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Matches thread - (RV) Volleyball hosts Cal (Friday, 8:00) and #2 Stanford (Sunday, noon)

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Tame the Bears Buffs; chop down the Trees!!!



Direct link to preview - https://cubuffs.com/news/2018/10/3/volleyball-buffs-to-host-cal-and-no-2-stanford.aspx

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BOULDER — The University of Colorado women's volleyball team returns home to face off with Cal Friday night at 8 p.m. and No.2-ranked Stanford Sunday at noon.

Colorado returns to Boulder after a tough weekend in Washington. The Buffs were able to take both the 13th and 22nd-ranked teams in the nation to four sets, but ultimately fell in both matches.

Despite the losses, the Buffs have hope after having a dominant match on the offensive end against Washington State. The team took the conference's best defensive team in terms of opponent offensive hitting percentage and were able to post a .308 team hitting percentage. Four CU women were able to hit in double-digit kills as the Buffs bettered their season total in kills this season in just four sets. The team also bettered their assist total in a match this season with both Jenna Ewert and Brynna DeLuzio tallying 29 assists.
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SCOUTING CAL: The Golden Bears are a match above .500 this season with an 8-7 record. The team has lost five straight matches. Cal has a familiar non-conference opponent as the Buff is Portland State, a match that was won in five sets by the Bears. Cal is coming off of a home stretch that involved sweeps to Stanford and USC, but also included five-set losses to Arizona State and UCLA. Like the Buffs, Cal spreads the ball out with four players with more than 100 kills. Mima Mirkovic leads the team with 182 kills, as well as in serving with 18 aces. Also like CU, the Golden Bears have two setters with more than 300 assists in Jade Blevins and Isabel Potter. Defensively, Mirkovic leads the team with 199 digs, while Kat Knop has 144. Preslie Anderson has a team-high 53 blocks, with Lauren Forte and Bailee Huizenga with more than 40 blocks.

SCOUTING STANFORD: The second ranked team in the nation is a strong one to say the least. The team has only lost six sets this season and one match, with the match coming in a five-set match against then-ranked No.9 BYU in Provo, a team that has taken over the top ranking since. The Cardinals have swept No.5 Penn State, No.3 Texas, No.18 UCLA and No.13 USC at home, as well as a four-set win against No.3 Texas in Texas. Stanford has not lost to an unranked opponent since September of 2016. Stanford is tied with Penn State for the national lead in blocks per set with 3.18, is second in hitting percentage behind BYU and third in kills per set. The Cardinals also boast the top setter in the nation in Jenna Gray with 12.66 assists per set and the conference-leader in blocks in Tami Alade with 1.59 per set. They also have the top libero in the conference in Morgan Hentz who averages 4.95 digs per set. Kathrn Plummer is second in the conference with 4.67 kills per set while Holly Campbell is second in the conference in blocks per set with 1.35.
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Matches Media links -
Live video -
Vs. Cal (Friday, 8:00 PM MT) : Match is being shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain and Bay Area channels. For those whose Cable/ Satellite/ Cord Cutting subscription includes access to one of those Pac 12 channels, believe the match can also be streamed through a link at https://pac-12.com/womens-volleyball/event/2018/10/05/california-colorado .

Vs. Stanford (Sunday, Noon MT) : Match is being shown live on the Pac 12 National, Mountain and Bay Area channels. For those whose Cable/ Satellite/ Cord Cutting subscription includes access to one of those Pac 12 channels, believe the match can also be streamed through a link at https://pac-12.com/womens-volleyball/event/2018/10/07/stanford-colorado .

Live stats (Both matches) - https://cubuffs.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary

Note - Promos for fans attending the matches (quoted from the preview article) -
"Friday night's match is deemed Friday Night Out, where fans can pair up to get two tickets, two drinks and two hotdogs for $24, with additional ticket add-ons available for $12 after. Sunday's match is staff appreciation, allowing all CU staff to join for $12 and get a ticket, drink and hot dog."
 
While waiting for the 2nd half of the soccer match, wanted to note a cool opportunity before tomorrow's volleyball match to learn a little more of THAT game-
 
It's match day for the Buffs vs. Cal.

Bring the FIRE Buffs!



(I am probably going to be out during all except, maybe, the beginning of the match, so probably won't be able to provide much in the way of updates.)
 
Watched most of the 5th online. They Buffs' owned the Bears. Good passing and hitting. Cal was on their heels the whole set.
 
