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INDEX Football goals........Page 5 Lacrosse ............... Page 7 Men’s basketball ... Page 9 Women’s basketball......... ...........................Page 10 Soccer ................ Page 12 Volleyball.............Page 14 Quarterback........Page 15 Road game changes ........ ...........................Page 16 Buffs defense ...... Page 18 Buffs offense ....... Page 22 Get Social ....................... ......... Page 24, 28, 32, 36 Track & field........Page 26 Cross country......Page 26 Buff briefs............Page 33 Special teams......Page 34 Campus Map................... ................... Pages 40, 41

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On the Cover Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer University of Colorado mascot Chip leads the team out onto the field before a spring football game.

Buffs fans

School spirit down to a fine art CU fined $75,000 last year when fans rushed the field

By Anthony Hahn Staff Writer or fans of CU sports — where a culture of domestic violence mishandling seems to permeate to the highest levels and losing streaks abound — school spirit is often hard, less about the school itself as much as it’s a vessel for getting fucked up.

But goddamnit, if we’re good at something, it’s that.

From the infamous “blackout” games to Welcomefests that have attracted the likes of Colorado’s homegrown producing legend Pretty Lights, CU students have shown their capacity for spirit in the face of bleak times.

So “spirited” in fact, some years it’s actually cost the university money (outside of, you know, those domestic violence settlements).

Excited spectators have rushed the field in years past, causing CU to face at least $75,000 in fines under a new rule created especially for Buffs.

The first offense for rushing the field in the first minute after a game ends is $25,000, the sec-

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Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer Chip directs the roller coaster during a basketball game. If you wanna hang with the C Unit, you’re gonna need some Buffs gear and a loud voice (and a banana suit wouldn’t hurt).

ond is $50,000 and the third is 100,000.

So unless you want to see your parents’ hardearned tuition dollars going to pay for your five minutes of fun after a football game, here are some other options to express your school spirit.

The C-Unit

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But the Buffs’ had game this year, rising from the overly expensive underground wine cellar of the Pac-12 to playing in the championships. Er, where they lost, but still.

Joining the C-Unit is easy and relatively cheap.

All you have to do is go find something black or gold and show up to games. If you want to go all out, hit up the C-Unit Facebook page at facebook.com/folsom frenzy to coordinate card stunts, chest paintings and more.

Ralphie Runners

If you thought running beside a live buffalo in

front of a rabid, screaming audience would be an easy way to flesh out your extracurricular resume, think again (and also, like, maybe calm down a little bit).

John Graves, the program manager for the Ralphie live mascot program, said each handler puts in about 30 hours per week year-round, without pay.

The handlers build up their strength and conditioning, do practices with Ralphie and perform basic buffalo care for her. Yes, Ralphie is a her. It’s 2017 — get with the times, man.

Five handlers run with Ralphie per game — two on each side and one at

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Football

New season, same goals Media picks Colorado to finish fourth in Pac-12 South

By Brian Howell BuffZone.com Writer

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ast year, the Colorado football team was able to come up with the right formula to snap a 10-year run of losing seasons and win the Pac-12 South division.

The formula for this year won’t be the same, but the Buffaloes hope it’s just as effective.

“Our team will win differently this year than we did last year,” head coach Mike MacIntyre said during the Pac-12 media day in July at the Hollywood & Highland Center. “You don’t just do the same cookie-cutter thing.”

After losing eight starters on defense, a four-year starter at quarterback, a threeyear starter at center and the coordinator that guided one of the top defenses in the country, there is skepticism about whether the Buffs (10-4, 8-1 Pac-12 last year) can actually duplicate last season’s success.

The preseason media poll released in July projected the Buffs to finish fourth in the South. It’s the first time since joining the conference in 2011 that CU wasn’t picked to finish last, but very few expect the Buffs to win the South again.

USC and Washington are the overwhelming favorites to play for the conference title according to that poll, with USC projected as the champion. Defending North champion Washington received 49 of 52 first-place votes to win the North again.

USC received 49 of 52 firstplace votes to win the South.

USC received 28 votes to win the title game, with Washington receiving 22.

2017 CU football schedule Sept. 1 — vs. Colorado State, 6 p.m. (at Denver) Sept. 9 — vs. Texas State, Noon Sept. 16 — vs. Northern Colorado, Noon Sept. 23 — vs.

Washington, TBD Sept. 30 — at UCLA, TBD Oct. 7 — vs. Arizona, TBD Oct. 14 — at Oregon State, TBD Oct. 21 — at Washington State, TBD Oct. 28 — vs. California, TBD Nov. 4 — at Arizona State, TBD Nov. 11 — vs. USC, TBD Nov. 25 — at Utah, TBD

The North champion has won all six of the previous title games.

MacIntyre, running back Phillip Lindsay and linebacker Derek McCartney, who all represented the Buffs at the Pac-12 media day, took the poll in stride.

“It’s why it’s called preseason polls, because you have to play the football games to find out what it’s about,” Lindsay said. “We were picked last last year.

Does it matter? No, we were in the Pac-12 championship, and that’s where we want to go again.”

UCLA represented the South at the title game in 2011 and 2012, but no South team has made consecutive title game appearances since.

In fact, the South has had five different teams play in the championship game the last five years.

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Brian Howell / BuffZone.com Colorado head football coach Mike MacIntyre answers questions during Pac-12 media day in Hollywood, Calif., on July 26.

Brian Howell / BuffZone.com Colorado running back Phillip Lindsay said the Buffaloes aren’t taking stock in their Pac-12 preseason ranking. They were picked to finish fourth in the South this year by the preseason media poll.

