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Matches Thread- VOLLEYBALL has Home and Home vs. CSU (In Fort Collins Thurs., 9/19/24, 6:00 PM MT & in Boulder Friday, 7:00 PM MT)

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As has been the case the last few seasons, VOLLEYBALL (6-4) is ending the non-conference part of their schedule with a battle for the "Golden Spike" as they face off against the CSU Rams (3-5) twice in 2 days, with Thursday being slotted for Moby Arena, while both teams will be turning around and heading to Boulder for a Friday night contest at the Events Center.

Streams for ALL volleyball matches this weekend will be available for those with premium ($) ESPN+ subscriptions. (See more details and links near the bottom of this post.)

Go Buffs!!!

Preview -



Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/9/17/colorado-volleyball-gears-up-for-golden-spike-battle

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BOULDER – The Colorado volleyball team (6-4) finishes up nonconference play this week with its annual home-and-home against Colorado State (3-5). The Buffs will go to Fort Collins on Thursday (Sept. 19) to play the Rams in Moby Arena at 6 p.m., and the Rams will venture to Boulder on Friday at 7 p.m. to determine who will take home the Golden Spike Trophy.

The Buffs Invitational trophy stayed home as Colorado finished in first place at the end of last weekend, securing wins over UC Irvine and Cal. Senior setter Taylor Simpson was named All-Tournament MVP, and sophomore middle blocker Cayla Payne and sophomore outside hitter Sydney Jordan were also selected to the Buffs Invitational All-Tournament Team.

RIVALRY WEEK
COLORADO STATE
Moby Arena • FORT COLLINS, Colo. // CU Events Center • BOULDER, Colo.
Mountain West Network // ESPN+
MATCH #1 • Thursday, September 19 • 6 p.m. MT
MATCH #2 • Friday, September 20 • 7 p.m. MT
Colorado (6-4) vs. CSU (3-5)
SERIES RECORD: 18-27, CSU Leads
LAST MEETING: W, 3-2 (September 15, 2024 • Fort Collins, Colo.)
STREAK: Won 1 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 6-4
OPPONENT WEBSITE: CSURams.com
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BATTLE FOR THE GOLDEN SPIKE: The Golden Spike was originally donated by Colorado Volleyball supporter club members -- specifically the Comanche Crossing Museum in Strasburg, Colo., where the final spike was driven to connect the first continuous chain of train tracks from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Since the inaugural Battle for the Golden Spike in 2019, the Buffs lead the Rams 4-3, having won the last four-straight.

ROAM WITH THE BUFFS: The Buffs' Thursday match at Fort Collins will be broadcast on Mountain West Network. The home match at CUEC on Friday will be broadcast on ESPN+ as well as the neutral matches in Buffs Invitational. Fans also can follow Colorado matches through live stats with links available at CUBuffs.com.

MILESTONE CHECK: So. DS/L Avery Bolles set a career-high 12 digs against Cal on Saturday night (Sept. 14) and matched this high against Wyoming the next day (Sept. 15). Totaling 41 digs on the weekend, Bolles surpassed 100 career digs. Jr. DS/L Sarah Morton reached 119 total digs at Colorado over the weekend, now sitting at 889 in her career. So. OH Sydney Jordan surpassed 100 career kills and 100 career digs with her contributions in Buffs Invitational. So. MB Cayla Payne reached 200 career kills with six against Wyoming.

FIVE-SET FUN FACT: With its win over UC Irvine on Friday night (Sept. 13), Colorado played its fifth five-set match of the season. This is the most five-set matches played in the first 10 games of the season in CU Volleyball history.

For more information on the Colorado volleyball team, please visit cubuffs.com/vb. Fans of the Buffs can follow @cubuffsvb on Instagram, X, and Facebook.
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More on the Rams -

Roster - https://csurams.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://csurams.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2024
Schedule/ results - https://csurams.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://csurams.com/news/2024/9/17/...n-buffs-in-annual-battle-for-the-golden-spike
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Media links:

Link to links to Live stats for all CU matches - https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=colo . Direct links for the matches:
In Fort Collins - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=537818&vislive=colo
In Boulder - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=537711


Live Video:
In Fort Collins - Looks like a (I believe free) stream should be available on CSU's Mountain West Network site (as well as I assume the MWC app), available at https://csurams.com/sports/2017/7/28/mountain-west-network.
In Boulder - As has been the case all season, looks like all home matches are scheduled to be provided through the premium ($) ESPN+ subscription service, available either on the ESPN app or at https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/675c3092-7081-4977-bd96-9c6963dd6025 .
 
would love to see them win both of these. CSU is not that good and had been struggling this year. I watched a couple of their matches and CU needs to sweep them imo
 
After a nice start that saw the Buffs up 6-2 early, the 2nd set became ugly in pretty much every facit of the game at different times and CSU ties it up at 1 set all by a 18-25 score.
 
