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Matches Thread- VOLLEYBALL opens season in Denton TX vs. N. Texas (Fri., 8/30/24, 6:00 MT), Miami (FL, Sat., 2:00 MT) & Rutgers (Sunday, 11:00 AM MT)

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Volleyball (Last season - 16-15 overall, 8-12 in conference) starts this season on the road as they head to a Univ. of North Texas hosted "North Texas Invitational" in Denton Texas. It will be 3 matches in ~2-1/2 days for the team, starting off with a matchup with the host North Texas Mean Green (17-16, 11-8) Friday night, followed up with two day matches - on Saturday vs. the Miami Hurricanes (18-12, 10-8) starting at 2:00 PM MT, and ending up with an 11:00 AM MT start on Sunday vs. the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (10-20, 2-18).

Friday and Saturday night's matches will be available for those with premium ($) ESPN+ subscriptions, while it doesn't look like video will be available for the Rutgers' match. (See more details and links near the bottom of this post.)

Go Buffs!!!

Tournament homepage - https://meangreensports.com/feature/24UNTInvite

Preview -

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1828231229357039700


Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/8/26/colorado-volleyball-opens-with-north-texas-invitational

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BOULDER – The Colorado volleyball team (0-0) opens the 2024 season against Noth Texas (0-0), Miami (0-0) and Rutgers (0-0) this weekend at The Super Pit in Denton, Texas. All three Colorado volleyball coaches are entering their ninth season, including head coach Jesse Mahoney, who has led the Buffaloes to a 128-109 (.540) overall record.

Senior setter Taylor Simpson, a returning starter for the Buffaloes and Colorado's only true senior, is approaching a major milestone in assists, ending last season with a 1,979-career total. Simpson is on track to reach 2,000 assists this weekend, as well as 100 career blocks, having ended the 2023 season with 96.

THIS WEEK
NORTH TEXAS INVITATIONAL
The Super Pit • Denton, Texas
TV/STREAM: ESPN+/ESPN+/No Stream

MATCH #1 • Friday, August 30 • 6 p.m. MT
Colorado (0-0) vs. North Texas (0-0)
SERIES RECORD: CU Leads, 1-0 (1.000)
LAST MEETING: W 3-0 (August 27, 2023 • CU Events Center)
STREAK: Won 1 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 1-0
OPPONENT WEBSITE: MeanGreenSports.com

MATCH #2 • Saturday, August 31 • 3 p.m. MT
Colorado (0-0) vs. Miami (0-0)
SERIES RECORD: First Meeting
OPPONENT WEBSITE: MiamiHurricanes.com

MATCH #3 • Sunday, September 1 • 11 a.m. MT
Colorado (0-0) vs. Rutgers (0-0)
SERIES RECORD: CU Leads, 1-0 (1.000)
LAST MEETING: W 3-1 (September 7, 2013 • Neutral, Syracuse, NY)
STREAK: Won 1 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 1-0
OPPONENT WEBSITE: ScarletKnights.com


FIRST SERVE (TL;DR)
  • CU is led by ninth-year head coach Jesse Mahoney, who has led the Buffs to a 128-109 (.540) record as CU's fifth head volleyball coach. Coach Mahoney has been extended through 2027 and has led the Buffs to three NCAA appearances.
  • Upon their return to the Big 12, the Buffs were picked to finish 10th in the Big 12 Preseason Poll.
  • Sr. S Taylor Simpson returns as the only consistent starter from the 2023 season after she led the Buffs in assists (9.54 aps) and totaled 1,068. She was named to the Big 12 Preseason Team on Aug. 7.
  • So. OH Lily Dwinell saw action in all 31 matches last season for the Buffs and started eight matches. She totaled 188 kills (1.65 kps) and 83.0 blocks in her time on the court, and she was selected to the 2023 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
  • So. OH Sydney Jordan played in 17 matches (started three) and totaled 26 kills. As a high schooler, Jordan was a MaxPreps, Prep Volleyball and AVCA All-American, as well as the second-ranked player in Texas.
  • So. MB Cayla Payne played in 27 matches (started 17) and totaled 106 kills (1.36 kps), 71 blocks (0.91 bps) and 13 digs. Payne had at least one block in all but four contests she saw action in and at least one kill in all but two matches.
  • Before the start of the 2024 season, So. OH Ana Burilovic played for Team Croatia in the 2024 Women's U20 Volleyball European Championships. Last season, Burilovic played in 25 games (83 sets), reached double figure kills in five matches and recorded two double doubles.
  • Jr. DS/L Sarah Morton is the Buffs' only transfer on this year's roster. Morton comes to CU from Auburn where she totaled 773 digs, 192 assists and 42 aces.
  • CU opens its 2024 season against North Texas, Miami and Rutgers this weekend in the North Texas Invitational at The Super Pit in Denton, Texas. All three teams will also face each other over the course of the weekend.