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In other polling, CU received 72 points in the preseason college football coaches poll released Aug. 3, placing them two spots behind No. 25 Utah (109 points). Sitting between CU and the Utes was Pac-12 North foe Washington State (99 points).

“Hopefully our guys do use it as a motivational factor,” he said. “Hopefully it motivates them to work hard in camp, not take play off, not miss a workout, push yourself that extra effort during camp. If it motivates us that way to stay more focused during camp then it’s going to help you.

MacIntyre doesn’t want his team getting too caught up in preseason predictions, but believes the media poll could be motivation.

“Everybody thinks we’re a one-hit wonder, and we hope we’re not. I don’t believe we are, so we just need to prove it by putting some back-to-

back good seasons together.”

With preseason camp well underway, the Buffs’ summer is over. It was a summer that, while different than last year, has set this team up for another successful season.

“There’s probably some momentum that you can jump on from last season, but overall, it’s going to be more of a new feeling,” McCartney said. “It’s a new team.

There’s going to be a lot of things that are going to be

different. You just have to play together.”

What’s not different, according to Lindsay and McCartney, is how hard the Buffs worked in the offseason. Both players raved about the progress made over the past few months.

“It was more intense in the weight room,” Lindsay said.

“Conditioning was off the charts. I feel like you’re going got see a well-tuned and conditioned football team

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come the first game of the year. This was the hardest summer we’ve had with coach Drew (Wilson).”

Last year’s team featured exceptional leadership from seniors such as quarterback Sefo Liufau, cornerback Chidobe Awuzie, safety Tedric Thompson and center Alex Kelley.

While some of the top leaders from the South title run are gone, there’s been no drop off in that area.

“We all know what to expect, we all know what we need to do,” Lindsay said.

“Last year we were prepared and I know how to prepare us for this year.”

McCartney believes the attitude and leadership are similar to what the Buffs had a year ago, even if some of the players providing that leadership have changed.

“Losing vocal leaders is never easily because then you have to have somebody that fills their shoes,” he said. “It’s been good because we’ve had guys step up and be more vocal.”

While coaches are limited in the amount of time they can spend with the players in the summer, MacIntyre has been around enough to believe the Buffs haven’t taken their foot of the gas since last season.

“They’ve set a lot of high standards during the summer that shows me they understand what we have to do to be successful again, which to me really gives me a lot of confidence,” he said.

Lacrosse

Buffs’ Ann Elliott named Coach of the Year Squad finished last season with a perfect 8-0 in Boulder BuffZone.com fter leading the Buffaloes to their best campaign in four seasons, Colorado head coach Ann Elliott has been named the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Midwest/West Region Coach of the Year.

CU recorded a single-season record with 16 wins, ending the season with a 16-4 mark. The Buffs also tallied a 7-1 record in league play, finishing second in the regular and postseason play, which earned her the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year honor.

Elliott’s squad started the campaign off with 11 straight wins, another program Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer record, and finished the season a perfect 8-0 in Boulder.

Colorado head coach Ann Elliott earned Coach of the Year honors for leading the Buffs to a 16-4 season.

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The Buffs recorded four wins over ranked opponents, starting off with an impressive 11-10 overtime victory against No. 9 Northwestern to begin the 2017 season.

That win catapulted the Buffs into the national spotlight and the national polls.

CU reached fourth in all three polls and earned an atlarge berth to its first NCAA Tournament.

Three Buffs, Sarah Brown, Darby Kiernan and Paige Soenksen were selected as CU’s first-ever IWLCA AllAmericans at the end of the season.

Soenksen joins staff at rival program

The best goalie in the brief histor y of the

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Colorado women’s lacrosse program graduated this past spring, yet Soenksen will remain a familiar face to the Buffaloes.

However, beginning next season, Soenksen will be doing her job on the opposing sideline.

This week, Soenksen — a key figure in the quick rise of a CU program that began in 2014 — joined the coaching staff at Cal, a program that will remain a league rival of the Buffs as both teams move from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation to the new sixteam Pac-12 Conference women’s lacrosse league.

“A lot of my former teammates have texted, and it’s going to be a little weird being on that other sideline,” Soenksen said. “I’m going to have to get used to saying ‘Go Bears’ instead of ‘Go Buffs.’

“I haven’t put a lot of thought into it long-term, Jeremy Papasso / Staff Photographer but I talked to (CU coach University of Colorado goalkeeper Paige Soenksen graduated in the Ann Elliott), and she said spring and has joined the coaching staff at Cal.

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Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer Sarah Brown celebrates a goal with Katie Macleay in April. Brown was selected as an IWLCA All-American.

that ever yone who gets into coaching isn’t 100 percent sure in the beginning. But I’m excited about the opportunity and ready to get going.”

Soenksen led the MPSF with a .491 save percentage, a mark that also ranked 12th nationally. Soenksen earned first team all-conference and all-region honors, and also was a third team All-American selection by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association. Soenksen went 15-4 and earned two MPSF Defensive Player of the Week honors as CU reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time.

A native of Encinitas, Calif., just north of San Diego, Soenksen joins the Cal staff under head coach Brooke Eubanks. The Golden Bears went 5-13 last season, including an 18-6 home loss against Soenksen and the Buffs.

“I’ve always enjoyed coaching ever since I was younger, but this was definitely more of an opportunity that came my way,” Soenksen said.

“Brooke Eubanks reached out to me, and I had a good friend who went to Cal and they had a good relationship. This is something I’m really excited to do.”

CU promotes Alex Frank to associate head coach

Elliott has promoted assistant coach Alex Frank to an associate head coach.

