Colorado University Athletics
Buffs To Play 15 Matches On TV In 2016
June 20, 2016 | Volleyball
BOULDER — Colorado will have 15 matches, 10 home and five away, featured this volleyball season on Pac-12 Networks, starting with both matches of the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge, one of the most prestigious non-conference tournaments, Sept. 3-4.
The Buffs will host Penn State on Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Coors Events Center, which is also head coach Jesse Mahoney's first home game. The second match for the Buffs of the challenge against Illinois on Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. will also be televised live.
CU will not have any other non-conference matches televised, despite playing a very exciting schedule. The Buffs open the season Aug. 26-27 at the Portland State Tournament (Portland, Ore.) and will also play on the road at the San Diego Invitational (San Diego, Calif.), Sept. 9-10. The Buffs will also host the Omni Invitational on the final weekend of non-conference play, Sept. 16-17, which includes a match against in-state rival Colorado State. It will be the first match against the Rams at the CEC since 2008.
As usual, the Pac-12 Conference portion of the schedule will be exciting as seven of the 12 programs advanced to the 2015 NCAA Tournament, while four teams, USC (fifth), UCLA (12th), Stanford (14th) and Washington (sixth), were ranked in the final AVCA Poll of the season.
Thirteen of CU's 20 league contests will be on Pac-12 Networks, starting with the first six of the season. The Buffs open up conference action with four consecutive home matches, hosting Utah (Sept. 21), Arizona (Sept. 25), USC (Sept. 30) and UCLA (Oct. 2).
After that, Colorado will hit the road for contests against Stanford (Oct. 7) and California (Oct. 9), which will both be televised on Pac-12 Networks. The Buffs then travel to the Pacific Northwest the following week to face Washington State and Washington in a pair of matches (Oct. 14-16) that will be streamed on the Pac-12 Digital Network.
CU will return home to take on Oregon State (Oct. 21) in yet another TV match before hosting Oregon (Oct. 22), wrapping up the first half of the conference slate.
The Buffs begin the second half of the Pac-12 schedule in Los Angeles, facing UCLA (Oct. 28) in a TV match and USC (Oct. 29). CU returns home to host Stanford (Nov. 4) and California (Nov. 6) in another duo of TV contests, but the following two contests on the road against Oregon (Nov. 10) and Oregon State (Nov. 12) will be streamed online.
The final home match on TV for CU is against Washington on Nov. 18 and the Buffs will celebrate senior day against Washington State on Nov. 20, the last home match of the regular season. The final two matches of the season will both be televised. Colorado will face Arizona State for the first time of the season on Nov. 23 in Tempe, Ariz., before ending the regular season at Utah (Salt Lake City) on Nov. 25.
Colorado finished the 2015 season with a 19-13 mark and were fifth in the Pac-12 (11-9). The Buffs return three starters plus the libero (Naghede Abu, Anna Pfefferle, Gabby Simpson and Cierra Simpson), and have added seven newcomers, including two transfers (Alexa Smith and Kiara McKibben).
Season tickets start at just $25 for general admission and are on sale now at CUBuffs.com or by calling 303-49-BUFFS. Reserved seats are $40 for the season and floor seats are available for $50. Single match tickets are also available. General admission seats are $5, reserved seats are $8 and floor seats can be purchased for $10. Kids 12 and under are free.
And don't forget about the Women's Sports Pass. For just $125, the Women's sports pass gives you general admission seating for all volleyball, soccer and women's basketball home games. This is a savings of over 50 percent off the single game price! You can buy your Women's Sports Pass today by calling 303-49-BUFFS.
