BOULDER — Colorado women’s volleyball took down Arizona State in three sets (25-18, 25-15, 25-17) here Sunday afternoon to open up conference play with back-to-back sweeps.
The Buffaloes (10-2, 2-0 Pac-12) dominated the Sun Devils (7-7, 1-1 Pac-12) allowing only 25 kills on 110 attacks to improve their record at home to 7-0 this season.
Lexi Hadrych and Meegan Hart impressed offensively as they combined for 27 of the team’s 49 total kills. Hadrych led all players in kills with 14 while Hart finished with 13. Hart continued her efficient play recording her season-high in hitting percentage with .706 bringing her season average up to .500. This weekend she averaged a hitting percentage of .655 and it is her third straight match while hitting over .583.
Savannah Perry served well for CU as she had four of the team’s six service aces, three of which came consecutively. Taylor Simpson totaled 29 assists which were eight more than the entire Arizona State team.
Colorado didn’t allow a single ASU player to reach double figures in kills, holding the Sun Devils to a hitting percentage of just .100. The Buffaloes’ defense continued their great play this season with 60 digs compared to Arizona State’s 39.
With the win today, CU joins Oregon as the only two teams in the Pac-12 to start off conference play 2-0 thus far, with Washington having an opportunity to join them tonight against UCLA.
Colorado women’s volleyball will travel to Los Angeles next week to take on USC on September 30th and UCLA on October 2nd.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET ONE: After going down 6-4 early in the set, Colorado went on a five-point scoring run behind Perry’s three straight service aces to take a 9-6 lead. Parker subbed in and got a quick kill to give the Buffs a 15-12 lead and force an Arizona State timeout. The three-point lead continued to 19-16 before ASU called its second and final timeout of the set. Out of the break, a CU attack error ended its 4-0 scoring run. Hadrych’s sixth kill while hitting .556 gave Colorado a 22-17 lead. A combined block between Kuehl and Parker set up a Buffs’ set point. CU won the set 25-18 following a kill from Tabron.
SET TWO: Colorado answered a Sun Devils’ three-point scoring run with five unanswered points to go up 8-4. Arizona State called its first timeout while…
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