The volleyball team, after a solid 8-2 start in non-conference matches, now switch over to conference play. 1st up is a Thursday evening match in Salt Lake City against RV (Receiving Votes) Utah (7-4) , followed up with their Pac 12 home opener matinee hosting ASU (6-6) Sunday at 1:00.
Thursday evening's match looks to be on the Pac 12 Network, while Sunday's will be viewable via the Pac 12 Insider platform. (Links near the bottom of this post.)
Go Buffs!!!
Preview -
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/9/20/volleyball-buffaloes-start-conference-play-in-utah.aspx
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BOULDER — The University of Colorado women's volleyball team begins Pac-12 play this week with a road trip to Utah Thursday at 7 p.m. before hosting Arizona State Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Buffaloes (8-2) are coming off a reverse sweep of CSU Friday evening that resulted in head coach Jesse Mahoney's 100th win and second-straight Golden Spike Trophy.
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Both matches will be streamed on the Pac-12 Network, with Sunday's match on Pac-12 Insider. Colorado will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX Sunday against the Sun Devils.
UTAH
The Utes (7-4) are receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches' Poll and are 3-2 at home this season. Three of Utah's four losses came in multiple sets against ranked teams in Kansas, Purdue and San Diego. The team also fell to in-state rival BYU last Thursday in four sets. Madelyn Robinson leads the outside with 143 kills, averaging 4.21 per set while hitting .260. Libero Vanessa Ramirez is against 4.16 digs per set while KJ Burgess holds down the front with 1.27 blocks per set.
ARIZONA STATE
ASU (6-6) is coming into Boulder without a road win in three tries. The Sun Devils have losses to Toledo, Georgia Tech, CSU, Baylor, SMU and Texas Tech. Arizona State did defeat a similar opponent in FIU in four sets.
ASU is led by Iman Isanovic with 150 kills alongside Marta Levinska with 143. They are a strong serving team averaging 1.66 aces per set with five athletes with double-digit aces. Jaden Ravnsborg leads the team with 3.3 digs per set, while upfront it is a split duty with four athletes with 21 or more blocks.
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More on the opponents:
Utah:
Roster - https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats
Schedule/ results for this season - https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://utahutes.com/news/2022/9/19...t-colorado-continues-saturday-vs-arizona.aspx
ASU:
Roster - https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2022
Schedule/ results for this season - https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Matches' notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2022/9/20/Colorado_Notes_Utah_ASU.pdf
Thursday:
Live stats -
Live Video - The match is scheduled to be shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain 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-volleyball/event/2022/09/22/colorado-utah.
Sunday:
Link to link to live stats -
www.statbroadcast.com
Live Video - https://pac-12.com/live?networks=P12I
Thursday evening's match looks to be on the Pac 12 Network, while Sunday's will be viewable via the Pac 12 Insider platform. (Links near the bottom of this post.)
Go Buffs!!!
Preview -
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/9/20/volleyball-buffaloes-start-conference-play-in-utah.aspx
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BOULDER — The University of Colorado women's volleyball team begins Pac-12 play this week with a road trip to Utah Thursday at 7 p.m. before hosting Arizona State Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Buffaloes (8-2) are coming off a reverse sweep of CSU Friday evening that resulted in head coach Jesse Mahoney's 100th win and second-straight Golden Spike Trophy.
...
Both matches will be streamed on the Pac-12 Network, with Sunday's match on Pac-12 Insider. Colorado will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX Sunday against the Sun Devils.
UTAH
The Utes (7-4) are receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches' Poll and are 3-2 at home this season. Three of Utah's four losses came in multiple sets against ranked teams in Kansas, Purdue and San Diego. The team also fell to in-state rival BYU last Thursday in four sets. Madelyn Robinson leads the outside with 143 kills, averaging 4.21 per set while hitting .260. Libero Vanessa Ramirez is against 4.16 digs per set while KJ Burgess holds down the front with 1.27 blocks per set.
ARIZONA STATE
ASU (6-6) is coming into Boulder without a road win in three tries. The Sun Devils have losses to Toledo, Georgia Tech, CSU, Baylor, SMU and Texas Tech. Arizona State did defeat a similar opponent in FIU in four sets.
ASU is led by Iman Isanovic with 150 kills alongside Marta Levinska with 143. They are a strong serving team averaging 1.66 aces per set with five athletes with double-digit aces. Jaden Ravnsborg leads the team with 3.3 digs per set, while upfront it is a split duty with four athletes with 21 or more blocks.
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More on the opponents:
Utah:
Roster - https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats
Schedule/ results for this season - https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://utahutes.com/news/2022/9/19...t-colorado-continues-saturday-vs-arizona.aspx
ASU:
Roster - https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2022
Schedule/ results for this season - https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Matches' notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2022/9/20/Colorado_Notes_Utah_ASU.pdf
Thursday:
Live stats -
Live Video - The match is scheduled to be shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain 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-volleyball/event/2022/09/22/colorado-utah.
Sunday:
Link to link to live stats -
StatBroadcast® Systems - Events for Colorado
Live Video - https://pac-12.com/live?networks=P12I