BOULDER — The University of Colorado women’s volleyball team celebrated their Fall 2022 accomplishments at their year-end banquet in the Arrow Touchdown Club today.
The Buffs closed out the year with a 20-11 overall record, marking the first time the Buffs won 20 matches in one season since 2017. Colorado earned their best conference record since joining the Pac-12, going 12-8 and finishing tied for fifth in the conference. The Buffs’ impressive regular season play and crucial wins over ranked teams like No. 19 Illinois and No. 21 Washington helped the team qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2018. The team’s defeat of No.21 Washington made program history as it marked the first time that the Buffs had defeated Washington in Seattle. Another historic moment occurred when Colorado earned victories against both UCLA and USC in the same weekend at the CU Events Center. Prior to that, the Buffs had never defeated both LA schools on their home floor in a single weekend.
During the banquet, the team handed out a number of volleyball and team awards.
Volleyball Awards:
Lexi Hadrych was honored with the Offensive MVP award, leading the team in kills per set with 3.25. She notched 361 total kills throughout the season for a .242 attack percentage, and the outside hitter had three matches where she earned at least 20 kills. Hadrych also finished 15th in the Pac-12 for kills per set and was named as an All-Pac-12 honorable mention for the first time in her career.
Meegan Hart earned the Defensive MVP award by being a crucial first line of defense for the Buffs all season long. She averaged 1.21 blocks per set, ranking her at fourth in the Pac-12 and 57th in the NCAA. The middle blocker earned 138 total blocks during the season, finishing second in conference and 49th in NCAA rankings. This season, Hart was granted first team All-Pac-12 honors, selected for the First-Team Pacific South All-Region by the AVCA, voted an All-American by VolleyMag, and was chosen as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week twice. The grad student finished her MS Organization Leadership degree in December.
Kelley Levaggi was chosen as the Scout Team MVP. The award is given to a versatile player who helps to prepare the starters for the different kinds of opponents they’re going to face each week….
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