Women’s soccer
Thursday — at Cincinnati, 5 p.m. MT (ESPN+)
Sunday — at West Virginia, 11 a.m. MT (ESPN+)
NOTES: With three games remaining in the regular season, CU (10-2-3, 4-1-3 Big 12) is one of four teams with one or fewer losses at the top of the Big 12 standings. Notching a win at Cincinnati (6-7-2, 2-5-1 Big 12) would set up a critical showdown on Sunday at West Virginia (10-3-2, 6-1-1 Big 12). The Mountaineers on Sunday will be coming off a Thursday night showdown against conference co-leader No. 19 Texas Tech (6-0-2 Big 12). … Following a 10-game unbeaten streak (9-0-1) the Buffs have gone 0-1-2 in their past three matches and are coming off a scoreless draw at home against Central Florida. … The Buffs are 2-0 all-time against Cincinnati, winning a matchup in Denver in 2012 and adding a home win in 2015. … Leading scorer Shyra James has missed the past four games due to an injury. She has missed seven of the past nine due to health issues. … CU has never played West Virginia. … The Buffs still received four points in last week’s United Soccer Coaches poll despite dropping out of the top 25, but CU didn’t receive any votes this week. West Virginia unofficially is at No. 33 as the eighth team among others receiving votes. … The Buffs complete the regular season at home next week (Oct. 25) against Utah.
Women’s volleyball
Wednesday — at Arizona, 7 p.m. MT (ESPN+)
Friday — at No. 13 Arizona State, 8 p.m. MT (ESPN+)
NOTES: The Buffs (9-8, 2-3 Big 12) have posted consecutive Big 12 wins . … Ana Burilovic, CU’s leading attacker at 3.64 kills per set, missed Sunday’s five-set win at UCF due to an illness. … Rivals the past 13 seasons in the Pac-12, CU lost in five sets at Arizona last year and has lost six of the past seven contests in Tucson. … Sydney Jordan recorded her fifth double-double of the season during Sunday’s win at UCF, matching a pair of career-highs with 18 kills and 15 digs. Lily Dwinell also matched a career-high with 16 kills. … CU is coming off one of its best hitting efforts of the season, posting a .307 mark at UCF, but still ranks just 12th in the Big 12 with a .217 hitting percentage. … Arizona went 12-0 in nonconference play but has struggled out of the gate in Big 12 play, though the Wildcats’ lone league win was a five-set decision against then-No. 20 BYU two weeks ago. … The Wildcats are coming off a four-set loss at rival ASU. … CU has lost its past three matches at ASU. The 13th-ranked Sun Devils have won four consecutive matches and nine of the past 10. … ASU libero Mary Shroll has won the past two Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Notable
The CU cross country teams are back in action this week, competing in the pre-national meet on Saturday at Wisconsin. … The CU men’s golf team finished 1-3 last week at the Big 12 Match Play Championship. The Buffs complete the fall schedule at the Kaanapoli Classic in Maui beginning Nov. 2. … The CU women’s golf team competes at the Stanford Intercollegiate beginning Friday.