ROAM WITH THE BUFFS: The first two road matches against North Texas and Miami will be broadcasted by North Texas on ESPN+. Fans also can follow Colorado matches through live stats with links available at CUBuffs.com.

LAST TIME OUT: The Buffs won 16 matches in 2024 and finished seventh in the Pac-12 standings. Colorado fell to Utah, 3-2, in the final match of the regular season.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: In a nine-match span from Sept. 6 - Sept. 20, Colorado will play eight out of those nine matches times at home in CU Events Center. In all, Colorado will play 17 of its 30 regular season matches at Events Center and host both Buffs Classic (Georgia, Fresno State, Washington) Sept. 6 - 8 and Buffs Invitational (UC Irvine, California, Wyoming) Sept. 13 - 15 to open the fall. Between those two tournaments, the Buffs will host Northern Colorado on Sept. 11, and the annual home-and-home with nonconference rival Colorado State follows Buffs Invitational on Sept. 19 and 20.

THE BUFFS RETURN: For the first time since the 2010 season, Colorado will play volleyball in the Big 12 Conference. The Buffs are 146-154 (.487) in Big 12 conference play and had an 88-32 (.733) record in the Big Eight. Colorado's two conference championships came in the Big Eight in 1992 and again in 1993 when the Buffs defeated eighth-ranked Nebraska in a five-set thriller.

PERFECT 10: Colorado was picked to finish 10th in a preseason poll of Big 12 Volleyball head coaches. Last season, in the Pac-12, the Buffs were chosen to finish sixth and went 8-12 to take seventh place in the final standings. Colorado is 18-20 (.474) all-time in conference openers.

For more information on the Colorado volleyball team, please visit cubuffs.com/vb. Fans of the Buffs can follow @cubuffsvb on Instagram, X, and Facebook.
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More on the opponents -

North Texas :
Roster - https://meangreensports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats (last season) - https://meangreensports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2023
Schedule/ results (last season) - https://meangreensports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2023
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.

Miami :
Roster - https://miamihurricanes.com/sports/wvball/roster/
Stats (last season) - https://miamihurricanes.com/sports/wvball/cumestats/season/2023-24/
Schedule/ results (last season) - https://miamihurricanes.com/sports/wvball/schedule/season/2023-24/
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.

Rutgers :
Roster - https://scarletknights.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats (last season) - https://scarletknights.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2023
Schedule/ results (last season) - https://scarletknights.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2023
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://scarletknights.com/news/202...n-season-with-miami-north-texas-colorado.aspx
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Media links:

Link to links to Live stats for matches - https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=colo . Direct links for the matches:
North Texas - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=539474&vislive=colo
Miami - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=541712
Rutgers - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=541713

Live Video: Friday's and Saturday's matches are scheduled to be provided through the premium ($) ESPN+ subscription service, available either on the ESPN app or at:
Vs. North Texas - https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/ae4898a1-e20e-4d8b-8df6-8941d7e57ecf
Vs. Miami - https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/3046419d-5d5e-4436-a054-cd2bb46f6524
Vs. Rutgers - No video showing as being available.

Match notes (If blank below, they weren't available as I type this.) :
Vs. North Texas -
Vs. Miami -
Vs. Rutgers -
 
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It's 2-2 early in the 1st set.

Per live stats, the 1st CU starting lineup for the season is
"Colorado starters: Stepaniuk,Emilea; Simkus,Bella; Jordan,Sydney; Burilovi,Ana; Simpson,Taylor; Dwinell,Lily; Morton,Sarah; Payne,Cayla"
 
Nice comeback in the 1st set of the season, as CU overcomes a 13-19 deficit and gets it 28-26.

