VBall starts their season hosting their own Buffs' Invitational, with a doulble header Friday (Vs. Green Bay starting at 10:00 AM MT followed by Western Michigan at 7:00 PM MT) followed up with DU coming into town Saturday evening (beginning at 6:00 PM MT).
Both of Friday's matches are scheduled to be streaming via Pac 12 Insider, while Saturday's is slotted for the Pac 12 Network. (More detail near the bottom of this post. In addition, the Buffs are hopefully starting a trend where they'll also be streaming matches when the Buffs aren't involved, as the CU schedule shows both Friday evening's Denver-Green Bay and Saturday afternoon's Green Bay - Western Michigan matches showing as being available through "Colorado Live Stream".)
Go Buffs!!!
Preview-
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/8/23/volleyball-colorado-opens-2022-season-at-home.aspx
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BOULDER — The University of Colorado women's volleyball team kicks off the 2022 season this weekend at home in the Buffs Invitational.
Colorado, which is in its seventh season under head coach Jesse Mahoney, will face Green Bay Friday at 10 a.m., followed by a night match against Western Michigan at 7 p.m. The Buffs close out the tournament Saturday night against Denver at 6 p.m.
CU is coming off a 15-14 season that ended in a 10th-place finish in the Pac-12 standings. The team started the season with a school record nine straight wins throughout the non-conference schedule before finishing 6-14 in conference play.
The Buffs are an outstanding 24-2 (.923) in home non-conference matches under Mahoney, who will face his former team in Denver for the first time since taking over at CU.
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Friday's matches will be streamed on Pac-12 Insider as well as the CUBuffs Live Stream, while Saturday's finale will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
SCOUTING OPPONENTS
WESTERN MICHIGAN
WMU is led by senior Maggie King, who helped lead the squad to a 19-win season last year. She finished the season with 420 kills, averaging 3.68 per set. The team returns their starting setter in Logan Case who dished out more than 1,300 assists, along with starting middle Madison Merz. They did lose senior outside hitter Meredith Phillips who hit .244 from the pin, but also return libero Mairead Boyle who had 420 digs last season.
The Mustangs went 1-1 against Power Five competition last season with a sweep loss to Michigan State to start the season and a five-set win against Indiana.
GREEN BAY
GB finished the season with a 15-16 record last year. Alexandra Zakutney returns for the Phoenix after earning First Team All-Horizon honors with 400 kills and 51 aces. The team also added grad transfer Angie Gromos who has a career hitting percentage of .227.
DENVER
Last year Denver finished with a 23-6 record before falling to South Dakota State in the first round of the Summit League Tournament. DU took down USC last season in Los Angeles, to win the Trojan Invitational.
The Pioneers lost three of their top four attackers from last season and one of their starting setters. They do return starting libero Gianna Bartalo who finished the season with 390 digs.
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More on the opponents -
Green Bay:
Roster - https://greenbayphoenix.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats (for 2021 season) - https://greenbayphoenix.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2021
Schedule/ results for this season - https://greenbayphoenix.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2022
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
Their General season preview - https://greenbayphoenix.com/news/2022/8/23/womens-volleyball-2022-season-preview-volleyball-.aspx
Western Michigan:
Roster - https://wmubroncos.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats (for 2021 season) - https://wmubroncos.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats
Schedule/ results for this season - https://wmubroncos.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2022
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs & General preview - https://wmubroncos.com/news/2022/8/...stern-michigan-volleyball-season-preview.aspx
DU:
Roster - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats (for 2021 season) - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2021
Schedule/ results for this season - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2022
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
Article after they were picked 1st in the Summit League pre-season poll - https://denverpioneers.com/news/202...-preseason-favorite-in-the-summit-league.aspx
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Media links:
Link to links to Live stats (for all matches) - https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=colo
Live Video -
Both the Green Bay and Western Michigan Matches are scheduled to be available via stream at https://pac-12.com/live?networks=P12I .
