Colorado Volleyball CU SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE | Contact: Linda Sprouse Telephone: 303/492-5980 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cubuffs.com/volleyball Buffs To Face Former Conference Rival No. 5 2017 Schedule and Results Nebraska IN Sweet 16 Match-up Overall Record: 24-9 | Pac-12 Record: 12-8 Day CU Rank Opponent (rank) Result/MT TV NIKE Invitational (Norman, Okla.) Match #34 NCAA TOURNAMENT REGION QUARTERFINALS Aug. 25 vs. Northwestern St. W, 3-1 ---- Colorado vs. Nebraska (28-4) Aug. 26 vs. Seton Hall W, 3-0 ---- Lexington, Ky. Aug. 27 at Oklahoma W, 3-1 FSO Friday, Dec. 8, 12 p.m. MT/2 p.m. ET Series: Nebraska leads 49-7 Omni Invitational (Boulder, Colo.) Audio: N/A Sept. 2 WAKE FOREST W, 3-0 P12D TV/Stream: ESPN3 Sept. 2 RICE W, 3-0 P12D Livestats: http://buffs.me/2zP7PiS Sept. 3 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W, 3-0 P12D STARTING OFF: The 24-9 Colorado Buffaloes will take on No. 5 Ne- Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge (Champaign, Ill.) braska on Friday, December 8, in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Volleyball Sept. 8 vs. Penn State (3) L, 0-3 Stream Tournament in Lexington, Ky. First serve is set for 12 p.m. MT/2 p.m. ET. Sept. 9 at Illinois (RV) W, 3-2 Stream It will be streamed on ESPN3. The winner of the contest will take on the winner of the other match-up between the No. 4 seeded Kentucky and the No. 13 seeded Sept. 15 RV XAVIER W, 3-1 P12D BYU. Sept. 16 RV vs. Albany W, 3-0 ---- Sept. 16 RV at Colorado State (22) W, 3-2 Stream TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Links to the live stats can be found at the tournament central page: http://buffs.me/2zP7PiS. Pac-12 Conference Matches Sept. 22 25 at Utah (16) L, 1-3 P12M COLORADO IN THE NCAA’S: Colorado is making its 19th trip to the Sept. 24 25 STANFORD (4) L, 2-3 P12M/B NCAA Tournament.The Buffs, who made 11 straight trips from 1991-2001, Sept. 29 RV OREGON STATE W, 3-2 P12M/O are 13-18 all-time in NCAA Tournament matches and advanced to the Sept. 30 RV OREGON (12) W, 3-1 P12D Sweet 16 four times (1993, 1994, 1997 and 2017). Oct. 6 25 at Washington State L, 1-3 P12M/W Oct. 8 25 at Washington (9) L, 0-3 P12M/W Oct. 13 RV at Arizona State W, 3-0 P12M/A Oct. 15 RV at Arizona W, 3-2 P12D Oct. 20 RV USC (19) W, 3-0 P12M/L Oct. 21 RV UCLA (13) L, 2-3 P12M Oct. 27 RV at Oregon (15) W, 3-2 P12D Oct. 28 RV at Oregon State (RV) W, 3-1 P12D Nov. 1 RV WASHINGTON ST. W, 3-0 P12N/M/W Nov. 3 RV WASHINGTON (11) W, 3-0 P12N/M/W Nov. 9 25 at UCLA (18) L, 0-3 P12M/L Nov. 11 25 at USC (17) L, 2-3 P12D Nov. 17 RV ARIZONA W, 3-0 P12D Nov. 18 RV ARIZONA STATE W, 3-2 P12D Nov. 22 RV at California W, 3-0 P12M/B Nov. 24 RV UTAH (15) L, 1-3 P12M NCAA Tournament Probable Starters Dec. 1 RV vs. James Madison W, 3-0 Stream Dec. 2 RV at Baylor (18) W, 3-0 Stream ## Name Pos. Ht. Yr. KPS Pct. DPS BPS Dec. 8 RV vs. Nebraska (5) 12 p.m. ESPN3 1 Frankie Shebby OH 6-0 Jr. 3.52 .200 2.52 0.65 3 Gabby Carta-Samuels DS/L 5-6 Jr. 0.02 .000 3.51 0.00 TV Key - Pac12 = Pac-12 Networks; N - National; M - 4 Anna Pfefferle MB 6-2 Sr. 1.57 .318 0.76 0.90 Mountain; A - Arizona; B - Bay Area; L - Los Angeles; O 7 Alexa Smith OH 6-1 Jr. 3.99 .248 2.83 0.38 - Oregon; W - Washington; D - Digital (Live Stream). 10 Brynna DeLuzio S 5-9 Fr. 0.46 .326 2.37 0.38 FSO - Fox Sports Oklahoma 14 Naghede Abu MB 6-4 Jr. 2.12 .350 0.10 1.22 Stream - Live stream is available at CUBuffs.com 22 Joslyn Hayes OPP 6-3 Sr. 1.97 .236 0.45 0.78 COLORADO VOLLEYBALL 2017 University of Colorado Volleyball Roster No Player Pos Ht Yr Exp Hometown (HS/Previous College) 1 Frankie Shebby* OH 6-0 Jr. 1L La Mirada, Calif. (Mater Dei/Oregon) 2 Stephanie Shadley OH 6-0 Sr. 3L Lewisville, Texas (Prince of Peace Christian) 3 Gabby Carta-Samuels DS/L 5-6 Jr. 2L Saratoga, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) 4 Anna Pfefferle MB 6-2 Sr. 3L Northfield, Minn. (Northfield) 5 Jaden Newsome S 6-0 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Clear Brooks) 6 Taylor Joachim* OPP 