“Alex has done an incredible job over the last two years here as an assistant and has had a major impact on all aspects of our program; recruiting, player development, game management, etc.,” Elliott said. “She is truly passionate about the University of Colorado and is committed to the success of our players, on and off the field, and our program.”

“I am honored to be named associate head coach at Colorado,” Frank said. “I want to thank athletic director Rick George, coach Elliott and the athletic administration for this opportunity and for their guidance and mentorship. I am excited to be a part of our program’s transition into the Pac-12 and look forward to our continued growth and success.”

Over the last two seasons.

Frank has helped the Buffs to a 29-9 overall record (13-5 in 2016), as well as a 14-3 mark in league play. Colorado has also been dominant at home, finishing with a perfect 8-0 mark in 2017 after a 6-1 record in 2016 for a .933 winning percentage.

Frank came to Colorado after serving as an assistant coach for three seasons at Boston College where she helped guide the Eagles to three consecutive winning seasons (42-18 combined record) and three straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament, advancing as far as the quarterfinals in 2014.

Men’s basketball

2017-18 schedule taking shape Pac-12 releases weekend pairings

By Pat Rooney BuffZone.com Writer he 2017-18 schedule continues to take shape for the Colorado men’s basketball team.

At the end June, the Pac-12 Conference released its weekly pairings for the upcoming season. Though specific matchup dates and times will not be finalized for a couple months, the Colorado Buffaloes officially know which weekends they will be on the road during league play. And fans can circle the weekends of the top home dates of the Pac-12 slate.

CU opens their seventh season in the Pac-12 on the road in Oregon, playing the

Ducks as well as Oregon State over the weekend of Dec. 27 through Dec. 31. It will be the third consecutive year in which the Buffs open league play on the road, and the first time they will open against the Oregon schools since home dates in 2013-14.

The league’s preseason favorite and a likely Final Four contender, Arizona, will visit the Coors Events Center for the Buffs’ first league series at home, as they host the Wildcats and Arizona State the weekend of Jan. 3-7.

With one exception the Buffs will rotate home and road series the rest of the way, as CU follows with a trip to Los Angeles Jan. 10-14 to face USC and UCLA before returning home to host Washington and Paul Aiken / Staff Photographer Washington State.

CU returns the visit to Arizona and ASU Colorado’s D’Shawn Schwartz takes some the weekend of Jan. 24-28 but then gets to position advice from coach Tad Boyle on

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Women’s basketball

Chaotic offseason for Buffs

Ariana Freeman ends playing days, will focus on academics

By Pat Rooney and Biran Howell BuffZone.com Writers

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t has been a chaotic offseason for the roster of the Colorado women’s basketball team, with three players transferring out of the program following coach JR Payne’s deubt 2016-17 campaign.

The Buffaloes’ experience level has taken yet another hit, as Ariana Freeman has decided to end her playing career.

Freeman sat out the 201516 season after transferring from Louisville but proved to be a solid scorer off the Jeremy Papasso / Staff Photographer bench last year for the Buffs.

Colorado’s Ariana Freeman has opted to leave the women’s basketball program in order to concentrate on her Freeman played in 31 games degree. as a reserve, averaging 7.7 points and 3.2 rebounds.

Though she often struggled through knee issues, Freeman posted 11 double-digit scoring efforts, including a season-best 24 points while going 11-for-16 from the floor in a home win against St. Francis (N.Y.) on Nov. 25.

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CU promotes Alex Earl to assistant coach

The Colorado women’s basketball team has promoted Alex Earl to assistant coach, replacing Jeff Cammon, who left last month to become the head coach at

Long Beach State.

The Buffaloes have also hired Adam Ringler as strength and conditioning coordinator for women’s basketball and volleyball.

Earl, a four-year letter winner at Arizona State, worked as CU’s director of player development last season in head coach Payne’s first year in Boulder.

“First and foremost, Alex is an incredible person. She is genuine, honest, hardworking and has a very selfless spirit,” said Payne, who guided the Buffs to a 17-16 record and into the third round of the Women’s NIT last season. “She cares deeply about the growth and development of the young women in our program. Alex was a standout player in the Pac-12 and is going to be a great assistant coach as well.”

Earl graduated from ASU in 2013 and then began her coaching career at Lamar Community College in Lamar, Colo. She then spent one year at Eastern Washington before joining Payne’s staff at Santa Clara for the 2015-16 season.

“When Alex coached with us at Santa Clara, she was a huge part of our perimeter player development and helped grow and mentor the young players in our program,” Payne said. “We are thankful that we will continue to have the opportunity to work side by side with someone who is very much part of the Buff family.”

Last season, Earl worked on film breakdown for practices and games and was the team liaison with the nutrition and sports performance staffs.

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Basketball

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spend two weekends at home, hosting a lone contest against Utah the weekend of Jan. 31 to Feb. 4 followed by a home series against Cal and Stanford.

The Buffs then conclude the regular season with road trips on two of three weekends, beginning with a visit to Washington and Washington State on Feb. 14-18. CU’s final homestand will be against USC and UCLA the weekend of Feb. 21-25 followed by a visit to Utah to close the regular season.

The 2017-18 season marks a new cycle in the league’s two-season schedule rotation, with Oregon and Oregon State the one set of teams that will not visit the Coors Events Center. CU does not play road dates against Cal and Stanford.

While the dates also remain undecided for CU’s nonconference schedule, much of the matchups already have been confirmed with home dates against Air Force, Denver, Northern Colorado, New

CU men’s basketball 201718 Pac-12 pairings Dec. 27-31: At Oregon and Oregon State Jan. 3-7: Home vs. Arizona and Arizona State Jan. 10-14: At USC and UCLA Jan. 17-21: Home vs.