Article on yesterday's win-


Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2018/10/6/volleyball-cu-rallies-back-to-defeat-cal.aspx

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BOULDER — The University of Colorado women's volleyball team picked up its 10th win of the season in a comeback five-set victory against Cal Friday evening in the CU Events Center.

The Buffs had a back-and-forth night, dominating the opening set with a .314 hitting percentage then coming back from down eight to have a chance to with the second. Things turned as the Golden Bears held CU to a .025 hitting percentage in a defeated third set and took a 2-1 advantage. A resilient Buffs squad well into survival mode and were able to sideout on 81 percent of their chances in the fourth to easily take the set, then quickly shut the door with an outstanding .333 hitting percentage and 10 kills in the fifth to take the win.

A pair of double-doubles proved to be the key for CU with the first coming from senior captain Alexa Smith. The outside posted a phenomenal 17 kills and 17 digs, leading the team in both categories and nearly leading the match in both. She also put down three aces and a block.

The other six-rotation outside Justine Spann had a great night, especially down the stretch when it counted. Spann closed out the final two sets with four kills in each, including a .571 hitting percentage in the final set. She also had six digs down the stretch, with four coming in set five. She finished the night with 14 kills and 13 digs.

Also for the Buffs offensively, Brynna DeLuzio and Jenna Ewert continued to shine in the setter position. DeLuzio finished with 28 assists and seven digs, while Ewert finished with 23 assists and eight digs. Middles Naghede Abu and Danielle Price were a pair of efficient weapons for the setters with Abu finishing with 10 kills and Price with eight.

On the defensive side of things, Abu anchored a wall that put down 11 total blocks. The senior middle finished with a team-high seven block assists, joined by Price and Lauren Dorrell with four apiece. Smith and Spann cleaned up 30 digs, nearly half of the team's total for the evening. Joining the duo was Gabby Carta-Samuels with nine digs, while Rachel Whipple had seven digs and dished out six assists.
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QUOTABLES:

Head Coach Jesse Mahoney
On the win
"I know Cal is winless in the Pac-12, but that's three really good matches in a row that they've played. They had some really good pieces and have young middles that are great players now and are going to be really good players in the future. I thought it was a little bit of an uneven match for us. We were either wildly consistent or wildly inconsistent. You can see that from the three sets that were super low errored, and the two that we lost where we handed them point after point. Always happy to get the win in conference against a really good Pac-12 team. It was a good win, but we will highlight some things that we know we need to work on. We are going to get probably the best team in the country coming in here on Sunday. We need to be ready."

On the Emily Demure and Lillie Klemmer lineup change in the third and fifth set
"We were without Anyse (Smith) tonight so we started off with Emily DeMure. I thought both Emily and Lillie both did a really nice job. Emily is a little bit more of a true right side and Lillie is a true middle. Both are really nice blockers. It was to change things up with Cal's block. I'm not sure what Lillie came in and hit, but I'm guessing it was pretty good because she had a couple of swings and they were good swings that we scored some points on. Em (Emily DeMure) did a really nice job. We were trying to find ways to be a little bit more efficient."

On Sunday's match against Stanford
"It is hard when you play a team as good as Stanford because it is tough to game plan for a great setter, five really good attackers, and probably the best libero in the Pac-12. We will get to watching film and we'll try to make some decisions with how we serve, with some block decisions, and how we position. The same thing we do with everyone, to give ourselves an opportunity to score a little bit better. They are going to put a lot of pressure on us. We can't give easy points away. They are going to earn some points, but that's okay. We need to make them earn points in order to make it competitive."
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UP NEXT: The Buffs host the No.2 team in the nation in Stanford Sunday at noon in the CU Events Center. The Cardinals are undefeated in conference play this season, posting sweeps in three out of five matches. Stanford defeated 24th-ranked Utah tonight in four sets in Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday evening.
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wvball&id=11352

 
Buffs played poorly in Sets 2 and 3. Let themselves get too far down in Set 2, than rallied to make it get ahead. They didn't close out the set when they had the chance. In Set 3, Buffs came out strong, but Cal took over to win the set. Buffs now had to go to 5 sets if they were going to win. They took it to 5 sets and got the victory. Hitting % in Set 2 was .189 and .025 in Set 3. That hitting % doesn't win (Set 3)

Article says they were without Anyse Smith. Hopefully her injury is better by Sunday as they will need her against Stanford.
 
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