Colorado Shuts Down UCLA – University of Colorado Athletics

LOS ANGELES — The University of Colorado women’s volleyball team put up 20 blocks here Sunday afternoon to defeat UCLA in four sets (25-19, 26-24, 23-25, 25-23).
 
The Buffaloes (11-3, 3-1 Pac-12) dominated the net to keep UCLA (6-7, 0-4 Pac-12) winless in conference play and at home this season.
 
The defense was shared with six Buffaloes recording three or more blocks. Alexia Kuehl led the team with her second 10-block performance of the season, followed by Meegan Hart with seven blocks, Maya Tabron and Jill Schneggenburger with five and Lexi Hadrych and Taylor Simpson with three.
 
Tabron provided a huge spark on the offensive side for CU with 17 kills on a .357 hitting percentage. She recorded a double-double with 11 digs and added a pair of aces. Hadrych had 13 kills with a .220 hitting percentage in her return to Pauley Pavilion.
 
Simpson led the offense with 27 assists while Brynna DeLuzio recorded a double-double with 13 assists and 11 digs. Schneggenburger led the backrow with a dozen digs while Katie Lougeay added 10 from the libero position.
 
UCLA had the upper hand on the offensive end and the backrow, posting 67 kills and 80 digs to CU’s 50 and 62. The block was too much to overcome though as UCLA committed 34 attack errors, including 14 that did not come from the block. CU had only 15 attack errors, 12 of which came from UCLA blocks.
 
The Buffaloes return home next weekend to host No.9 Stanford Friday at 7 p.m., followed by a Sunday noon matchup with Cal.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET ONE
The Bruins took an early 6-4 lead but the Buffs put down three blocks to an 11-9 lead with Hart on all three blocks. Her fourth block set up a three-point run as Colorado hit the 15 mark with a four-point lead to the media timeout, holding UCLA to a .038 hitting percentage. Colorado picked up its sixth block of the set at 18-14, then a three-point run to 22-17 forced a UCLA timeout. Set point came at 24-19, finishing a play later with a seventh block for the set, five of which came from Hart.
 
SET TWO
Colorado opened with a 5-3 lead on a four-point run. The Bruins flipped with their own four-point run with three-straight kills from elan McCall. Hadrych came in and had four quick kills to give CU an 11-10 lead hitting .467 in the set. CU led at the media timeout by two with Tabron with…