Washington and Washington State Jan. 24-28: At Arizona and Arizona State Jan. 31-Feb. 4: Home vs.

Utah Feb. 7-11: Home vs. Cal and Stanford Feb. 14-18: At Washington and Washington State Feb. 21-25: Home vs. USC and UCLA Feb. 28-March 3: At Utah (Note: Specific matchup dates and tipoff times TBD)

Mexico, and Portland as well as road dates at Xavier and Colorado State. Additionally, the Buffs play three games in the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands, opening with a match against Quinnipiac, and CU faces Iowa on Dec. 22

Colorado men’s basketball 201718 nonconference schedule Nov. 10: NORTHERN COLORADO Nov. 14: DENVER Nov. 17: vs. Quinnipiac, Paradise Jam, Virgin Islands, 3:30 p.m. MT Nov. 18 or 19: Wake Forest or Drake, Paradise Jam, Virgin Islands Nov. 20: Opponent TBD, Paradise Jam, Virgin Islands Nov. 26: AIR FORCE Dec. 2: at Colorado State Dec. 6: NEW MEXICO Dec. 9: at Xavier Dec. 12: SAN DIEGO Dec. 15: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Dec. 22: vs. Iowa, Sioux Falls, S.D. (Note: Home games in CAPS; all tipoff times TBD except where noted.)

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Jeremy Papasso / Staff Photographer Head coach J.R. Payne talks with her team in a time-out during the second half of an NCAA WNIT tournament game against the University of Nevada Las Vegas at the Coors Event Center.

Season from page 10 “I am so extremely blessed to have been asked to be an assistant coach here at Colorado and be back on the floor,” Earl said. “Being a Pac-12 assistant has always been a dream of mine, and to do it at such a prestigious university and program with a staff I consider family is a dream come true.”

Ringler comes to CU

after six years as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Wichita State.

He worked with several of the Shockers’ women’s sports teams, including women’s basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis and golf.

Ringler replaces Chris Sheckler, who left the Buffs after five years to pursue another opportunity.

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Soccer

Lofty goals for CU this season

Team reached NCAA second round last year

By Pat Rooney BuffZone.com Writer he Colorado women’s soccer team turned in a memorable bounce-back season a year ago, rebounding from a last-place finish in the Pac-12 Conference in 2015 to eventually reach the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Though it was a talented roster, the Buffaloes may have taken a few of their opponents by surprise after the dismal finish a year earlier. As the Buffs opened preseason practices this summer, they did so with a talented roster and a pile of expectations that likely will Jeremy Papasso / Staff Photographer erase ideas of sneaking up Colorado goaile Jalen Tompkins tied the school record for save percentage (.855) last season. on anyone in 2017.

CU opened the season Aug. 18 at Colorado State.

As the team moves for ward, here are the most pressing questions the Buffs face.

Who will play up top?

While head coach Danny Sanchez returns the bulk of his top performers in the midfield and on defense, much of the focus of preseason camp was to find replacements for for wards Danica Evans and Emily Bruder.

Evans, who began a pro career this summer with the Orlando Pride of the

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National Women’s Soccer League, shared the team lead in goals (11) and assists (six), and her 28 points counted as the second-best single-season total in the program’s histor y.

Bruder was a speedy force along the wing, frequently drawing defensive attention away from Evans and dynamic midfielder Taylor Kornieck. Bruder ranked third on the club with 12 points (four goals, four assists).

A leading candidate to fill that role is freshman Martine Puketapu, who competed with the New Zealand national team earlier this year and practiced with the Buffs during spring drills.

“That’s kind of the big one,” Sanchez said. “Obviously we have some people in-house who can step up into those roles and have an impact for us. That’s probably the biggest thing we have to look at, but we think we have some good people there.”

Can last year’s super freshmen continue to grow?

The Buffs received a huge boost in 2016 from the abrupt and dominant emer-

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gence of Kornieck and goalkeeper Jalen Tompkins.

Kornieck wasted little time showing why she was the most decorated recruit in the program’s histor y, sharing the team lead in goals while adding four assists. Her 26 points tied for the third-best single-season mark in CU histor y as she won the Pac-12’s Freshman of the Year honor.

Tompkins, a redshirt freshman last year, began the season splitting time with Scout Watson but soon took over the starting job in net, going 15-5-1 while tying the school record for save percentage (.855). Tompkins will anchor a veteran defense, while Kornieck — still just an 18-year old who spent time with the U.S. U19 and U20 national teams in recent months — should make life easier for whoever takes over at for ward.

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CU Women’s soccer 2017 Schedule Friday, Aug. 18 — at Colorado State, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 20 — vs. Colorado College, 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 25 — vs. TCU, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 27 — vs. UC Riverside, 1 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 2 — vs. Cal State Northridge, 1 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 4 — vs. BYU, 1 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 8 — at Texas, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 10 — at UTSA, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 16 — at Denver, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 22 — vs. UCLA, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 28 — at Washington State, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 1 — at Washington, 1 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 5 — vs. California, 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 8 — vs. Stanford, noon Friday, Oct. 13 — at USC, 5 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 19 — vs. Arizona State, 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 22 — vs. Arizona, 1 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 26 — at Oregon State, 4 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 29 — at Oregon, noon Friday, Nov. 3 — at Utah, 1 p.m.

“She’s a ver y humble young lady and she knows no one nobody owes her anything,” Sanchez said. “You get the sense she wants to prove

she can play at the highest level. She wants to compete for championships. And she’s willing to put the work in to do it.

