Hope the team relishes getting to play together a couple more times this season, and ends the season STRONG with a couple W's, starting with the Ducks on Wednesday.
Also hope at least some folk can make it to one or both matches, especially Senior Day, even with them being over the holiday weekend.
Go Buffs!
Preview-
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2019/11/25/volleyball-buffs-close-out-season-with-two-home-matches.aspx
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BOULDER – The University of Colorado women's volleyball team will close out the 2019 season at home with a matchup against Oregon Wednesday at 2 p.m. followed by senior day against No.17-ranked Utah Saturday morning at 11 a.m.
Colorado (12-16, 4-14 Pac-12) was eliminated from postseason eligibility yesterday when the team suffered a loss to No.4 Stanford. The Buffs are in a two-way tie for 10th in the conference with Oregon (8-19, 4-14 Pac-12) with a match above Oregon State in last and a match behind Arizona in ninth. Utah (20-9, 12-6 Pac-12) is currently third in the conference two matches behind Washington and a match above Washington State and UCLA.
The Buffaloes will look to send off three seniors; Lillie Klemmer, Justine Spann and Rachel Whipple, Saturday morning in style against the Utes who are 5-2 against the Buffs in their career. The trio is fourth in school history in a four-year span in ranked wins with 17. Spann ranked top-25 in CU history in kills, attacks, aces and digs while Whipple is four digs from becoming the fourth Buffalo with two seasons of 400 digs. Klemmer has 60 career blocks and will look to add a spark on the defensive end for Colorado.
Colorado is looking to take four of the past five matches against the Ducks after sweeping the team in 2017 and splitting in 2018. Jenna Ewert will be a large factor after she put up 55 assists and 16 digs in her last encounter against Oregon. She marked her 13th double-double of the season in the win over Cal last Friday to move her career total to 23, just three from 19th in Colorado history.
SCOUTING THE DUCKS
Oregon has had one of the largest drop-offs in the NCAA this season. After setting a program record for conference finish and reaching the Elite Eight, the team started the season ranked 11th and moved up to 10th at their highest ranking. The Ducks have not been over, 500 since after their fourth match of the season. The team has still shown signs of being a dangerous foe with a five-set upset of Utah and sweep of UCLA at home as well as a four-set win against Cal on the road. The Ducks are coming off a five-set win against USC in Los Angeles as well.
Oregon is led by senior Ronika Stone with 339 kills. She is joined by last year's AVCA Pacific North Freshman of the Year Brooke Nuneviller who has moved from libero to outside this season. Nuneviller has 313 kills and 26 aces as well as leads the team with 385 digs. Upfront, Karson Bacon has 100 blocks to go along with Stone's 96.
SCOUTING THE UTES
Since the first conference match of the year, the Utes have been on a roll, losing only six matches and all but one in a five-set match. Utah lost to Oregon, Cal and Stanford all in five sets on the road in the first half of the season. They also lost to Washington on the road in five and have two home losses against Washington State in five and Stanford in four. Oddly the Utes have struggled to close out matches in the quickest manner with only three conference sweeps and having played in 11 five-set matches this season.
Utah is second in assists and kills in the Pac this season with 14.1 kills per set and more than 13 assists. They are top-five in the conference in every category except digs where they are ninth. Dani Drews is second with 4.71 kills per set while Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres leads the conference with 11.57 assists per set.
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Match Media links -
Match notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2019/11/25//1125_Colorado_Notes.pdf
Live video -
Vs. Oregon (Wednesday, 2:00 PM MT) : Match is being shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain and Oregon channels. For those whose Cable/ Satellite/ Cord Cutting subscription includes access to one of those Pac 12 channels, assume the match can also be streamed through a link at https://pac-12.com/womens-volleyball/event/2019/11/27/oregon-colorado .
Vs. Utah (Saturday, 11:30 AM MT) : Match is being shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain channel. For those whose Cable/ Satellite/ Cord Cutting subscription includes access to that Pac 12 channel, assume the match can also be streamed through a link at https://pac-12.com/womens-volleyball/event/2019/11/30/utah-colorado .
