VOLLEYBALL (13-10 overall; 5-7 in the Pac 12) heads off to the Pacific Northwest for a weekend of matches. 1st off is a Friday evening tilt with the surging OSU Beavers (9-13, 4-8), and then heads a little down the road to face the #7 Oregon Ducks (19-4, 9-3) Sunday afternoon.
In this week's official RPI report (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi),,the Buffs are at #54, while OSU is #121 and Oregon #7.
Also, as I mentioned in other recent threads, in the Volleytalk forum I read that a rating/ ranking I hadn't heard of, KPI (available via query at https://faktorsports.com/), is now listed as a primary criteria this season for the NCAA tournament volleyball selection committee. Right now the Buffs are #49 in KPI, while the Beavers are #123 and Ducks #7.
Friday's match against WSU is currently not showing any video available, while Sunday's is slotted to be on the Pac 12 Network. (More info and links provided near the end of this post.)
Go Buffs!!!
Preview - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/10/31/volleyball-colorado-travels-to-take-on-oregon-oregon-state.aspx
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Volleyball October 31, 2023 Tanner Kay, Athletic Communication Associate
BOULDER – The Colorado Women's Volleyball team (13-10, 5-7) will head up to the Pacific Northwest again, this time to take on State (9-13, 4-8) and No. 7 Oregon (19-4, 9-3). Friday's match in Corvallis will be at 8 p.m. MT, followed up with Sunday's match in Eugene at 1 p.m. MT.
Colorado enters the week after splitting matches against USC and UCLA at home. They took down the Trojans in five sets Friday night, while the Bruins came away with the sweep Sunday afternoon.
Friday nights' match was spearheaded by a trio of first years combining for 30 of the teams 57 kills. Lily Dwinell had a career-high 15 kills, Ana Burilović earned 10 and Cayla Payne tacked on five kills of her own.
With the absence of CU's top attacker Lexi Hadrych, Maya Tabron led with 18 kills and 11 digs to propel the Buffs over the Trojans.
Tabron was the only Buff to log double-digit kills against UCLA, with 13 kills for a .458 hit percentage and 11 digs.
Colorado currently sits at seventh in the Pac-12 standings, just behind both schools in Los Angeles. The Buffaloes have six games remaining on the road and two more at home in the CU Events Center.
OPPONENT OVERVIEW
Oregon State
The Beavers are coming off arguably their best weekend of the season, taking down both Washington and then-No.6 Washington State on the road, doubling their conference wins in a single weekend.
Colorado narrowly defeated Oregon State earlier in the month at home in five sets, and will now look to sweep the season series on Friday.
Oregon
Just like their in-state rival, the Ducks handled both the Huskies and Cougars on the road, losing just one set on the weekend. They now sit at third place in the conference, only trailing Arizona State and Stanford.
Oregon swept the Buffs earlier in the month on the road and will look to continue their win streak over Colorado to eight matches. CU hasn't beaten the Ducks since 2019, including four straight losses in Eugene.
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More on the opponents -
OSU:
Roster - https://osubeavers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://osubeavers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2023?path=wvball
Schedule - https://osubeavers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
Oregon:
Roster - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2023
Schedule - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Live stats:
Vs. OSU - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=478792&vislive=colo or https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=478807
Vs. Oregon - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=478792
Live Video:
Vs. OSU -For the 1st time in this Pac 12 portion of the schedule, there is currently NO video as showing as scheduled by OSU. (Hopefully they just haven't posted a stream link and will before Friday.) A free live stream is now showing for the match, with it scheduled to be available at https://pac-12.com/live/oregon-state-university .
Vs. Oregon - The match is scheduled to be shown live on the Pac 12 National and Oregon 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/2023/11/05/colorado-oregon .
Match notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/10/31/CU_VB_at_OSU___ORE.pdf
Buffs' 2023 Team Prospectus - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/8/21/2023_VB_Prospectus.pdf
In this week's official RPI report (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi),,the Buffs are at #54, while OSU is #121 and Oregon #7.
Also, as I mentioned in other recent threads, in the Volleytalk forum I read that a rating/ ranking I hadn't heard of, KPI (available via query at https://faktorsports.com/), is now listed as a primary criteria this season for the NCAA tournament volleyball selection committee. Right now the Buffs are #49 in KPI, while the Beavers are #123 and Ducks #7.
Friday's match against WSU is currently not showing any video available, while Sunday's is slotted to be on the Pac 12 Network. (More info and links provided near the end of this post.)
Go Buffs!!!
Preview - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/10/31/volleyball-colorado-travels-to-take-on-oregon-oregon-state.aspx
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Volleyball October 31, 2023 Tanner Kay, Athletic Communication Associate
Colorado Travels to Take on Oregon, Oregon State
BOULDER – The Colorado Women's Volleyball team (13-10, 5-7) will head up to the Pacific Northwest again, this time to take on State (9-13, 4-8) and No. 7 Oregon (19-4, 9-3). Friday's match in Corvallis will be at 8 p.m. MT, followed up with Sunday's match in Eugene at 1 p.m. MT.
Colorado enters the week after splitting matches against USC and UCLA at home. They took down the Trojans in five sets Friday night, while the Bruins came away with the sweep Sunday afternoon.
Friday nights' match was spearheaded by a trio of first years combining for 30 of the teams 57 kills. Lily Dwinell had a career-high 15 kills, Ana Burilović earned 10 and Cayla Payne tacked on five kills of her own.
With the absence of CU's top attacker Lexi Hadrych, Maya Tabron led with 18 kills and 11 digs to propel the Buffs over the Trojans.
Tabron was the only Buff to log double-digit kills against UCLA, with 13 kills for a .458 hit percentage and 11 digs.
Colorado currently sits at seventh in the Pac-12 standings, just behind both schools in Los Angeles. The Buffaloes have six games remaining on the road and two more at home in the CU Events Center.
OPPONENT OVERVIEW
Oregon State
The Beavers are coming off arguably their best weekend of the season, taking down both Washington and then-No.6 Washington State on the road, doubling their conference wins in a single weekend.
Colorado narrowly defeated Oregon State earlier in the month at home in five sets, and will now look to sweep the season series on Friday.
Oregon
Just like their in-state rival, the Ducks handled both the Huskies and Cougars on the road, losing just one set on the weekend. They now sit at third place in the conference, only trailing Arizona State and Stanford.
Oregon swept the Buffs earlier in the month on the road and will look to continue their win streak over Colorado to eight matches. CU hasn't beaten the Ducks since 2019, including four straight losses in Eugene.
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More on the opponents -
OSU:
Roster - https://osubeavers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://osubeavers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2023?path=wvball
Schedule - https://osubeavers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
Oregon:
Roster - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster
Stats - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2023
Schedule - https://goducks.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule
Their preview article for the match with the Buffs - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Live stats:
Vs. OSU - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=478792&vislive=colo or https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=478807
Vs. Oregon - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=478792
Live Video:
Vs. OSU -
Vs. Oregon - The match is scheduled to be shown live on the Pac 12 National and Oregon 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/2023/11/05/colorado-oregon .
Match notes - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/10/31/CU_VB_at_OSU___ORE.pdf
Buffs' 2023 Team Prospectus - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/8/21/2023_VB_Prospectus.pdf
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