ 5 p.m. @ Idaho Central Arena | Watch: KTVB 7.2 | Listen | Tickets
🏈 Football @ Fresno State @ 8:30 p.m. (Fresno, Calif.) | Watch: CW | Listen

Sunday, Oct. 11
🥎 Softball vs. The College of Idaho @ 12 p.m.
⚽ Soccer vs. Utah State @ 1 p.m. | Watch: YouTube | Live Stats | Tickets

Monday, Oct. 12
🎮 ES vs. Washington - Rocket League | Watch

Tuesday, Oct. 13
🎮 ES vs. Washington - Overwatch 2 | Watch
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA Regional Championships (Provo, Utah)

Wednesday, Oct. 14
🎮 ES vs. Washington - Valorant | Watch
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA Regional Championships (Provo, Utah)

Thursday, Oct. 15
🎮 ES vs. Washington - Valorant | Watch
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA Regional Championships (Provo, Utah)
🏐 Volleyball vs. Washington State @ 6 p.m. | Live Stats | Tickets

Friday, Oct. 16
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA Regional Championships (Provo, Utah)

Saturday, Oct. 17
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITA Regional Championships (Provo, Utah)
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Washington @ Idaho Central Arena (Exhibition) | Tickets
🏐 Volleyball @ Gonzaga @ 1 p.m. (Spokane, Wash.) | Live Stats
🥎 Softball @ Washington @ 1 p.m. (Seattle, Wash.) (Exhibition)
🥎 Softball @ Mt. Hood Community College @ 5:30 p.m. (Seattle, Wash.) (Exhibition)
⚽ Soccer vs. Oregon State @ 6 p.m. | Watch: YouTube | Tickets

Saturday, Oct. 18
⛳ Women’s Golf @ Jim West Challenge (San Marcos, Texas)
🥎 Softball @ Seattle @ 11 a.m. (Seattle, Wash.) (Exhibition

🔷 Go here to view the entire Boise State Athletics Calendar

Answer: Four.

🔷 Have a great weekend, Bronco Nation!