It's 6-5 Buffs in the 2nd.
 
N. Texas tied it up 1-1 after taking the 2nd set 25-20.

It's tight so far in the 3td, with CU up 17-15.
 
The 3rd set stayed tight the whole way, but CU pulls it out, again in extra points (27-25), to go up 2 sets to 1.
 
fun match to watch. UNT has some players. I thought the buffs played all right. No middle attack at all and a a dodgy block. They will need to work on that if they are going to have success this year. I liked Anna B and Sydney J. Need to get some more options going but all in all it was a good match and win for this team
 
I did hate the production on how they kept playing replays and missing live plays. Still a fun watch.
 
Ana and Sydney were definitely joined by Taylor Simpson with so man assists.

They have the makings of a decent team. Let's see if they can do it..

Good first outing, especially for the players that srrived from Europe last week.

I remembered why I dislike ESPN + so much. They use the announcers from the home school. These two guys sucked
 
Match day #2, with the opening serve around 5 hours away.
(Note that, with Miami (of FL) receiving votes in the preseason NCAA poll, assume this could / should be the most challenging match of the weekend.)



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And, media after last night's W -

Article -

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1829750632649052614


Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/8/30/...s-buffaloes-break-eagles-in-five-set-thriller

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BOULDER – The Colorado volleyball team (1-0) defeated North Texas in five sets (28-26, 20-25, 27-25, 21-25, 15-11) at The Super Pit on Friday, Aug. 30. The Buffaloes open the season with a win, improving to 27-12 in season openers.

Senior setter Taylor Simpson achieved two major milestones in the match – 2,000 career assists in the third set, and 100 career blocks in the fourth. Simpson finished the match with 48 assists and four blocks (one solo).

The Buffs and the Mean Green went back and forth through the entire match, with Colorado earning sets one and three in deuce sets and UNT winning sets two and four. CU ultimately came out on top, 15-11, in the fifth set, shutting the Eagles down with a 3-0 scoring run.

"I'm very happy to get the win," head coach Jesse Mahoney said. "North Texas is a really good team, they're well-coached, and I think they're always going to be tough in their home gym. A little bit of an uneven match for us – lots of highs and lots of lows. We need to even ourselves out and figure out some things on the defensive side."

As a team, Colorado out-killed, out-dug and out-aced their opponent, totaling 63, 66 and nine in those categories respectively. Three Buffs – junior libero Sarah Morton, sophomore defensive specialist Avery Bolles and freshman defensive specialist Katie Salonga – had two aces each. Colorado also had three athletes with double-digit kills, three athletes with double-digit digs and dug 59% of the balls hit at them on the court.

KEY PLAYERS:
  • Sr. S Taylor Simpson reached 2,000 career assists and 100 career blocks in the match against UNT. Totaling 48 assists and four blocks (one solo), Simpson also notched five digs, four kills and a service ace.
  • Mahoney on Simpson: "Super proud of Taylor. That's a lot of assists and a lot of blocks. She can be underrated as a blocker, but she's a really nice blocker, so it's nice to see her get rewarded there. She set a really nice match tonight, made a lot of good decisions. Excited for a lot more assists this season."
  • So. OH Ana Burilovic led the team in kills with 20 (7e, 50att) and notched a double-double for the Buffaloes with 12 digs (55% digging percentage). Burilovic also had an ace in the match.
  • So. OH Sydney Jordan also achieved a double-double with 16 kills (6e, 47att) and 12 digs (63% digging percentage). She also had an ace and two blocks (one solo). Jordan coupled with Burilovic to account for nearly half of the Buffs earned points (40/82).
  • Jr. DS/L Sarah Morton led both teams in digs with 26 (66% digging percentage), matching her career-high set in the 2022 season against Georgia (Oct. 9) during her freshman year at Auburn. Morton also recorded two aces and three assists.
  • So. MB Cayla Payne had 12 kills for the Buffs and led the team in blocks with five (one solo). Payne notched three digs as well.
  • For the Eagles, Aryn Johnson led the team with 18 kills and reached a double-double with 12 digs. Alexa Washington had eight blocks (two solo). Madison Scrivner has 18 digs.
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UP NEXT:
  • The Buffaloes continue competing in the North Texas Invitational on Saturday afternoon against Miami (1-0). First serve is set for 3 p.m. CT/2 p.m. MT and the match will be shown on ESPN+.
  • Mahoney on Miami: "We don't have a lot of time, but we have to prepare for Miami who's very good. They have three really heavy topspin jump servers that we have to replicate in our serve-pass tomorrow. They're very fast at the pins and they have a very potent backrow attack."