She had a great freshman

year, as we all know, but as I told her lots of players have great freshman years. We feel like she’s just going to get better.”

How will the Buffs manage expectations?

CU did a terrible job in this regard two years ago, backing up two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with that last-place finish in 2015.

Yet with Kornieck in control of the offense and a rock-solid defense that returns intact, Sanchez expects his club to build on the program-record-tying 15 wins it posted last year.

“It really depends on the personality of the team, and we really like this group,” Sanchez said.

“We still have players with a lot to prove, even as seniors. It’s a hungr y group and they know there is always still a lot to prove.”

the back to control her speed.

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Graves said the position of Ralphie handler is coveted: “Typically between 50 and 70 people apply each year and try out.”

What are Ralphie handler tryouts? If you were picturing a Gladiator-style standoff in front of the entire school like I was, we are both going to be sorely disappointed.

Graves and his team review all the applications and have everyone come out for speed trials, which are three timed 100-yard sprints. Then, all the applicants are invited to a spring football game to see what the handlers do on a game day to prepare.

Once the field is narrowed down to about 15 applicants, prospective Ralphie handlers still must pass the in-person interview with coaches and the outgoing seniors.

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Volleyball

End of an era and new beginning Finding setter and libero a focus of the early weeks

By Pat Rooney BuffZone.com Writer t is the end of an era of sorts for the Colorado volleyball team. For the first time since 2012 there will not be multiple Simpson sisters — or even one, for that matter — on CU’s roster.

Head coach Jesse Mahoney begins his second year at the helm trying to reverse the momentum of a rough finish to the 2016 season combined with the spring defection of Gabby Simpson, a former All-Pac-12 Conference performer who opted to transfer to Kansas for her senior season.

Beyond the transfer of Gabby Simpson and the graduation of libero Cierra Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer Simpson, setter Kiara CU Volleyball coach Jesse Mahoney talks with his team in November 2016. Mahoney is in his second season McKibben, and middle blocker Katelyn Cuff (whose leading the team. senior season was cut in half due to injury) CU returns several key performers from a club that turned heads early last season with a number of impressive nonconference wins before struggling through the rugged Pac-12 slate.

Here is a look at the storylines surrounding the Buffs, which opened the season Aug. 25 against Northwestern State at the Oklahoma Invitational.

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high school and collegiate careers, and that was a little bit of an issue for her. We did everything we could to make sure Gabby was taken care of, was healthy. We gave her an opportunity to be successful and she chose to play out her final season of eligibility somewhere else. That’s fine.

That’s her decision.”

The loss of Simpson robs CU of a player who earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 accolades as an outside hitter in 2015. She moved seamlessly into the setter role a year ago, setting a team record with seven doubledoubles during the 2016 season.

“I don’t feel like our players as a group feel like we’re disadvantaged because Gabby isn’t here,” Mahoney said.

“I think they’re all looking forward to the season and are focused on the team as we are constituted. I haven’t heard one of our players express any sort of frustration at our perceived level of play now that Gabby’s gone.”

Who will play setter?

Simpson shared the setter role last year with McKibben, and for four years previous the role was more than capably filled by Nicole Edelman. The preseason workouts served as a competition How will the Buffs to take over the vacant spot. respond to the loss Redshirt freshman Emily DeMure, a transfer from of Gabby Simpson?

Penn State, along with The uncertainty of Simpincoming freshmen Brynna son’s status had swirled since the end of the 2016 sea- Deluzio and Jaden Newsome, are the early contendson, and she did not particiers for the role. pate in the Buffs’ spring “The No. 1 issue for us is drills. setting,” Mahoney said.

“She wasn’t happy, and I think she’d just been unhap- “Emily DeMure played there in the spring, and we have py in several different areas two freshmen coming in who of her life,” Mahoney said. are pretty well accomplished.

“She felt like a fresh start But it’s still going to take a somewhere else maybe little time for us to jell and would suit her better than staying here. Both of her sis- create some offensive rhythm.” ters are gone. She played See VOLLEYBALL, page 23 with her sisters her entire

Football

Embracing the lead role

Buffs QB Montez seizing chance to start this year

By Brian Howell BuffZone.com Writer s a substitute starter last season, Steven Montez was good enough to make Colorado football fans excited for the future.

That future is now, and Montez is no longer a substitute.

The redshirt sophomore quarterback entered CU’s preseason camp with the task of figuring out how to handle the job on a full-time basis.

“I’ve always kind of worked hard in the offseason,” Montez said in late July. “I worked especially hard this offseason just because I have all that extra (pressure to be the starter) on me. So that was the rea-

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son I had to work extremely hard with dieting and extra running and doing all the extra stuff to slim down.”

Montez said he approached fall camp the way he approaches every fall camp.

The approach — “Just come in and compete and try to play the best football I possibly can for my team and hopefully we can get better as a unit,” he said — may not be any different for Montez, but this is certainly a different season for the 6-foot-5, 225-pound quarterback.

For the first time since 2014, when he was a senior at Del Valle High School in El Paso, Texas, Montez is expected to be in a starting role.

Having spent the previous

two seasons as an understudy to Sefo Liufau — now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Montez’s time has arrived.

“He’s always been a quarterback growing up. His dad (Alfred) was a quarterback,” CU head coach Mike MacIntyre said. “He’s really been groomed.

“He has good physical attributes, he’s very smart, has a good personality. He’s just got to be able to handle the grind every day of being prepared, being ready to play; have a bad series and go back out there and don’t flinch; having a bad game and being able to bounce back. Those are the things he’s going to have to handle

See MONTEZ, page 17

Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer Colorado quarterback Steven Montez, right, prepares to throw during practice in Boulder.

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Men’s basketball

NCAA to value road games more Buffs coach Tad Boyle is a fan of the changes

Previously the top factor in team sheet evaluations was a team’s record against top 50 RPI opponents without weighing location.

By Pat Rooney The NCAA also said July 14 that it BuffZone.com Writer is exploring the possibility of moving away from the RPI metric for the ad Boyle often expounds on just 2018-19 season. While the RPI is a how difficult it is for any team to mathematically thorough analysis of win consistently on the road in the a team’s strength of schedule, it also Pac-12 Conference. does not take stock of a game’s locaThat’s why the leader of the Colotion. rado men’s basketball team is “I think it’s great,” said Boyle, pleased with the new metrics that whose club has faced such quality soon will be in place to evaluate and programs as Iowa State, SMU, Notre select the 68-team field for the NCAA Dame and Texas on neutral floors Tournament. over the past two seasons. “We’ve On July 14, the NCAA announced been one of the teams at the BCS levnew priorities for tournament selecel who has gone on the road and tion that will be in place for the 2017been willing to go on the road. We’ve 18 season. Essentially, quality wins not been afraid to go on the road, away from home, including on neuand I’m glad to see they’re going to tral floors, will be weighed more heavily than quality home wins.

Jeremy Papasso / Staff Photographer reward people for that. I think it’s long overdue.”

The pecking order for evaluations Colorado head coach Tad Boyle is a fan of the NCAA putting greater stock in road wins.

This upcoming season, Boyle’s will be home games against top 30 Buffs will play at Xavier, an NCAA road. In theory, that means a home will not be weighed as heavily as a teams in the RPI, followed by neuTournament quarterfinalist this past win against a team ranked anywhere road win against a team ranked in tral-floor games against RPI top 50 the No. 61-to-75 range. teams and top-75 RPI contests on the in the No. 31-to-60 range in the RPI See ROAD, page 17

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on a daily basis. It’s different being the backup than it is being the guy.”

Montez learned the hard way that being an unprepared backup can be tough. He was thrown into the fire at Michigan in the third game of the 2016 season after Liufau injured his ankle, and went 0-for-7 on his passes on a 45-28 loss.

Over the next three weeks, however, he was the man and led the Buffs to a 2-1 record. He even won a Pac-12 offensive player of the week award.

“I think that gives me a little bit of confidence with guys,” he said.

Montez carried that into the offseason.

Knowing the opportunity in front of him, he’s steadily improved from December to now.

“There’s no question you’ve seen him grow,” co-offensive coordinator Darrin Chiaverini said. “You’ve seen him really grow as a leader, as far as commanding the offense, understanding the concepts and protections, understanding the progressions. You can really see his maturation even from spring ball to the summer to fall camp.”

That maturation is a by-product of having two years of learning to play at the college level.

Liufau didn’t have that luxury. By the sixth game of his true freshman season of

Road from page 16 2013 — 10 days before his 19th birthday — Liufau was the starter. It was MacIntyre’s first season at CU, and he really didn’t have much of a choice.

Montez had a full redshirt year (2015) and got to play a little bit last year without the daily pressure of leading the team.

“We’ve prepared him right,” MacIntyre said. “We didn’t have to throw him into the fire like we did Sefo. He will have three fall camps and two spring practices. That’s pretty good to be ready to go.”

Spending all that time developing Montez in practice, where the Buffs do so much 11-on-11 drills that repetitions are never lacking, is MacIntyre’s ideal method for preparing his quarterbacks.

“I like the way we train our quarterbacks and the way we do so many repetitions (in practice),” MacIntyre said.

“Now, calming nerves and all of that, they have to do. That’s part of it.”

Nerves haven’t ever really been much of an issue for Montez, and it helps that he’s got some of the best receivers in the country, a senior running back (Phillip Lindsay), who is one of the best in the Pac-12, and an offensive line that is CU’s strongest group in years.

“All Steven has to do — or (backups) Sam Noyer and Tyler Lytle — is just do their role,” MacIntyre said. “They don’t have to be incredible.”

spring, in addition to a neutral-court game against Iowa and three others at the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands, including a likely secondround date against Wake Forest.

While visiting Boulder always has been a dicey proposition for solid nonconference foes — playing what generally has been a competitive program under Boyle on the road at altitude isn’t an attractive proposition for teams harboring tournament prospects — the new emphasis on road games won’t necessarily lead to more top 25 programs visiting the Coors Events Center during nonconference play.

The Atlantic Coast Conference will move to a 20-game league schedule in 2019-20, and the Big Ten is considering doing the same. Given most major programs compete in at least one nonconference tournament, plus showcases like the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and the Big 12/ SEC Challenge that remain nonconference commitments teams in those leagues, the

landscape is shifting in a manner that could make trips to Boulder more difficult to schedule.

Hence the recent home-andhome sets the Buffs have played against programs like BYU and Xavier, in addition to the one that begins in 2017-18 against New Mexico.

“If they have 20 league games, plus they’ve got an extra one against another bigleague opponent, it’s going to be hard to get one of those teams to start a home-andhome against the University of Colorado,” Boyle said.

“That’s where it’s going to continue to be a challenge.

We’re going to have to look at the Big East, and obviously we started a home-and-home with Xavier. We’re always going to try and get the best opponents to Boulder as we can, but we also understand we have to return that game.

We have to be prudent on who we bring in and when we bring them in.”

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Football

Buffs’ new-look D shines in scrimmage D.J. Eliot’s unit had two goal-line stands and a couple sacks

By Brian Howell BuffZone.com Writer hroughout the offseason, there’s been plenty of attention given to what the Colorado defense no longer has on board.

Eight starters and 10 regular contributors are now gone, with more than half of them now in the NFL. Three defensive assistants — including coordinator Jim Leavitt — are gone.

The Buffaloes, meanwhile, continue to focus on what they do have and on Saturday, they showed they can still play on that side of the ball.

While the scrimmage at Folsom Field — the only

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practice of preseason camp open to the media and public — was purposely vanilla, the defense, led by first-year coordinator D.J. Eliot, held its own against the vaunted offense.

“That was the word, that the offense was going to come out hot, and as a defense, we’re obviously thinking, ‘Nah, we’re going to stop the offense,’” junior linebacker Drew Lewis said.

“I think we did a good job.”

CU’s defense came up with two goal-line stands (one against the first-team offense), safety/Buff back Ryan Moeller picked off starting quarterback Steven

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Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer Colorado safety Afolabi Laguda is the one returning starting in the Buffs’ secondary.

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Defense

and junior college transfers Javier Edwards and Chris Mulumba were from page 18 often with the first team. Senior George Frazier, Franke, a junior, Montez and freshman outside lineand sophomores Lyle Tuiloma and backer Jacob Callier had a nice tip Frank Umu got a lot of snaps, as and interception of a pass thrown by well. walk-on Casey Marksberry.

“Defensively I was excited,” In addition, Tim Coleman and Jase MacIntyre said about the goal-line Franke had sacks, cornerback Isastands. “Offensively, I wish we iah Oliver was exceptional and the would have knocked them off the group, in general, made a statement ball a little more. That was good to that it’s not going to be a pushover. see the physicalness of it, especially Safety Nick Fisher, who sat out of with a lot of our new D-linemen out the scrimmage with minor hamthere.” string issue, said the defense knows Despite the significant turnover what is being said outside of the proon defense, the Buffs feature more gram, but that it hasn’t damaged the experience than it initially appears. confidence inside the program.

Moeller at Buff back, Rick Gam“We don’t listen to anything that Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer boa at inside linebacker and Afolabi Colorado defensive lineman Timothy anyone is saying,” Fisher said. “We Laguda at safety are the only returnhave to get our own guys ready; we Coleman had a sack in Saturday’s ing starters, but outside linebacker scrimmage. have real football to play. It’s coming Derek McCartney is back from injualong really well.” saw that today,” he said. “When one ry and has 25 career starts; Jackson Of course, the defense isn’t perwas a 10-game starter in 2015 at side completely dominates the othfect, and there’s plenty of work to be er, that’s when you get a little nerdefensive end; and Oliver was on the done to replace the core of a unit field for nearly half the defensive vous.” that ranked in the top 20 nationally The defensive line was particular- snaps a year ago. last year. Head coach Mike MacInIn addition, there are several playly impressive on the goal line tyre came away from Saturday ers, such as Lewis, who are getting stands. CU has to replace all three encouraged by the plays made by their first real opportunity to shine starters on its line, and the group the defense, however. and have been very impressive to rose up to the challenge Saturday. coaches and teammates.

“When you have a scrimmage, as There was a lot of rotation up “There’s so many guys on the front, as there likely will be during a head coach you want to see both team like that,” McCartney said. sides making plays and I thought we the season, but senior Leo Jackson

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“We don’t know exactly how they’re going to be on the field, but they have so much potential. A lot of people don’t see that and they’re not going to until it happens. Even me, I don’t know what’s going to happen with these guys; I just see what they might be able to do. That’s why in my head, I’m like, ‘We can be better than last year.’”

The defense has a long way to go to top last year, but through the first week of fall camp, they’ve shown they are on the right track.

“It’s getting on the same page,” Moeller said. “We’ve found that and we’re moving forward with minimizing mistakes.”

After some growing pains with new starters and new coaches in the spring, Moeller said the first week of fall camp has been significantly better.

“It feels a lot more smooth, it feels a lot easier, it feels like everything is going in the direction it should,” he said.

Saturday’s scrimmage was another positive step.

“As a defense, we’re all building up that confidence every single day,” Lewis said. “We’re getting better every single day.”

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Loaded with experience

Four offensive line starters return from 10-4 team

By Brian Howell BuffZone.com Writer wo years ago, the constant shuffling of offensive linemen proved to be one of the main problems for the University of Colorado football team, which went 4-9 in 2015.

Going into the 2017 season, CU head coach Mike MacIntyre is confident enough in his linemen that he thinks some shuffling would be good for the Buffs.

Four starters are back from a line that was much improved in helping CU go

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10-4 and win the Pac-12 South last year, and the young talent is as good as it’s been in years.

The Buffs like their options.

“If we can (rotate linemen) this year, we can keep them fresh and fast,” MacIntyre said this spring. “As many plays as we play, that’ll give us an advantage.”

Guards Gerrad Kough and Tim Lynott and tackles Jeromy Irwin and Aaron Haigler are all returning starters from last year.

Then, there’s senior

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Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer Colorado’s Tim Lynott is one of four starters returning on the offensive line.

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Jonathan Huckins, who is projected to start at center.

Huckins has never started a game at center, but he’s got 14 starts and over 1,000 snaps played at guard over the past two years.

“I think we have a lot of experience,” Huckins said recently. “That’s the one thing that this line is going to be packed full of is experience, but I think experience Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer together is going to be the Offensive line coach Klayton Adams, left, talks to Gerrad Kough and biggest thing.”

Alex Kelley.