The DU match is scheduled to be shown live on the Pac 12 National and Mountain channels. 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/2022/08/27/denver-colorado.
Match notes:
Not available for any of the matches as I type this.
Both of Friday's matches are scheduled to be streaming via Pac 12 Insider, while Saturday's is slotted for the Pac 12 Network. (More detail near the bottom of this post. In addition, the Buffs are hopefully starting a trend where they'll also be streaming matches when the Buffs aren't involved, as the CU schedule shows both Friday evening's Denver-Green Bay and Saturday afternoon's Green Bay - Western Michigan matches showing as being available through "Colorado Live Stream".)
Go Buffs!!!
Preview-
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/8/23/volleyball-colorado-opens-2022-season-at-home.aspx
"
BOULDER — The University of Colorado women's volleyball team kicks off the 2022 season this weekend at home in the Buffs Invitational.
Colorado, which is in its seventh season under head coach Jesse Mahoney, will face Green Bay Friday at 10 a.m., followed by a night match against Western Michigan at 7 p.m. The Buffs close out the tournament Saturday night against Denver at 6 p.m.
CU is coming off a 15-14 season that ended in a 10th-place finish in the Pac-12 standings. The team started the season with a school record nine straight wins throughout the non-conference schedule before finishing 6-14 in conference play.
The Buffs are an outstanding 24-2 (.923) in home non-conference matches under Mahoney, who will face his former team in Denver for the first time since taking over at CU.
....
Friday's matches will be streamed on Pac-12 Insider as well as the CUBuffs Live Stream, while Saturday's finale will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
SCOUTING OPPONENTS
WESTERN MICHIGAN
WMU is led by senior Maggie King, who helped lead the squad to a 19-win season last year. She finished the season with 420 kills, averaging 3.68 per set. The team returns their starting setter in Logan Case who dished out more than 1,300 assists, along with starting middle Madison Merz. They did lose senior outside hitter Meredith Phillips who hit .244 from the pin, but also return libero Mairead Boyle who had 420 digs last season.
The Mustangs went 1-1 against Power Five competition last season with a sweep loss to Michigan State to start the season and a five-set win against Indiana.
GREEN BAY
GB finished the season with a 15-16 record last year. Alexandra Zakutney returns for the Phoenix after earning First Team All-Horizon honors with 400 kills and 51 aces. The team also added grad transfer Angie Gromos who has a career hitting percentage of .227.
DENVER
Last year Denver finished with a 23-6 record before falling to South Dakota State in the first round of the Summit League Tournament. DU took down USC last season in Los Angeles, to win the Trojan Invitational.
The Pioneers lost three of their top four attackers from last season and one of their starting setters. They do return starting libero Gianna Bartalo who finished the season with 390 digs.
"
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More on the opponents -
Green Bay:
Roster - https://greenbayphoenix.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats (for 2021 season) - https://greenbayphoenix.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2021
Schedule/ results for this season - https://greenbayphoenix.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2022
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
Their General season preview - https://greenbayphoenix.com/news/2022/8/23/womens-volleyball-2022-season-preview-volleyball-.aspx
Western Michigan:
Roster - https://wmubroncos.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats (for 2021 season) - https://wmubroncos.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats
Schedule/ results for this season - https://wmubroncos.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2022
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs & General preview - https://wmubroncos.com/news/2022/8/...stern-michigan-volleyball-season-preview.aspx
DU:
Roster - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats (for 2021 season) - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2021
Schedule/ results for this season - https://denverpioneers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule/2022
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
Article after they were picked 1st in the Summit League pre-season poll - https://denverpioneers.com/news/202...-preseason-favorite-in-the-summit-league.aspx
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Media links:
Link to links to Live stats (for all matches) - https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=colo
Live Video -
Both the Green Bay and Western Michigan Matches are scheduled to be available via stream at https://pac-12.com/live?networks=P12I .
The DU match is scheduled to be shown live on the Pac 12 National and Mountain channels. 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/2022/08/27/denver-colorado.
Match notes:
Not available for any of the matches as I type this.