Match day #2 against the Rams.


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Media after last night's win:

Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/9/19/volleyball-buffs-rattle-rams-in-fort-collins

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Buffs Rattle Rams in Fort Collins​

This is Colorado’s best performance against CSU on its home turf since a sweep in 2021

By: Malala Pyle, Assistant Director of Athletic Communication

BOULDER – The Colorado volleyball team (7-4) defeated the Colorado State Rams (25-23, 18-25, 32-30, 25-20) at Moby Arena in Fort Collins on Thursday night.

After splitting the first two sets, the Rams and the Buffs reached the 30-point mark in set three. Colorado showed grit and determination, taking the third set, 32-30, and earning the win in the last set, 25-20. The Buffs won in four sets, marking its best performance in Fort Collins since sweeping the Rams on Sept. 18, 2021.

"[They are a] really good team in a really tough environment – it's tough to get wins here," head coach Jesse Mahoney said. "Whoever won that third set was going to win the match […] We had some really good performances. [Morton] coming back was really good and [Simpson] was really good."

Colorado out-killed (60-56) and out-aced (7-4) Colorado State and had them out of system on 63% of its serves.

KEY PLAYERS:
  • So. OPP Lily Dwinell had 13 kills (1e, 26att, hitting .462) on a 50% kill percentage and two blocks on the night. Totaling 14.0 points, this is Dwinell's third match with double-digit kills and fourth with double-digit points.
  • So. OH Sydney Jordan recorded 17 kills, nine digs and one block, finishing with 17.5 points against CSU. This is Jordan's sixth match this season with double-digit kills and seventh with double figure points.
  • So. MB Cayla Payne had nine kills and five blocks (one solo) for the Black and Gold, earning 12.0 points. This is Payne's seventh match with double-digit points.
  • So. DS/L Avery Bolles had 10 digs for the Buffs, her fifth match in the 2024 season ending in double-figure digs and dug 72% of the balls hit at her. She also notched four aces.
  • So. OH Ana Burilovic had 15 kills, five digs and three blocks against the Rams, totaling 17.5 points. This is Burilovic's 10th match this season with double-digit kills and double-digit points.
  • Jr. MB Bella Simkus had six kills on eight swings and zero errors on the night (hitting .750).
  • Jr. DS/L Sarah Morton reached 13 digs, seeing her sixth match of the season with double-figure digs. She also passed the ball in system 64% of the time.
  • Sr. S Taylor Simpson set 51 of the Buffs' kills and had a dig and a block.
  • Fr. DS/L/S Katie Salonga recorded an ace and a dig while serving the Rams out of system on 76% of her serves.
  • For the Rams, Malaya Jones had 16 kills, Kennedy Sanford had 10 kills and Kate Yoshimoto had 16 digs.
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UP NEXT:
  • With the first match behind it, the Colorado Volleyball team looks toward its second match against CSU on Friday, Sept. 20, in the Battle for the Golden Spike. First serve is set for 7 p.m. MT on Friday, and the match will be broadcast on ESPN+. Links to watch the match are available at CUBuffs.com.
  • Mahoney on tomorrow's match: "Let's win in Boulder. Let's double it up. That's been tough to do in this series, but I think we can do it this year."

MATCH NOTES:
  • Colorado moves to 19-27 all-time against CSU and 1-1 in four-set matches.
  • The Buffs achieve the first four-set win over the Rams in Fort Collins since 1994 and best performance since a sweep in 2021.
  • This is Colorado's second win over a Mountain West team this season.
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2024/colorado-state/boxscore/17081
 
the CU instagram has Taylor S in a walking boot
 

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The Buffs are going to have to comeback on this one after going down 1-2 after a 25-27 3rd set.
 
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