BOULDER – The Colorado Women’s Volleyball team (12-9, 4-6 Pac 12) swept the No. 17 Arizona State Sun Devils (19-3, 7-3 Pac 12) in three sets (27-25, 25-18, 26-24) here Sunday in the CU Events Center.
Outside hitter Lexi Hadrych led Colorado once again in kills, hitting .400 and earning 16 kills in 30 attempts, while also picking up three blocks for the Buffs. Maya Tabron picked up 7 kills in 20 attempts. Collectively, CU produced 42 kills and hit .288.
Skyy Howard led the defensive front, earning 7 blocks, while Taylor Simpson produced 39 assists for the Buffs offense.
ASU was led by opposite hitter Marta Levinska who earned herself 17 of the team’s 39 kills in 40 attempts to hit .250. The Sun Devils struggled at the service line, accumulating 23 errors while the Buffs only had 12.
“I’m proud of my team for coming in every day and working hard,” commented head coach Jesse Mahoney. “We haven’t been rewarded as much as we would like, but we were rewarded today, so that’s exciting.”
Colorado will face off against USC on Friday Oct. 27th at 7:00 p.m. MT and UCLA on Sunday Oct. 29th at 2:00 p.m. MT here in the CU Events Center.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
SET ONE:
The Buffs jumped ahead to a 7-2 lead over ASU, with Lexi Hadrych earning all five kills for CU. With Hadrych at the service line, Howard picked up her first block, followed by a Hadrych ace for ASU to call their first timeout at 10-1. Arizona St. recovered after the timeout with a kill from Geli Cyr, and the Sun Devils followed it up with a four-point-run to close the gap to 12-7 when the Buffs sided-out. From there, ASU slowly chipped away at the Buffs’ lead, getting within two at 16-14. Hadrych’s eighth kill of the set gave CU a 17-14 lead. ASU’s Claire Jeter’s second solo block of the set forced the Buffs to utilize their first timeout with a 19-18 lead. ASU earned an ace after the timeout to tie things up at 19.
The two teams battled point for point from there until CU reached their second set point at 26-25. The Buffs claimed the first set on an ASU attack error at 27-25.
SET TWO:
The Buffs jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead when ASU called their first timeout. ASU bounced back after the timeout, and tied things up 4-4 with Roberta Rabelo’s sixth kill of the match. The two teams went point-for-point until the Buffs went on a three-point run…
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