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Matches thread-#21 Volleyball in Seattle facing #11 Illinois (Friday) & Iowa (Sat., both at 6:00 MT)
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Article on last night's win-
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2018/9/1/volleyball-smith-and-spann-dominate-in-win-over-iowa.aspx
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SEATTLE, Wash. — Senior Alexa Smith and junior Justine Spann put in work tonight in a dominating win for the University of Colorado volleyball team against the University of Iowa in the 2018 Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge in Seattle, Washington. The Buffs took home the win in four sets (25-19, 25-21, 23-25, 25-13).
Smith came out swinging, posting a season-high 23 kills while hitting .298 for the Buffaloes in the win. She also posted the third double-double of the season with 11 digs. Spann led the charge towards the double-double, picking up the second of the season for the team with 13 kills and a career-high 25 digs, seven more than her previous best performance. The duo combined for more than half of the team's kills and digs.
Spann's incredible performance began later in the match. After posting just seven digs in the first two sets, the junior went off for nine digs in each of the following sets.
Also offensively for the Buffs, sophomore Brynna DeLuzio posted 25 assists and led the team with a pair of aces. She was joined by freshman Jenna Ewert who had 15 assists, just one shy of her career-high.
Defensively the Buffs posted a combined 10.5 blocks, led by redshirt freshman Danielle Price with six total blocks. Anyse Smith had four block assists in key moments for CU, and was joined by teammates Alexa Smith, Lillie Klemmer and Lauren Dorrell with three total blocks apiece.
The Colorado Buffaloes turned a page from the night before, swinging hard and efficiently throughout the match. The team posted the third-highest set hitting percentage of the short season in the second set with a .355 percentage on 14 kills. CU also put Iowa in sorts, as the Buffs had only three receive errors. The extraordinary serve receive helped lead Iowa to committing 15 service errors. On the flip-side, the Buffs put down a season-high six aces in the win.
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QUOTABLES:
Head Coach Jesse Mahoney
On how the women turned things around and how the match went
"You know we were unhappy with our performance last night. We all have individual things we needed to work on then systematically we felt some things broke down. I was pleased with our practice this morning, I thought we were very productive and that showed tonight. I think we executed our game plan as well as we have in any of our previous matches this season. On the flip side, offensively it was great to see Alexa Smith kind of back to her form from last year with 23 kills and a lot of very nice swings."
On the dominate turn around after dropping set three
"After set three we talked about how we were up 18-13 in that set and got a little loose and I think we felt like we were going to win and were ready to get out of here and you can't do that against a team like Iowa. You have to play the full set through and we built that lead in set four and sat down during a timeout and said 'Hey we are in the spot we were in in set three, the set is not over,' the kids put their foot on the gas and finished it out."
On Alexa Smith and Justine Spann
"They're both All-Tournament players in my opinion. I thought Lex was really good offensively. Justine was all over the place defensively in that back line and really kept us in some rallies, made some spectacular plays, and took care of the easy stuff really well. Those are the type of performances we need to be competitive this year."
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wvball&id=11341
Justine Spann interview - https://pac-12.com/videos/colorado-...ollowing-bounce-back-win-every-night-going-be
Pac 12 Network match recap - https://pac-12.com/videos/recap-colorado-womens-volleyball-tops-iowa-split-pac-12big-ten-challenge
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2018/9/1/volleyball-smith-and-spann-dominate-in-win-over-iowa.aspx
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SEATTLE, Wash. — Senior Alexa Smith and junior Justine Spann put in work tonight in a dominating win for the University of Colorado volleyball team against the University of Iowa in the 2018 Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge in Seattle, Washington. The Buffs took home the win in four sets (25-19, 25-21, 23-25, 25-13).
Smith came out swinging, posting a season-high 23 kills while hitting .298 for the Buffaloes in the win. She also posted the third double-double of the season with 11 digs. Spann led the charge towards the double-double, picking up the second of the season for the team with 13 kills and a career-high 25 digs, seven more than her previous best performance. The duo combined for more than half of the team's kills and digs.
