Best wishes to the team in what looks like the most challenging non-conference weekend of the season, on the road no less, as they have matches against an improving (and host) Iowa team (they swept then #22 WSU last weekend), followed up by a tilt against the #5 Fighting Illini.
Go get'um Buffs!
Preview -
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2019/9/4/volleyball-cu-set-for-pac-12-big-ten-challenge.aspx
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By: Shaun Wicen, Assistant SID
Release: September 04, 2019
BOULDER – The University of Colorado women's volleyball team heads to Iowa City this weekend to compete in its fifth-straight Pac-12/BIG TEN Challenge at the University of Iowa.
Friday evening's match against host Iowa will begin at 6 p.m. (MT) and will be streamed on the BIG TEN network. CU takes on No.5 Illinois Saturday at 3 p.m. (MT).
Colorado (3-0) will have its hands full this weekend against Iowa (3-0) and No.5 Illinois (2-0). 16th-ranked Washington will be the other Pac-12 school in the mix, as all four teams are either ranked or receiving votes entering the weekend.
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SCOUTING THE HAWKEYES
Iowa had a strong start to their season last weekend in Virginia. The Hawkeyes defeated Stony Brook in four sets Friday night, then began the morning with a sweep of No.22 Washington State. They closed out the James Madison Tournament with a sweep of the host team.
Iowa held WSU to just a .069 hitting percentage while hitting .290 themselves. Iowa dominated the kills, putting down 46 compared to the Cougars' 28. Pin hitters Meghan Buzzerio and Griere Hughes each had a dozen kills in the sweep. Hughes hit .320 while Buzzerio hit .242 in the process. Libero Halle Johnston also had 21 digs in the match.
The team is hitting .327 right now and holding opponents to just .090 hitting and less than 10 kills per set. The serving game will be important as Iowa has 15 aces to 30 errors while allowing 18 aces with opponents just giving up 20 errors. Iowa is also averaging more than two blocks per set.
SCOUTING THE ILLINI
No.5 Illinois enters this weekend up one spot after defeating No.19 Tennessee in back-to-back five set matches last weekend. The home-and-home set up saw Illinois enter Knoxville to start the season rally from down two sets to none and win the match in a long 23-21 fifth set. Tennessee took the first two sets 26-24, 25-23, then surrendered a 25-22 third set, 25-17 fourth and the final 23-21 fifth. The Illini hit .246 compared to .218 from Tennessee. Outside hitter Jacqueline Quade put up an astonishing 31 kills in the effort, hitting .247.
In the second installment, Tennessee looked to return the favor after falling down two sets to none. After securing sets three and four, Tennessee dropped the fifth 15-8. Quade was the star again, this time with 21 kills, nearly twice as many as any other player. Ashlyn Fleming had 12 kills and nine blocks in the match, while Illinois hit .210 and held Tennessee to .129.
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Match Media links -
Vs. Iowa (Friday, 6:00 PM MT) :
Live Video (believe only for those with a premium Btn + subscription.) - https://www.btnplus.com/game/colorado-at-iowa-on-09062019
Note - Just since I've been investigating possibly signing up (I am NOT affiliated with them in any way and don't know enough about them one way or the other to either recommend or damn them), wanted to mention it does look like a premium FloPro subscription (either $150 per year or $29.99/mo.) includes Btn+ content access, along with all of FloPro's other content. (For me that includes most notably track and cross country meets and races through Flotrack, as well as many other volleyball matches. It looks like they have MANY (25 or so) separate "channels" for MANY physical activities from the classic sports (football, soccer, hockey, etc.) to what to me would be more obscure (bowling, cheerleading, marching band, dancing, etc.).). See https://www.flosports.tv/ if interested for more info, and what looks like the access point for any premium subscribers to see their live events. Note - believe Flopro gets some (justified in my opinion) grief for only saying their annual subscription is "$12.49 per month" on their initial signup page, while as I understand it not making it sufficiently clear to anyone joining they do immediately get charged the full $150 annual amount immediately upon subscribing.)
Live stats - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=274192
Vs. Illinois (Saturday, 3:00 PM MT) :
Live video - doesn't look there is any.
Live Audio (looks like Illinois provides an audio broadcast for all its matches) - https://fightingillini.com/watch/?Live=4162&type=Live
Live stats - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=27426 (That link (from CU's schedule) errors out right now. Just in case it continues to do so, assume a valid live link will be available through http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=iowa before the start of the match.)