Live stats for both matches should be available at https://cubuffs.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary .
Also hope at least some folk can make it to one or both matches, especially Senior Day, even with them being over the holiday weekend.
Go Buffs!
Preview-
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2019/11/25/volleyball-buffs-close-out-season-with-two-home-matches.aspx
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BOULDER – The University of Colorado women's volleyball team will close out the 2019 season at home with a matchup against Oregon Wednesday at 2 p.m. followed by senior day against No.17-ranked Utah Saturday morning at 11 a.m.
Colorado (12-16, 4-14 Pac-12) was eliminated from postseason eligibility yesterday when the team suffered a loss to No.4 Stanford. The Buffs are in a two-way tie for 10th in the conference with Oregon (8-19, 4-14 Pac-12) with a match above Oregon State in last and a match behind Arizona in ninth. Utah (20-9, 12-6 Pac-12) is currently third in the conference two matches behind Washington and a match above Washington State and UCLA.
The Buffaloes will look to send off three seniors; Lillie Klemmer, Justine Spann and Rachel Whipple, Saturday morning in style against the Utes who are 5-2 against the Buffs in their career. The trio is fourth in school history in a four-year span in ranked wins with 17. Spann ranked top-25 in CU history in kills, attacks, aces and digs while Whipple is four digs from becoming the fourth Buffalo with two seasons of 400 digs. Klemmer has 60 career blocks and will look to add a spark on the defensive end for Colorado.
Colorado is looking to take four of the past five matches against the Ducks after sweeping the team in 2017 and splitting in 2018. Jenna Ewert will be a large factor after she put up 55 assists and 16 digs in her last encounter against Oregon. She marked her 13th double-double of the season in the win over Cal last Friday to move her career total to 23, just three from 19th in Colorado history.
SCOUTING THE DUCKS
Oregon has had one of the largest drop-offs in the NCAA this season. After setting a program record for conference finish and reaching the Elite Eight, the team started the season ranked 11th and moved up to 10th at their highest ranking. The Ducks have not been over, 500 since after their fourth match of the season. The team has still shown signs of being a dangerous foe with a five-set upset of Utah and sweep of UCLA at home as well as a four-set win against Cal on the road. The Ducks are coming off a five-set win against USC in Los Angeles as well.
Oregon is led by senior Ronika Stone with 339 kills. She is joined by last year's AVCA Pacific North Freshman of the Year Brooke Nuneviller who has moved from libero to outside this season. Nuneviller has 313 kills and 26 aces as well as leads the team with 385 digs. Upfront, Karson Bacon has 100 blocks to go along with Stone's 96.
SCOUTING THE UTES
Since the first conference match of the year, the Utes have been on a roll, losing only six matches and all but one in a five-set match. Utah lost to Oregon, Cal and Stanford all in five sets on the road in the first half of the season. They also lost to Washington on the road in five and have two home losses against Washington State in five and Stanford in four. Oddly the Utes have struggled to close out matches in the quickest manner with only three conference sweeps and having played in 11 five-set matches this season.
Utah is second in assists and kills in the Pac this season with 14.1 kills per set and more than 13 assists. They are top-five in the conference in every category except digs where they are ninth. Dani Drews is second with 4.71 kills per set while Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres leads the conference with 11.57 assists per set.
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Match Media links -
Match notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2019/11/25//1125_Colorado_Notes.pdf
Live video -
Vs. Oregon (Wednesday, 2:00 PM MT) : Match is being shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain and Oregon channels. For those whose Cable/ Satellite/ Cord Cutting subscription includes access to one of those Pac 12 channels, assume the match can also be streamed through a link at https://pac-12.com/womens-volleyball/event/2019/11/27/oregon-colorado .
Vs. Utah (Saturday, 11:30 AM MT) : Match is being shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain channel. For those whose Cable/ Satellite/ Cord Cutting subscription includes access to that Pac 12 channel, assume the match can also be streamed through a link at https://pac-12.com/womens-volleyball/event/2019/11/30/utah-colorado .
Live stats for both matches should be available at https://cubuffs.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary .