No. 21 Colorado Sweeps West Virginia

Wednesday, November 19

Morgantown, W.Va.

4 PM

Colorado

22-6,12-4Big 12

West Virginia

15-12,3-12Big 12

Colorado

West Virginia

November 19, 2025 | Volleyball

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Junior pin attacker Ana Burilovic reached 1,000 career kills, becoming the 18th Buff to do so

By: Malala Pyle, Assistant Director of Athletic Communication

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The 21st-ranked Colorado volleyball team (22-6, 12-4 Big 12) defeated West Virginia (15-12, 3-12 Big 12) in three sets (25-18, 25-21, 25-19) at Hope Coliseum on Wednesday, Nov. 19.

The Buffs made quick work of the Mountaineers, beating them in three short sets in just an hour and 16 minutes. CU recorded its 10th sweep of the season, holding WVU under .090 in all three sets.

"A pretty defensive-oriented match," head coach Jesse Mahoney said. "Happy to get a win on the road, and sweeps are hard to come by, so happy for that. We served particularly well – blocked and defended well. Our offense was not as efficient as we would like to be […] Hopefully we can get some more contributions on Friday against Cincinnati."

KEY PLAYERS:

Jr. PIN Ana Burilovic finished the night with 15 kills, five digs, two blocks and one ace. With her 10th kill of the night, Burilovic reached 1,000 career kills. She becomes the 18th Buff to reach 1,000 kills.
MAHONEY ON HER ROLE: "Ana has had a great season and career here so far. She's been the best player on the floor in a lot of matches we've played, and we've really leaned on her heavily as the season has gone on. She just finds a way to keep scoring for us."
Jr. MB Cayla Payne totaled nine kills (2e, 17att, hitting .412) and four blocks.
So. MB Maria Splawska had five blocks, one ace, two kills and three digs.
Sr. S Rian Finley tallied 22 assists, eight digs, two blocks and one ace.
Jr. PIN Lily Dwinell had four kills, four blocks and a dig.
Jr. PIN Sydney Jordan had five kills, one block, four digs and three assists.
Sr. DS/L Sarah Morton had nine digs and three assists.
Fr. PIN Inés Losada had two key aces, and Jr. DS/L Peyton Neal had two aces and three digs.
For the Mountaineers, Nina Horning led the match in kills with 16, and LonDynn Betts had 14 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Buffs went on an early 3-0 run to start the first set off kills and blocks from Payne and Burilovic (4-2, CU). The Mountaineers responded with a 4-0 run of their own, but CU meant business, going on a 10-0 run with four kills from Payne, two kills from Burilovic and a kill from Jordan (14-6, CU). A Splawska-Jordan block and a kill from Dwinell helped the Buffs stay ahead (18-12, CU). West Virginia tried to put together a run, but kills from Jordan, Burilovic and Dwinell closed out the set for CU, 25-18.
Set two began closer than the previous, with Splawska scoring first off a kill for the Black and Gold, and Payne notching a kill and Neal grabbing an ace (4-3, CU). CU saw kills from Burilovic and Jordan before Mountaineer errors handed CU three points (10-7, CU). After a Payne-Dwinell block, Colorado went on a 4-0 run with kills from Dwinell and Burilovic, and another Neal ace (17-11, CU). A late 4-0 run forced WVU to call a timeout after a kill from Jordan and an ace from Losada, but Losada had another ace out of the timeout (22-13, CU). West Virginia went on a late 5-0 run, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Buffs (25-21, CU).
CU was hot out of the gate, going on a 5-0 run to force West Virginia to take an early timeout off kills from Burilovic (including her 1,000th), a Burilovic-Payne block and a Splawska ace (5-0, CU). Colorado scored five more times to take the score to 10-2 of a Payne-Dwinell block, Burilovic ace and Burilovic kill. The Buffs stayed steady through the set, with Burilovic seeing two more kills, Jordan getting a kill and Finley notching an ace (15-9, CU). To close out the set, Burilovic had back-to-back kills, Payne had a kill and Splawska had a kill (25-19, CU).

UP NEXT

No. 21 Colorado continues its road trip on Friday to play at Cincinnati on Nov. 21 at 4:30 p.m. MT. The match will be streamed on ESPN+, and fans can follow along via live stats links on CUBuffs.com.

MATCH NOTES:

The Buffs move to 2-1 versus the Mountaineers all-time.
The Buffaloes got their 10th 3-0 win of the season and are 10-2 in three-set matches.
Colorado had more kills (35-30), assists (29-26), aces (7-2) and blocks (9-6) than WVU.

For more information on the Colorado women's volleyball team, a complete schedule and results, please visit CUBuffs.com. Fans of the Buffs can follow the team on Instagram and on Twitter @CUBuffsVB.