Nov. 21, 2003

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With just two matches left in the regular season for Mizzou, the Tigers have an 18-9 record and are 11-7 in the Big 12 Conference ... Missouri travels to Boulder, Colo. on Saturday to face Colorado in its final regular season road match ... The Buffaloes are just a half game ahead of MU in the Big 12 standings with an 11-6 conference mark ... CU is 19-8 overall on the season and has won its last four matches ... the Tigers are coming off a three-game sweep of Iowa State on Wednesday, while Colorado recorded a sweep over Texas on Wednesday ... the selections for the NCAA Tournament will be announced at 7 p.m. on Nov. 30 on ESPNEWS.

Scouting the Buffaloes
Colorado comes into Saturday's matchup having won four straight and six of the last seven, with the only loss coming to conference leader Kansas State. The Buffaloes are 19-8 overall and 11-6 in the Big 12 Conference. Five of their six losses in the Big 12 have come against teams ranked in the Top 25, including a three-game loss to Missouri on Oct. 22 when the Tigers were ranked No. 24. Maragda Santillana leads CU with a 3.47 kills per game mark followed by Monique Gerlach who averages 3.44 kills per game and has a .326 hitting percentage. Gerlach also has a 2.26 digs per game average and is averaging 0.90 blocks per game.

The MU-CU Series
Mizzou has won just six times in 34 meetings with Colorado, but has won five of the last seven. Last season, MU defeated the Buffaloes in Boulder for its first ever win on CU's home floor. The Tigers won the first meeting between the schools in 1986, then lost the next 26 matches with the Buffs.

A Look Back
The Mizzou volleyball team took only an hour and nine minutes to record its 14th straight win over Iowa State with a 3-0 (30-9, 30-19, 30-16) sweep on Wednesday. The Tigers are now 18-9 on the year and 11-7 in the Big 12 Conference with two matches left in the regular season. Lisa Boyd led the way for MU on Wednesday night. She had nine kills and a .818 hitting percentage in the opening game of the match on her way to a career-high 20 kills. Boyd hit .621 for the match and added a team-high six blocks (two solo and four assisted). The 30-9 game one victory for Mizzou was the largest margin of victory for the Tigers in a Big 12 Conference match since the NCAA went to rally scoring in 2001. Mizzou jumped out to a quick 9-3 lead with an 8-0 that included three aces by Juliana Godoi. Godoi finished the night with career-high six aces. As a team the Tigers recorded 15 aces, just two shy of the school record for aces in a three-game match. Mizzou continued to control the match in games two and three, picking up its first three-game sweep since defeating Colorado on Oct. 22. Shen Danru and Jessica Vander Kooi each reach double digits in digs with 16 and 11, respectively. Each also added eight kills for the Tigers. Lindsey Hunter had 38 assists and a .714 hitting percentage on seven attacks. Following Godoi in the aces category was Nicole Wilson with four, while Hunter and Vander Kooi each had two.

Up Next
Mizzou is off on Wednesday before closing out the regular season against Baylor next Saturday at the Hearnes Center. That match will begin one hour following the conclusion of the MU vs. Iowa State football game. The football game will kickoff at noon and the volleyball match is expected to start around 4 p.m.