6-4 So. 2L Baroda, Mich. (Lakeshore) 7 Alexa Smith OH 6-1 Jr. 1L Colorado Springs, Colo. (Lewis-Palmer/Purdue) 8 Justine Spann OH 5-8 So. 1L Chandler, Ariz. (Basha) 9 Emily DeMure* S/OPP 6-1 Fr. TR Granite Bay, Calif. (Granite Bay/Penn State) 10 Brynna DeLuzio S/L 5-9 Fr. HS Windermere, Fla. (The First Academy) 12 Rachel Whipple DS/L 5-7 So. 1L Centennial, Colo. (Smoky Hill) 14 Naghede Abu MB 6-4 Jr. 1L Riverside, Calif. (Norte Vista) 16 Lillie Klemmer MB 5-11 So. 1L Honolulu, Hawai’i (Panahou) 17 Danielle Price MB 6-4 Fr. HS Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Chinook) 18 Anyse Smith OH 5-10 Fr. HS Amarillo, Texas (Tascosa) 21 Lauren Dorrell* OPP 6-0 Fr. 1L Brentwood, Tenn. (Father Ryan) 22 Joslyn Hayes* OPP 6-3 Sr. 4L Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica) *Has used a redshirt season Head Coach: Jesse Mahoney (second season, Colorado, 1995) Associate Head Coach: Lee Maes (second season, Long Beach State, 1994) Assistant Coach: Evan Sanders (second season, Washington, 2012) Technical Coordinator: Eduardo Fiallos (first season, Arizona, 1998) Director of Operations: Crystal Gippe (third season, Santa Clara, 2008) Roster Breakdown 2017 AVCA Top 25 CU In The Polls Poll #14 - Nov. 27 Rec. AVCA RPI BY POSITION BY YEAR Preseason 0-0 -- n/a Left Side Hitter Seniors Stephanie Shadley Joslyn Hayes Rk Team Points Rec. Last August 28 3-0 -- n/a Frankie Shebby Anna Pfefferle 1 Penn State (64) 1600 29-1 1 September 4 6-0 -- n/a 2 Texas 1490 24-2 2 Alexa Smith Stephanie Shadley September 11 7-1 RV n/a Anyse Smith 3 Florida 1473 25-1 3 September 18 10-1 25 n/a 4 Stanford 1425 26-3 4 Justine Spann Juniors September 25 10-3 RV n/a Naghede Abu 5 Nebraska 1357 26-4 5 October 2 12-3 25 20 6 Kentucky 1285 26-3 6 Opposite Gabby Carta-Samuels October 9 12-5 RV 24 Lauren Dorrell Frankie Shebby 7 BYU 1179 28-2 7 October 16 14-5 RV 23 Joslyn Hayes Alexa Smith 8 Minnesota 1126 26-5 8 October 23 15-6 RV 21 Taylor Joachim 9 San Diego 1046 24-4 9 October 30 17-6 RV 17 Sophomores 10 Washington 992 24-7 12 November 6 19-6 25 11 Middle Blocker Taylor Joachim 11 Wisconsin 918 20-9 11 November 13 19-8 RV 21 Naghede Abu Lillie Klemmer 12 Michigan State 888 21-8 10 November 20 21-8 RV 22 Lillie Klemmer Justine Spann 13 Utah 735 22-9 15 November 27 22-9 RV 24 Anna Pfefferle Rachel Whipple 14 Southern California 714 22-9 13 Final Danielle Price 15 Creighton 635 25-6 17 Redshirt Freshmen 16 Purdue 625 22-9 16 Setter Emily DeMure 17 UCLA 588 19-10 19 Colorado AVCA Poll Notes Brynna DeLuzio Lauren Dorrell 18 Baylor 534 23-6 18 Emily DeMure • The Buffs have been ranked 125 total 19 Kansas 521 22-7 14 Jaden Newsome Freshmen weeks 20 Wichita State 428 28-3 20 Brynna DeLuzio • CU is 170-98 when ranked. 21 Cal Poly 361 26-2 21 Def. Specialist/Libero Jaden Newsome • The Buffs have been ranked in the top 22 Iowa State 262 21-6 22 Gabby Carta-Samuels Danielle Price 10 seven times Rachel Whipple Anyse Smith 23 Colorado State 191 28-3 23 • The highest ranking for Colorado was 24 Oregon 133 17-11 24 eighth (Sept. 14, 1993). 25 Missouri State 87 28-5 25 Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Michigan 58; Colorado 56; Western Kentucky 23; Illinois 21; VCU 21; Louisville 12; Oregon State 11; Pittsburgh 5 CU’s 2017 Opponents in Bold Follow Us On Social Media: @CUBuffsVB COLORADO VOLLEYBALL AT THE NCAA TOURNAMENT 1994 2003 First Round First Round, at Berkeley, Calif. Bye Michigan L, 0-3 (22-30, 22-30, 11-30) Second Round, Boulder Northern Iowa W, 3-1 2004 (14-16, 15-13, 15-9, 15-12) First Round, at Fort Collins, Colo. Hawai’i L, 1-3 Sweet 16, at Lincoln, Neb. (30-24, 22-30, 20-30, 24-30) Nebraska L, 0-3 (11-15, 7-15, 5-15) 2005 First Round, at Fort Collins, Colo. 1995 Colorado State L, 1-3 First Round, at Cedar Falls, Iowa (30-26, 24-30, 19-30, 27-30) Northern Iowa L, 0-3 (11-15, 14-16, 11-15) 2006 First Round & Second Rounds, at Boulder 1996 New Mexico St W, 3-0 BUFF NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES: First Round, Boulder (30-24, 30-20, 34-32) Appearances: ............................