MATCH NOTES:
  • Colorado improved to 2-0 all-time against North Texas and won their second straight of the Eagles.
  • The Buffaloes get their first 3-2 victory of the season and are 1-0 in five-set matches.
  • Colorado had more kills (63-62), digs (66-65) and service aces (9-6) than its opponent.

Under ninth-year head coach Jesse Mahoney, Colorado earned a winning record in the 2023 season (16-15) and went 8-12 against Pac-12 opponents. A significant win for the Buffs took place against 17th-ranked Arizona State last year. The Buffs took down the Sun Devils in three sets, completing the sweep and earning CU's only win against a ranked opponent in the 2023 season. Colorado also swept Arizona (Oct. 20) and Washington (Nov. 19) and finished seventh in the Pac-12.

For more information on the Colorado volleyball team, please visit cubuffs.com/vb. Fans of the Buffs can follow @cubuffsvb on Instagram, X, and Facebook.
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2024/north-texas/boxscore/17071

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And, congrats to setter Taylor Simpson for hitting a couple milestones, one each on the offensive and defensive side -



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Note - one nice thing about the move to the Big 12 is it looks like ESPN+ keeps match replays available on demand (for of course those with an ESPN+ subscription), with yesterday's game available at
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/f9c36645-492f-4fe3-918a-765b1fb63449 . (Although on the negative side, I had big problems trying to watch the match on my Windows laptop last night, with the stream not loading and/ or giving error messages periodically. It did work fine on my Android phone, however.)
 
The Buffs kept it close in the 1st set, but Miami gets it 22-25. (While I've been half watching, seems like Miami would get on mini service runs to go up 3-5 points, then the Buffs would respond to get within 1 or 2, but could never quite seize the lead at any point.)
 
The 2nd set started tight (the Buffs were only down 1 at 9-10), but Miami went on 2 HUGE service runs and easily go up 0-2 by an 11-25 score.
 
Another tough set for the young Buffs. Miami completes the sweep with a 2nd 11-25 score.
 
It's a benchmark for where we are against a tourney team with a young squad. Lots to improve. I think a winning record is kind of the goal for the season right now.
 
Buffnik said:
It's a benchmark for where we are against a tourney team with a young squad. Lots to improve. I think a winning record is kind of the goal for the season right now.
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Will be fun to see where they are when big 12 play starts? All I ask- have a fun season as a young rebuilding team…. And….Just please beat CSU?
 
Article after today's big bounceback W -

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1830369010283659520


Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/9/1/volleyball-buffs-sweep-scarlet-knights-in-the-super-pit

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BOULDER – The Colorado volleyball team (2-1) swept the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (25-12, 25-17, 25-16) in a neutral match in the North Texas Invitational at The Super Pit in Denton, Texas, on Sunday, Sept. 1.

After a difficult loss to the Miami Hurricanes yesterday, the Buffaloes bounced back in heroic fashion and flipped the script on the Scarlet Knights. In an hour and 14 minutes, Colorado sealed the deal in three sets, not letting Rutgers breach 20 points in any set.

"I'm really proud of our team for bouncing back from a tough loss against Miami," head coach Jesse Mahoney said. "Rutgers played Miami tough and swept North Texas, so I appreciated the mentality that we came into today's match with. Our biggest change was from the serving and defensive standpoint – Sarah Morton in particular, Avery, Ana and Katie. Taylor was fantastic, as she always is, at distributing the ball, especially when went weren't in system."

Sophomore outside hitter Ana Burilovic and sophomore middle blocker Cayla Payne were named to the North Texas Invitational All-Tournament team. Colorado out-killed (31-29), out-aced (8-5), out-dug (27-22) and out-blocked (15-4) Rutgers in the match. The Buffs hit .375 overall, holding the Knights to .071, and led the whole way in sets one and three.