Spann's incredible performance began later in the match. After posting just seven digs in the first two sets, the junior went off for nine digs in each of the following sets.
Also offensively for the Buffs, sophomore Brynna DeLuzio posted 25 assists and led the team with a pair of aces. She was joined by freshman Jenna Ewert who had 15 assists, just one shy of her career-high.
Defensively the Buffs posted a combined 10.5 blocks, led by redshirt freshman Danielle Price with six total blocks. Anyse Smith had four block assists in key moments for CU, and was joined by teammates Alexa Smith, Lillie Klemmer and Lauren Dorrell with three total blocks apiece.
The Colorado Buffaloes turned a page from the night before, swinging hard and efficiently throughout the match. The team posted the third-highest set hitting percentage of the short season in the second set with a .355 percentage on 14 kills. CU also put Iowa in sorts, as the Buffs had only three receive errors. The extraordinary serve receive helped lead Iowa to committing 15 service errors. On the flip-side, the Buffs put down a season-high six aces in the win.
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QUOTABLES:
Head Coach Jesse Mahoney
On how the women turned things around and how the match went
"You know we were unhappy with our performance last night. We all have individual things we needed to work on then systematically we felt some things broke down. I was pleased with our practice this morning, I thought we were very productive and that showed tonight. I think we executed our game plan as well as we have in any of our previous matches this season. On the flip side, offensively it was great to see Alexa Smith kind of back to her form from last year with 23 kills and a lot of very nice swings."
On the dominate turn around after dropping set three
"After set three we talked about how we were up 18-13 in that set and got a little loose and I think we felt like we were going to win and were ready to get out of here and you can't do that against a team like Iowa. You have to play the full set through and we built that lead in set four and sat down during a timeout and said 'Hey we are in the spot we were in in set three, the set is not over,' the kids put their foot on the gas and finished it out."
On Alexa Smith and Justine Spann
"They're both All-Tournament players in my opinion. I thought Lex was really good offensively. Justine was all over the place defensively in that back line and really kept us in some rallies, made some spectacular plays, and took care of the easy stuff really well. Those are the type of performances we need to be competitive this year."
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wvball&id=11341
Justine Spann interview - https://pac-12.com/videos/colorado-...ollowing-bounce-back-win-every-night-going-be
Pac 12 Network match recap - https://pac-12.com/videos/recap-colorado-womens-volleyball-tops-iowa-split-pac-12big-ten-challenge
Buffs fall from #21 to #24 in the latest main (AVCA/ Coaches') poll.
Link to full poll - https://www.avca.org/polls/di-women/9-3-2018.html
(I always have to remember these "popularity contests" don't seem to matter at all for NCAA tournament selection, as these polls are often hard to understand, other than realizing most of the coaches don't spend ANY time on them, and really don't seem to follow the non "prestige" schools. In this case, the Buffs played the same opponents as Washington did in the tourney Udub hosted, and both ended up 1-1. The Buffs had a higher point margin (+20 vs. +10) in the one match each won (both against Iowa), had the same point margin (-12) against Illinois in the match each lost, and somehow Washington went UP one spot in the poll (from #13 to #12) while the Buffs fell 3 spots.)
Link to full poll - https://www.avca.org/polls/di-women/9-3-2018.html
(I always have to remember these "popularity contests" don't seem to matter at all for NCAA tournament selection, as these polls are often hard to understand, other than realizing most of the coaches don't spend ANY time on them, and really don't seem to follow the non "prestige" schools. In this case, the Buffs played the same opponents as Washington did in the tourney Udub hosted, and both ended up 1-1. The Buffs had a higher point margin (+20 vs. +10) in the one match each won (both against Iowa), had the same point margin (-12) against Illinois in the match each lost, and somehow Washington went UP one spot in the poll (from #13 to #12) while the Buffs fell 3 spots.)