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Olympic Sports- Transfers (incoming and outgoing) and other roster news

Looks like the women's cross country/ track and field teams have lost top frosh distance runner Karrie Baloga, who per the below is transferring to Northern Arizona (who already figured to be the favorite to win next year's cross country championships).

Best wishes to her in Flagstaff.

 
Per a couple tweets in her account, looks like frosh soccer player (midfielder) Grace Thao has transferred from CU, but the Buffs may still see her a time or two, since she's moving to future conference-mate UCF (Central Florida).

Best wishes to her in Orlando.

(Also a general soccer transfer note- in a post-season interview from month or so ago I saw with Coach Sanchez, he mentioned that he already knew of 2 incoming soccer Buffs, but I haven't seen either announced as of now.)
 
Looks like tennis has picked up a new grad transfer for the upcoming (main) spring season. She is Muscovite Alexandra Abyasova, who after her JC years was an Illinois State Redbird.

OFFICIAL welcome and congrats to her!




Her Redbird roster page - https://goredbirds.com/sports/womens-tennis/roster/alexandra-abyasova/10421

Edit - Cubuffs.com article on her signing - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/12/15/tennis-buffs-add-to-the-spring-roster

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Buffs Add Graduate Transfer Alexandra Abyasova To Tennis Roster​


December 15, 2023 | Tennis
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By: Aiden Tank, Athletic Communications Associate

BOULDER - Alexandra Abyasova, a graduate transfer from Illinois State, has signed her financial aid agreement to play tennis and finish out her college career at the University of Colorado starting in January, head coach Anthony Pham announced Monday.

Abyasova, from Moscow, Russia, is coming off a season where she took home All-Missouri Valley Conference honors at No. 2 singles spot for the Redbirds with a 24-7 overall record and perfect 8-0 mark in MVC regular season play. During the season she ripped off a streak of 11 straight wins and was 17-1 during the spring season at the No. 2 singles spot. In doubles action she had a 21-13 overall doubles record, including a 20-12 mark with partner Silvia Pomarolli at the No. 2 spot for ISU. The duo was 6-2 during MVC play playing at No. 2 doubles to help lead the Redbirds to a MVC regular-season championship.

"We're excited about Alex (Abyasova) joining us in January," Pham commented on Abyasova's commitment. "She's a high achiever in the classroom and on the tennis court. She possesses a very strong work ethic. Alex brings great experience and a team first attitude that will fit in seamlessly with our current squad."

Her first season at the D1 level in 2021-22, Abyasova was named a Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention team selection. On the court partnered with Laura Fitzgerald to earn Missouri Valley Conference Doubles Team of the Week honors on March 15 following a pair of wins over Grand Canyon and UC Irvine. That duo went a combined 22-3 on the season with a perfect 8-0 tournament record and was capped off going 9-1 in their last 10 matches, culminated by defeating No. 10 Ohio State's No. 3 team of Kathleen Jones and Luna Dormet by a score of 6-2 at the NCAA Regional. Overall, Abyasova went 26-6 in doubles play, mostly at the No. 3 spot and went 21-16 in singles action, with a 3-2 mark in MVC play playing mostly at the No. 2 spot.

Before her time at Illinois State Abyasova competed at Barton College and achieved a NJCAA national ranking of No. 6 in singles and No. 14 in doubles in her final season. Her play helped Barton finish seventh at the NJCAA Division I Championship and aided the program in a No. 4 ranking in the final regular season poll.
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As I noted in the (frosh) Olympic recruiting thread earlier today, based on the 1st post below, it looked like volleyball had received a commitment for next (2024) season. And, after a little hunting, it is a transfer, namely 5'8" libero/ defensive specialist Sarah Morton. It looks like she'll be a junior next season after spending her 1st 2 seasons as the starting libero with the Auburn Tigers. (From the Auburn roster page linked to below, she is originally from Munster, Indiana, where she attended the HS of the same name.)

Welcome and congrats to her!







Her frosh*** Auburn roster page (***her sophomore roster page isn't currently available anymore.) - https://auburntigers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/sarah-morton/18181

Auburn's team stats (including her's):
frosh (2022) season - https://auburntigers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2022#individual
sophomore (2023) season - https://auburntigers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2023
 
As I mentioned back in post #242, Coach Sanchez in a post-season interview that he knew of 2 incoming soccer transfer Buffs for next (204) season. Don't know if she is 1 of the 2, but per the team including her post (See below) in its Instagram story, looks like CU has picked up a grad transfer in 5'6" midfielder Laura Gouvin. She has spent her undergrad years at Boston College. (Per her roster page linked to below, she also hails from (Monson) Massachusetts.)

Welcome and congrats to her!




Her BC roster page (It includes a tab with her career stats by year.) - https://bceagles.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/laura-gouvin/24176
 
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Quick confirmation on the newest volleyball Buff addition (Also see post #244 above).

OFFICIAL welcome and congrats to Ms. Morton!




Direct link to article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2023/12/21/volleyball-sarah-morton-transfers-to-the-buffs

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Sarah Morton Transfers To The Buffs​

The libero spent two seasons at Auburn before joining the Buffs.

By: Courtney Huck, Assistant Director

BOULDER - The University of Colorado women's volleyball team added their newest member to the herd this week as libero Sarah Morton announced that she'll be transferring to CU.

"We are very excited to welcome Sarah to Boulder," commented head coach Jesse Mahoney. "With her experience as a two-year starter for a top program and the energy she brings to the libero position, she will impact our program immediately. We are lucky to have her join us in January, giving her the opportunity to get a head start in our systems and our team culture."

Morton comes to Colorado after playing for two seasons at Auburn University, where she majored in marketing. During her time as a Tiger, Morton recorded 750 digs and averaged 3.69 digs a set. In the 2022 season, Morton earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors after a series sweep at Alabama. She earned 39 digs across the two matches and helped her team hold the Crimson Tide's hitting percentage under .200 in each match.

With a 20-10 record this season, Auburn earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where the Tigers fell to Western Michigan in three sets in the first round of the tournament. Morton posted 13 digs in the match.

Morton said that she knew CU was the right place for her almost immediately.

"After visiting Colorado, I fell in love with the coaches, the team, and the school," Morton said. "The resources provided to the student-athletes at CU are unmatched, and once I stepped foot on campus, I knew I found my new home."

Morton will join the Buffs in January to begin training with the team.

"This team has such an amazing culture, and I am so excited to grow together with girls and get to work in the spring!" Morton concluded.
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Also on the volleyball side, per the below RS- junior Alexia Kuehl, who was included in this season's Buff senior day celebration, has chosen to go back to her home state, and will be joining one of CU's future conference-mates - UCF, next season.

Best wishes to her in Orlando.

 
I don't know how to imbed from instagram but Maya Tabron is grad transferring to SMU

Here you go.

Best wishes to her!

(At least on my Windows laptop, all I do to embed an Instagram post is go to it in my browser, hit the "..." on the upper right side, and choose the "Copy link" option. Then, I just go back to Allbuffs and paste the link.)

 
After I believe 4-1/2 years as a Buff (so I assume a grad transfer), cross country and track distance runner Emily Covert is, per the below, trasnferring to Knoxville to be a Tennessee Volunteer.

Best wishes to her!

 
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