After a NICE 2-0 sweeping start to Pac 12 play last week, Buff volleyball (10-2, 2-0 in Pac 12 play) embarks on their 1st road trip of the conference season as they face off Friday against the USC Trojans (9-4, 1-1), followed up with a Sunday matinee against the UCLA Bruins ( ).
Friday's match is scheduled to be on the Pac 12 Networks, while Sunday's is scheduled to be viewable via UCLA Live Stream. (More info and links near the bottom of this post.)
Go Buffs!
Preview -
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/9/27/volleyball-colorado-heads-to-la.aspx
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BOULDER — The University of Colorado women's volleyball team heads to Los Angeles this weekend to take on USC Friday at 8 p.m. MT and UCLA Sunday at 1 p.m. MT.
The Buffaloes (10-2, 2-0 Pac-12) are in a three-way tie in the Pac-12 with Washington and Oregon and face a historically tough road weekend that includes a trip to USC where CU has never won.
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Friday's match will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Sunday's match being streamed by UCLA.
USC
The Trojans (9-4, 1-1 Pac-12) are 6-1 at home this season with a lone five-set loss to Washington State last Saturday. USC's four losses have come in a pair of five-set matches to WSU and Hawaii, as well as a four-set loss to No.17 Creighton and a sweep to No.16 Kentucky. USC's strongest wins this season were a pair of four-set victories against Hawaii and UCLA, both on the road.
Southern Cal is hitting .284 this season led by Skylar Fields with 4.47 kills per set hitting .308. The Trojans also have a pair of strong servers in Emilia Weske and Mia Tuaniga who have 17 and 22 aces this season, respectfully. The defense is spread between three players with 30 or more blocks, while the backrow cleanup duties have fallen to Gala Trubint with four digs per set this season.
UCLA
The Bruins (6-5, 0-2 Pac-12) have losses to Utah State, Loyola Marymount and San Diego this season. The team is on a three-match skid starting with the San Diego loss, then a pair of four-set matches to USC and Washington. The strongest win this season was a five-set match at Hawaii.
UCLA is hitting .210 this season with elan McCall and Iman Ndiaye both just eclipsing the 100 kills mark this past weekend. Francesca Alupei leads the front with 1.48 blocks per set this season while Mackenzie Cole has 126 digs, averaging 3.23 digs per set.
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More on the opponents:
USC:
Roster - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats?path=wvball
Schedule/ results for this season - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule?path=wvball
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://usctrojans.com/news/2022/9/...o-move-mountains-as-buffs-and-utes-visit.aspx
UCLA:
Roster - https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2022
Schedule/ results for this season - https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule?path=wvball
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Matches' notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2022/9/27/Colorado_Notes_LA.pdf
Friday:
Live stats - https://usctrojans.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary
Live Video - The match is scheduled to be shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain & L.A. 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/2022/09/30/colorado-usc .
Sunday:
Link to link to live stats - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=419661
Live Video - https://pac-12.com/live/ucla
Friday's match is scheduled to be on the Pac 12 Networks, while Sunday's is scheduled to be viewable via UCLA Live Stream. (More info and links near the bottom of this post.)
Go Buffs!
Preview -
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/9/27/volleyball-colorado-heads-to-la.aspx
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BOULDER — The University of Colorado women's volleyball team heads to Los Angeles this weekend to take on USC Friday at 8 p.m. MT and UCLA Sunday at 1 p.m. MT.
The Buffaloes (10-2, 2-0 Pac-12) are in a three-way tie in the Pac-12 with Washington and Oregon and face a historically tough road weekend that includes a trip to USC where CU has never won.
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Friday's match will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Sunday's match being streamed by UCLA.
USC
The Trojans (9-4, 1-1 Pac-12) are 6-1 at home this season with a lone five-set loss to Washington State last Saturday. USC's four losses have come in a pair of five-set matches to WSU and Hawaii, as well as a four-set loss to No.17 Creighton and a sweep to No.16 Kentucky. USC's strongest wins this season were a pair of four-set victories against Hawaii and UCLA, both on the road.
Southern Cal is hitting .284 this season led by Skylar Fields with 4.47 kills per set hitting .308. The Trojans also have a pair of strong servers in Emilia Weske and Mia Tuaniga who have 17 and 22 aces this season, respectfully. The defense is spread between three players with 30 or more blocks, while the backrow cleanup duties have fallen to Gala Trubint with four digs per set this season.
UCLA
The Bruins (6-5, 0-2 Pac-12) have losses to Utah State, Loyola Marymount and San Diego this season. The team is on a three-match skid starting with the San Diego loss, then a pair of four-set matches to USC and Washington. The strongest win this season was a five-set match at Hawaii.
UCLA is hitting .210 this season with elan McCall and Iman Ndiaye both just eclipsing the 100 kills mark this past weekend. Francesca Alupei leads the front with 1.48 blocks per set this season while Mackenzie Cole has 126 digs, averaging 3.23 digs per set.
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More on the opponents:
USC:
Roster - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats?path=wvball
Schedule/ results for this season - https://usctrojans.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule?path=wvball
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - https://usctrojans.com/news/2022/9/...o-move-mountains-as-buffs-and-utes-visit.aspx
UCLA:
Roster - https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2022
Schedule/ results for this season - https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule?path=wvball
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Matches' notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2022/9/27/Colorado_Notes_LA.pdf
Friday:
Live stats - https://usctrojans.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary
Live Video - The match is scheduled to be shown live on the Pac 12 Mountain & L.A. 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/2022/09/30/colorado-usc .
Sunday:
Link to link to live stats - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=419661
Live Video - https://pac-12.com/live/ucla