Colorado Unable To Overcome ASU

TEMPE, Ariz. - The Colorado women's volleyball team (14-12, 6-9) fell in four sets (25-21, 21-25, 21-25, 16-25) to the No.17 Arizona State Sun Devils (23-4,11-4) Thursday night.

Despite the loss, Colorado played a strong match led once again by outside hitter Maya Tabron in kills. The senior earned 14 kills in 39 attempts to hit .231 while also posting an impressive 19 digs. With her fifth kill of the match, Tabron also achieved 1,000 career kills.

Middle blocker Skyy Howard led the team in attack percentage at .429 with nine kills on 14 attempts, while Taylor Simpson marked down 33 assists.

Colorado was unable to slow down Arizona State's Marta Levinska as she posted 25 kills in 45 attempts to hit .444. As a team, CU hit .167 while the Sun Devils hit .280.

The Buffs will hope to bounce back against the University of Arizona Wildcats on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT in Tucson.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

SET ONE: Colorado jumped to an early lead of 7-4, however, the Sun Devils caught up to take the lead at 9-8 after a 3-0 scoring run. After a four point deficit for the Buffs at 13-9, three consecutive kills from Tabron brought the Buffs back within a point at 13-12. Colorado managed to pull ahead to an 18-17 lead to force an ASU timeout. Another 3-0 scoring run gave Colorado the lead at 21-19 off of Tabron's fourth kill of the match. The Buffs held on to take set one 25-21.

SET TWO: Tabron earned her 1,000th career kill to stay within one of ASU at 2-1. Colorado fought back from a three point deficit early on at 4-1 to take over the lead at 7-6 off of a kill from Ana Burilović. She quickly turned around with another kill to keep the lead alive at 8-7. Arizona State then went on a 4-0 scoring run, giving them the advantage at 11-8; however, the Buffs responded with a 4-0 scoring run with kills from Burilović and Payne to tie things up at 16-16, forcing an ASU timeout. Colorado did not stop there, increasing their scoring run to 8-0 and pulling ahead to 18-16. The Sun Devils responded and took the lead at 21-20; however, Colorado was unable to fight back as ASU took set two 25-21.

SET THREE: The Buffs were in control early on at 3-0, and Simpon's third kill of the match kept the lead alive at 8-5. ASU got back in control, taking the lead for the first time in set three at 13-12, forcing a timeout by Colorado. The Sun Devils held onto their lead until CU went on a 4-0 scoring run and a kill from Tabron gave CU the late advantage at 19-18. The Buffs continued to battle but ultimately dropped the set at 25-21.

SET FOUR: Arizona State took over the lead as Colorado trailed 7-5. Tabron continued to lead the Buffs in kills, earning her 12th one for CU to trail 8-7. The Buffs fought hard but ASU ultimately held onto their lead for the remainder of set four, as Colorado fell 25-16.

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Team Stats

Maya Tabron

Ana Burilović

Skyy Howard

Cayla Payne

Players Mentioned

Ana Burilović

Skyy Howard

Taylor Simpson

Maya Tabron

Players Mentioned

Ana Burilović

Skyy Howard

Taylor Simpson

Maya Tabron