BOULDER – The Colorado Women’s Volleyball team (10-9, 2-6 Pac-12) will be back in the CU Events center this weekend, as they take on Arizona (6-13, 1-7 Pac-12) and No.17 Arizona State (18-2, 6-2 Pac-12). The Buffs will play the Wildcats Friday night at 7 p.m. MT and the Sun Devils Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m. MT.
Colorado is coming off a tough weekend up in Washington, dropping both matches to the Huskies and Cougars in six sets total. CU will look to get back in the win column against Arizona on Friday night. The Wildcats are well under .500 for their winning percentage.
Lexi Hadrych posted the only double-digit kill performances for the Buffs this weekend, logging 13 kills with a respectable .310 hitting percentage against Washington followed up with 11 kills on Sunday against Washington State.
Skyy Howard currently ranks in the top five in two categories in the Pac-12, fourth in hitting percentage (.386) and is tied for the lead in blocks per set (1.40). First year Avery Bolles leads the conference in aces per set at 0.49.
CU currently sits at No. 10 in the Pac-12 standings, while Arizona sits in last place and Arizona State continues to climb the rankings, currently in the third spot.
OPPONENT OVERVIEW
Arizona
The Wildcats have just six wins on the season and only one of those have come against a Power 5 school, their conference opponent UCLA. Since that win, they have dropped three straight matches to USC, Oregon, and Oregon State.
Colorado has a losing record all-time against Arizona (10-13) but did win the last matchup on the road in four sets. The Wildcats still hold a 7-3 advantage between the two in the last 10 matchups. Luckily for CU, Arizona will travel to Boulder this weekend where the Buffs hold a 6-4 record overall against the Cats.
Arizona State
The Sun Devils came out of the gates scorching hot to start the year, winning their first 14 matches until they ran into No. 3 ranked Stanford on the road, where they were swept in three sets. They lost their second match of the year to Oregon State this last Friday in five sets but followed it up with an impressive sweep over No. 5 ranked Oregon on Sunday.
The Buffs hold a one-game lead all-time in the series with ASU, 12-11. Just like Arizona, CU won the last matchup that took place in Boulder, where the Sun Devils have struggled and have…
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