Match Thread- SOCCER on the road to face Arizona (Friday, 10/14/22, 8:00 PM MT)

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The soccer team (8-3-3 overall, 2-2-1 in conference) goes on the road for the 2nd of 3 single match weekends tomorrow as they've headed to Tucson to face off tomorrow night against the Arizona Wildcats (4-6-2, 1-4).

The match is scheduled to be available to view on the Pac 12 Arizona channel. (See more details and links near the bottom of this post.)

Go Buffs!!!

(cubuffs.com preview not available as I type this.)

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More on the Wildcats -

Roster - https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster
Stats - https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/womens-soccer/stats
Schedule/ results for this season - https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/womens-soccer/schedule/2022
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://admin.arizonawildcats.com/gameday/soccer-vs-colorado/wsoc/1408/

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Media links:

Link to link to live stats -

StatBroadcast® Systems - Events for Arizona

www.statbroadcast.com

Live Video - The match is scheduled to be shown live on the Pac 12 Arizona channel. For those whose Cable/ Satellite/ Cord Cutting subscription includes access to any Pac 12 channel, assume it can also be streamed through a link at https://pac-12.com/womens-soccer/event/2022/10/14/colorado-arizona .

CU Match Notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2022/10/12/Arizona.pdf

 

[AztecBuff]

Preview - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/10/13/soccer-buffs-take-to-desert-to-face-wildcats.aspx

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TUCSON – The Colorado Buffaloes take to the road for a lone matchup against Arizona on Friday, marking the team's midway point of the Pac-12 Conference season.

Colorado (8-3-3, 2-2-1 Pac-12) is on the upward trend after a sweep of the Oregon schools last week and moving into the middle of the conference standings. CU is tied with Washington State with seven points in the conference season and six matches left to play.

CU's final stretch starts with an Arizona squad that is coming off a 1-0 win over then No. 8 Southern California and a tightly contested 1-0 loss to No. UCLA. Colorado's final stretch includes No. 1 UCLA, No. 18 USC, No. 19 California, No. 9 Stanford and Utah.

"Our focus is obviously on Arizona," head coach Danny Sanchez commented. "They had a great weekend last week with a top-10 win over USC and played the undefeated No. 1 ranked team in the country to a 1-0 even match. We know the challenge that Friday presents for us and we're going to have to be very good if we want to get a result."

The Buffs have fared well in Tucson, claiming a 4-1-1 overall record on the Wildcats' home turf. The Buffs visited Tucson last Halloween and walked away with a 1-0 win. CU holds the all-time series lead, 5-1-5.

"I think last year's game was kind of how they've all been," Sanchez added. "We scored late. Lawson [Willis] made a great run and Shyra [James] scored in the 1-0 game. I don't expect anything different on Friday. We need to start getting results on the road though, hopefully, it starts on Friday."

A key part of the Buffs' weekend success against Oregon State and Oregon was the play of transfer Civana Kuhlmann. She had five points across the two games (2 G, 1), including the game-winning goal in CU's 1-0 win over Oregon. Kuhlmann has been fueling CU's offensive efforts through Pac-12 play, having a point in her last nine contests. She's been on fire since the start of September, posting 20 points (7 G, 6 A).

"She's been fantastic," Sanchez said. "Especially once we started Pac-12 play. I think she leads by example on our front line and the good thing is we have other options as well. Shyra, Emerson [Layne], Juliauna [Hayward], Jenny [Beyer] and so forth. She's leading by example and having a very good season."

The second part of CU's recent triumphs has been its ability to play lockdown defense. The Buffs did not allow Oregon to record a shot on goal, marking the first time a CU opponent hasn't put a ball on target in two seasons.

"We've talked about how our success is probably going to be based on how we do defensively in Pac-12 play," Sanchez explained. "You have to get shutouts. You can't expect to score two or three goals. I think Sunday [against Oregon] was an example. You get the goal and you have to be able to defend it and win a windmill match."

Arizona (4-6-2, 2-3-1 Pac-12) hasn't gotten one up on the Buffs since the 2013 season. CU has either won or tied the Wildcats in the last eight meetings. UofA hasn't been able to find the net this season. The Wildcats are last in the conference in total goals (9) and total points (33).

Friday's game is set for an 8 p.m. MT kickoff and will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
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[AztecBuff]

Just got home, and looks like the Buffs are down 0-1 ~15 minutes in, with the Wildcat goal coming early (in the 4th minute).

Starting lineup was -

 

[AztecBuff]

0-1 is the score at the half. Based on the run of play, the Buffs are lucky to only be down one. Going to have to bring more in the 2nd half.

 

[AztecBuff]

Arizona goes up 0-2 in the 53rd minute.

 

[AztecBuff]

Oh no - Shyra James has to be helped off the field. At least using the old school cliché, it doesn't look good as it doesn't look she was able to put any weight on the injured (looked like the right) knee as she was helped off the field. Hopefully it's not too bad.

 

[AztecBuff]

0-2 is the final.

Going to have to quickly figure out what happened, especially offensively, in this one, then forget about it and get ready to upset the L.A. schools when CU hosts them next weekend.