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Matches thread- Volleyball hosts #19 WSU (Friday, 7:00) and #21 Washington (Sunday, noon)
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Article on yesterday's win-
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2018/10/28/volleyball-buff-block-out-no-21-washington.aspx
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BOULDER – Sunday afternoon the Smith duo posted a pair of 20-point performances to vault the University of Colorado women's volleyball team to the upset of No.21-ranked Washington in Boulder.
It took four sets to do so, but CU found the upset after a dominant opening set (25-12, 25-21, 21-25, 25,22). This is the second top-25 victory for the Buffs this season, who improve to 13-10 overall with a 5-7 record in conference play. Washington falls to 13-9 with the same record in the Pac-12 as Colorado.
Alexa Smith and Anyse Smith combined to dismantle the Huskies with 35 combined kills, hitting greater than .350 with 10 combined blocks. Alexa led the team with 19 kills, posting her second-straight 20-point performance. She hit .356 and posted a pair of blocks. Anyse had the second-highest kill count in the match with 16 kills, hitting .367 and putting down a career-high eight blocks.
The Buffs blocking was the key to victory. CU tied its season-high with 16 blocks, led by senior Naghede Abu who had 10 block assists. Emily DeMure added four block assists with Danielle Price posting three.
Justine Spann had a defensive day with 20 digs and a pair of solo blocks. Spann accounted for a third of the team's digs. Libero Rachel Whipple added a dozen digs.
The Buffs defense was stifling all afternoon, holding Washington to a negative hitting percentage in the first set, just the second time this season CU has held an opponent negative. The 25 percent sideout that the Huskies posted in the first is the worst a CU opponent has recorded all season long. Colorado also held Washington to a .150 or worse hitting percentage in all the sets except the third.
Colorado opened with one of its best first two sets this season. In the first set CU recorded no service errors and only three hitting errors with a .333 hitting percentage. CU didn't record a service error until set-point in the second set.
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UP NEXT:
The Buffs have a quick turnaround after a weekend of playing. Colorado hits the road for a Wednesday matchup at California, then close out the week Friday at No.2 Stanford. Friday's match is the 1,000th match in CU history.
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wvball&id=11360
Now, on to a huge match to keep their post-season hopes alive against a QUICKLY improving Cal team (they swept #20 UCLA in L.A. this past Friday) on Wednesday in the Pac 12 Network featured game of the week slot, following up with a match-up vs. the #2 trees on Friday. (I'd say this is a situation similar to what the soccer team faced last weekend, where the Bears match is really the BIG/ MAIN one for the weekend given how dominant the Cardinal look in both sports.)
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2018/10/28/volleyball-buff-block-out-no-21-washington.aspx
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BOULDER – Sunday afternoon the Smith duo posted a pair of 20-point performances to vault the University of Colorado women's volleyball team to the upset of No.21-ranked Washington in Boulder.
It took four sets to do so, but CU found the upset after a dominant opening set (25-12, 25-21, 21-25, 25,22). This is the second top-25 victory for the Buffs this season, who improve to 13-10 overall with a 5-7 record in conference play. Washington falls to 13-9 with the same record in the Pac-12 as Colorado.
Alexa Smith and Anyse Smith combined to dismantle the Huskies with 35 combined kills, hitting greater than .350 with 10 combined blocks. Alexa led the team with 19 kills, posting her second-straight 20-point performance. She hit .356 and posted a pair of blocks. Anyse had the second-highest kill count in the match with 16 kills, hitting .367 and putting down a career-high eight blocks.
The Buffs blocking was the key to victory. CU tied its season-high with 16 blocks, led by senior Naghede Abu who had 10 block assists. Emily DeMure added four block assists with Danielle Price posting three.
Justine Spann had a defensive day with 20 digs and a pair of solo blocks. Spann accounted for a third of the team's digs. Libero Rachel Whipple added a dozen digs.
The Buffs defense was stifling all afternoon, holding Washington to a negative hitting percentage in the first set, just the second time this season CU has held an opponent negative. The 25 percent sideout that the Huskies posted in the first is the worst a CU opponent has recorded all season long. Colorado also held Washington to a .150 or worse hitting percentage in all the sets except the third.
Colorado opened with one of its best first two sets this season. In the first set CU recorded no service errors and only three hitting errors with a .333 hitting percentage. CU didn't record a service error until set-point in the second set.
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UP NEXT:
The Buffs have a quick turnaround after a weekend of playing. Colorado hits the road for a Wednesday matchup at California, then close out the week Friday at No.2 Stanford. Friday's match is the 1,000th match in CU history.
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wvball&id=11360
Now, on to a huge match to keep their post-season hopes alive against a QUICKLY improving Cal team (they swept #20 UCLA in L.A. this past Friday) on Wednesday in the Pac 12 Network featured game of the week slot, following up with a match-up vs. the #2 trees on Friday. (I'd say this is a situation similar to what the soccer team faced last weekend, where the Bears match is really the BIG/ MAIN one for the weekend given how dominant the Cardinal look in both sports.)