Go get'um Buffs!
Preview -
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2019/9/4/volleyball-cu-set-for-pac-12-big-ten-challenge.aspx
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By: Shaun Wicen, Assistant SID
Release: September 04, 2019
BOULDER – The University of Colorado women's volleyball team heads to Iowa City this weekend to compete in its fifth-straight Pac-12/BIG TEN Challenge at the University of Iowa.
Friday evening's match against host Iowa will begin at 6 p.m. (MT) and will be streamed on the BIG TEN network. CU takes on No.5 Illinois Saturday at 3 p.m. (MT).
Colorado (3-0) will have its hands full this weekend against Iowa (3-0) and No.5 Illinois (2-0). 16th-ranked Washington will be the other Pac-12 school in the mix, as all four teams are either ranked or receiving votes entering the weekend.
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SCOUTING THE HAWKEYES
Iowa had a strong start to their season last weekend in Virginia. The Hawkeyes defeated Stony Brook in four sets Friday night, then began the morning with a sweep of No.22 Washington State. They closed out the James Madison Tournament with a sweep of the host team.
Iowa held WSU to just a .069 hitting percentage while hitting .290 themselves. Iowa dominated the kills, putting down 46 compared to the Cougars' 28. Pin hitters Meghan Buzzerio and Griere Hughes each had a dozen kills in the sweep. Hughes hit .320 while Buzzerio hit .242 in the process. Libero Halle Johnston also had 21 digs in the match.
The team is hitting .327 right now and holding opponents to just .090 hitting and less than 10 kills per set. The serving game will be important as Iowa has 15 aces to 30 errors while allowing 18 aces with opponents just giving up 20 errors. Iowa is also averaging more than two blocks per set.
SCOUTING THE ILLINI
No.5 Illinois enters this weekend up one spot after defeating No.19 Tennessee in back-to-back five set matches last weekend. The home-and-home set up saw Illinois enter Knoxville to start the season rally from down two sets to none and win the match in a long 23-21 fifth set. Tennessee took the first two sets 26-24, 25-23, then surrendered a 25-22 third set, 25-17 fourth and the final 23-21 fifth. The Illini hit .246 compared to .218 from Tennessee. Outside hitter Jacqueline Quade put up an astonishing 31 kills in the effort, hitting .247.
In the second installment, Tennessee looked to return the favor after falling down two sets to none. After securing sets three and four, Tennessee dropped the fifth 15-8. Quade was the star again, this time with 21 kills, nearly twice as many as any other player. Ashlyn Fleming had 12 kills and nine blocks in the match, while Illinois hit .210 and held Tennessee to .129.
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"
_______________________________________________________________________________
Match Media links -
Vs. Iowa (Friday, 6:00 PM MT) :
Live Video (believe only for those with a premium Btn + subscription.) - https://www.btnplus.com/game/colorado-at-iowa-on-09062019
Note - Just since I've been investigating possibly signing up (I am NOT affiliated with them in any way and don't know enough about them one way or the other to either recommend or damn them), wanted to mention it does look like a premium FloPro subscription (either $150 per year or $29.99/mo.) includes Btn+ content access, along with all of FloPro's other content. (For me that includes most notably track and cross country meets and races through Flotrack, as well as many other volleyball matches. It looks like they have MANY (25 or so) separate "channels" for MANY physical activities from the classic sports (football, soccer, hockey, etc.) to what to me would be more obscure (bowling, cheerleading, marching band, dancing, etc.).). See https://www.flosports.tv/ if interested for more info, and what looks like the access point for any premium subscribers to see their live events. Note - believe Flopro gets some (justified in my opinion) grief for only saying their annual subscription is "$12.49 per month" on their initial signup page, while as I understand it not making it sufficiently clear to anyone joining they do immediately get charged the full $150 annual amount immediately upon subscribing.)
Live stats - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=274192
Vs. Illinois (Saturday, 3:00 PM MT) :
Live video - doesn't look there is any.
Live Audio (looks like Illinois provides an audio broadcast for all its matches) - https://fightingillini.com/watch/?Live=4162&type=Live
Live stats - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=27426 (That link (from CU's schedule) errors out right now. Just in case it continues to do so, assume a valid live link will be available through http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=iowa before the start of the match.)