KEY PLAYERS:
  • So. OH Ana Burilovic led both teams with 13 kills (2e, 24att, hitting .458) and had five digs – digging 71% of the balls hit at her – and a block. This is her second game this weekend with double-digit kills and third game leading scoring for the Buffs.
  • So. MB Cayla Payne totaled nine blocks (three solo) for Colorado, and she had four kills (1e, 9att, hitting .333) and one dig.
  • Mahoney on Burilovic and Payne: "I thought Ana was out best pin attacker this weekend, especially today, she did a really nice job. Cayla, when we can pass and deliver her the ball, is one of our most physical players. We just have to ball handle a little better to make sure we get it to her."
  • Sr. S Taylor Simpson recorded 23 assists and the team reached a 50% kill percentage when Simpson set the ball.
  • So. OH Lily Dwinell ended the match with five blocks, three kills (1e, 6att, hitting .333) and a dig. She also hit .667 on first ball attacks.
  • So. OH Sydney Jordan had five kills for the Buffs (2e, 13att) and led the team in digs with eight. Jordan had the Knights out of system 80% of the time on her serve.
  • Jr. DS/L Sarah Morton totaled five aces, including three during the third set, contributing to a big Buffalo run. She also had a 19% ace percentage (28 total serves) and kept the opponent out of system 52% of the time on her serve.
  • Jr. MB Bella Simkus reached three kills with no errors, hitting .600 on the night.
  • So. DS/L Avery Bolles recorded two aces, five digs and a kill. On her serve, Bolles had the opponent out of system 60% of the time.
  • For the Knights, Avery Jesewitz led scoring with eight kills and Ally Borellis had five digs.
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UP NEXT:
  • The Buffaloes will return home host Buffs Classic on Friday, Saturday and Sunday against Georgia, Fresno State and Washington, respectively. First serve against Georgia is set for 7 p.m. MT at CU Events Center on Sept. 6. All tournament matches will be broadcast on ESPN+. Links to watch are available at CUBuffs.com.
  • Mahoney on playing in Buffs Classic: "Georgia and Washington are both big and physical, they can match us in physicality for sure. They're well coached and starting off their seasons well. Fresno State is returning quite a few pieces from their tournament team from last year, so it'll be a good challenge."

MATCH NOTES:
  • Colorado improves to 2-0 all-time against Rutgers. This is the Buffs first sweep of the Scarlet Knights.
  • The Buffs end the weekend, 2-1, and move on to their home season opener next weekend.
  • CU gets it's second win, moving to 1-0 in three-set matches on the season

Under ninth-year head coach Jesse Mahoney, Colorado earned a winning record in the 2023 season (16-15) and went 8-12 against Pac-12 opponents. A significant win for the Buffs took place against 17th-ranked Arizona State last year. The Buffs took down the Sun Devils in three sets, completing the sweep and earning CU's only win against a ranked opponent in the 2023 season. Colorado also swept Arizona (Oct. 20) and Washington (Nov. 19) and finished seventh in the Pac-12.

For more information on the Colorado volleyball team, please visit cubuffs.com/vb. Fans of the Buffs can follow @cubuffsvb on Instagram, X, and Facebook.
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Box score - https://cubuffs.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2024/rutgers/boxscore/17072
 
Yesterday's match wasn't streamed. I turned on Live Stats in Set 3. Buffs were up 10-0. How did the score end up 25-16? I'm hoping it's because Jesse put the bench in the game.

I streamed on my tv and once I got ESPN+ set up, the stream was fine. There were all kinds of volleyball matches happening at the same time.
 
buffgal said:
Yesterday's match wasn't streamed. I turned on Live Stats in Set 3. Buffs were up 10-0. How did the score end up 25-16? I'm hoping it's because Jesse put the bench in the game.

I streamed on my tv and once I got ESPN+ set up, the stream was fine. There were all kinds of volleyball matches happening at the same time.
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That's just trading points 15-16 to close it out. 🤷
 
nice bounce back after a horrid game against the U. Need to find some consistency but not a good tourney imo
 
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