Article on the win over the Tar Heels-
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https://cubuffs.com/news/2018/9/8/volleyball-buffs-rebound-with-sweep-of-tarheels.aspx
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BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado women's volleyball team rebounded quickly in the 2018 Buffs Invitational Saturday afternoon with a sweep (25-14, 25-18, 25-20) of University of North Carolina. The Buffs need to catch their breath quickly as the team takes on the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma tonight in the CU Events Center at 7 p.m. The match will be streamed live on Pac-12 Plus.
The Buffs came together strong, posting its second-highest hitting percentage in a match this season at .318. Defense and good offense was the key to the victory, with CU posting seven blocks after only having a pair last night. They also held the Tarheels to just .116 hitting, a season-low for the Buffs.
Much like last night, Colorado came out very balanced in the match.
Alexa Smith had a team-high 11 kills, while
Justine Spann and
Anyse Smith each added nine. Spann hit .500 in the match, while
Anyse Smith hit .467, both having a very efficient afternoon.
Jenna Ewert posted 17 assists, while
Brynna DeLuzio had 16 assists.
The defense was the strong point, holding North Carolina's Destiny Cox to just three kills after she had more than 23 last night against Oklahoma.
Rachel Whipple was the glue in the back row, posting 14 digs in the match, doubling the next highest Buff in digs. Up front,
Lillie Klemmer made huge jumps in improvements from last night, posting five block assists.
Anyse Smith added in three blocks, while
Alexa Smith,
Allie Moger and
Lauren Dorrell each had a pair.
The Buffs Invitational is shaking up, as each team in the tournament is 1-1. Oklahoma fell to North Carolina in five last night, then took down previously-unbeaten Georgia in five tonight. North Carolina and Georgia will finish out the tournament tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the CU Events Center, with CU and OU battling it out tonight to see who will be at 2-1 for the weekend.
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QUOTABLES:
Jesse Mahoney
On the offense and the match
"I thought we passed really well today. Both setters were able to set with tempo. Last night we were able to hit around .300 as well, so offensively we are doing some good things. We have lots of options there, it was nice seeing
Allie Moger have some nice swings there as well. For us this season it has been about defense and game plan, which I thought we did well."
On the defensive adjustments and execution
"We have two starting middles out, so we have some kids that are kind of first-time thrown into the fire. Last night they maybe didn't play as well as we wanted to and certainly didn't block like we wanted to. I thought we did a really nice job, Lillie did a really nice job making some corrections. Allie offensively did a nice job and got into a nice rhythm defensively. We served really well so they weren't in system very much. Their outside hitters were hitting against a better formed double block and I think that was really the difference in the match."
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Box score -
https://cubuffs.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wvball&id=11331
