BOULDER – The Colorado Women’s Volleyball team (15-14, 7-11) will play out their two final matches of the regular season as they take on California (16-13, 5-13) and Utah (10-18, 5-13). The Buffs will play the Bears Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. MT and the Utes on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. MT.
The Buffs just closed out their final home match, ending on a high-note by sweeping Washington in three sets on Senior Day. They lost the first match of the weekend to No.11 Washington in three sets. It marks back-to-back years they have swept the Huskies in at least one match of the season series.
Senior Lexi Hadrych led the way in kills with 11, the only Buff to log double-digit kills in the three-set victory. She ended with a .526 hitting percentage along with six digs in her last match at the CU Events Center.
Skyy Howard and Lily Dwinell each had eight kills and fantastic hitting percentages. Howard had an even .500 hitting percentage while Dwinell ended with a .467 hitting percentage.
Colorado is still seventh in the Pac-12 standings after taking down Washington to go up one game on them. The Buffs could improve by one spot this weekend, as they trail UCLA by one game in the standings.
OPPONENT OVERVIEW
California
The Cal Bears are fresh off a win against the Bruins on the road, which snapped a previous five-game losing streak. It marks just their fifth conference win all season.
Colorado has dominated the series, winning nine of the last ten matches against Cal, with their last loss coming in the 2019 season. The Buffs are 6-4 when traveling to Berkeley and will look to improve that record come Wednesday.
Utah
The Utes have lost their last four matches, with their last win coming against Oregon State a few weeks ago in five sets on the road.
Colorado has struggled in years past when in Salt Lake City, winning just three of the fourteen total match-ups played there. CU did take down the Utes in four sets earlier in the season at home and have won the last three matches in the series. They will look to continue their winning streak over Utah.
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at University of Colorado Athletics…