Who will lead the back of the defense?

from page 22

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Position: Offensive line

year before) and improved Returnees: Mo Bandi (So., their yards per rushing 6-5, 265); Justin Eggers (So., attempt to 4.12 (up from 3.75 6-5, 310); Aaron Haigler (So., in 2015). Lineup consistency 6-7, 280); Jonathan Huckins helped, as the Buffs were (Sr., 6-4, 310); Jeromy Irwin fairly healthy up front. Right (Sr., 6-5, 300); Josh Kaiser guard Tim Lynott started the (Jr., 6-5, 295); Gerrad Kough entire season, while left tack(Sr., 6-4, 295); Tim Lynott le Jeromy Irwin and center (So., 6-3, 200); Dillon MidAlex Kelley started all but dlemiss (So., 6-5, 295); Isaac one game. At left guard, GerMiller (So., 6-7, 280); Kolter rad Kough started the first Smith (Fr., 6-2, 285); Brett 10 games before an ankle Tonz (So., 6-3, 290); Hunter injury let to Jonathan HuckVaughn (Fr., 6-7, 290). ins taking over. And, at right Additions: Chance Lytle tackle, the Buffs worked out (Fr., 6-7, 310); Jake Moretti a solid job share between (Fr., 6-4, 270); Heston Paige Aaron Haigler and Sam (Fr., 6-5, 270); Grant Polley Kronshage. Even with some (Fr., 6-4, 265); Colby Pursell lineup shuffling, the Buffs (Fr., 6-4, 285); Casey Roddick had good chemistry in Klay(Fr., 6-4, 340); William Sher- ton Adams’ first season as man (Fr., 6-3, 295). the offensive line coach.

Losses: Shane Callahan 2017 outlook: The Buffs’ (graduated); Alex Kelley most experienced lineup (graduated); Sam Kronshage would have Irwin at left tack(graduated and elected to le, Kough at left guard, forego final season); John Huckins at center, Lynott at Lisella II (graduated and right guard and Haigler at elected to forego final searight tackle. Together, that son); Colin Sutton (graduatgroup has 83 career starts. ed and elected to forego final There’s a decent chance season); Sully Wiefels (grad- that’s how the Buffs will line uated). up when the season begins 2016 recap: After a diffiSept. 1 against Colorado cult and injury-plagued 2015 State. However, there is season, the Buffs’ offensive enough talent behind those line was much better last five to make preseason camp year. They gave up just 28 interesting. Kough missed all of spring ball with an ankle sacks (compared to 41 the

injury, which pushed Irwin to left guard. Irwin is likely a guard if he’s going to play in the NFL, and he could be a guard this season for the Buffs. Kaiser spent much of the spring at left tackle was named CU’s most improved offensive lineman. MacIntyre has said Miller can be “special” if he’s healthy. Kaiser and/or Miller are sure to push for starting jobs at tackle. Another wild card is Moretti. He might be the best true freshman lineman at CU since Ryan Miller (and some think he can be better). He missed his senior year of high school — and spring ball — with a torn ACL, but if he’s healthy, he could certainly push for playing time. Tonz moved from defensive line in the spring and the Buffs liked what he did at guard, and he could play center, as well. There’s a ton of potential with the freshmen, too. Roddick may wind up as a grayshirt, which means he won’t arrive until January. Overall, this appears to be CU’s deepest and most talented line in years — certainly since MacIntyre arrived in 2013.

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Defensively, Mahoney understands his club must fill that void.

“We have a lot of unanswered questions that it’s going to take us a couple weeks to answer and figure out,” Mahoney said. “Then hopefully early enough that we can get in a rhythm with the group that’s going to be on the floor the most.”

The Buffs will be strong defensively at the net with middle blockers Naghede Abu and Anna Pfefferle.

However, Cierra Simpson was the Buffs’ top defensive specialist for four seasons, Pat Rooney: twitter.com/ and she left CU as the program’s all-time leader in digs. prooney07

2017 Colorado Buffaloes volleyball schedule Aug. 25 — vs. Northwestern State (Oklahoma Invitational), 4 p.m.

Aug. 26 — vs. Seton Hall (Oklahoma Invitational), 9 a.m.

Aug. 26 — at Oklahoma (Oklahoma Invitational), 6 p.m.

Sept. 2 — WAKE FOREST (Omni Invitational), 1 p.m.

Sept. 2 — RICE (Omni Invitational), 7 p.m.

Sept. 3 — ABILENE CHRISTIAN (Omni Invitational), 11 a.m.

Sept. 8 — vs. Penn State (at Illinois, Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge), 3:30 p.m.

Sept. 9 — at Illinois (Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge), 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 15 — XAVIER, 7 p.m.

Sept. 16 — vs. Albany (at Colorado State), 11 a.m.

Sept. 16 — at Colorado State, 7 p.m.

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Oct. 6 — at Washington State*, 7 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) Oct. 8 — at Washington*, 4 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) Oct. 13 — at Arizona State*, 8 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) Oct. 15 — at Arizona*, 2 p.m.

Oct. 20 — USC*, 8 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) Oct. 21 — UCLA*, TBD (Pac-12 Networks) Oct. 27 — at Oregon*, TBD Oct. 28 — at Oregon State*, TBD Nov. 1 — WASHINGTON STATE*, 7 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) Nov. 3 — WASHINGTON*, 6 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) Nov. 9 — at UCLA*, 9 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) Nov. 11 — at USC*, 2 p.m.

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CU Buffs place 10 athletes on All-Academic team

BuffZone.com Staff he Colorado track and field team placed 10 individuals, seven women and three men, on the USTFCCCA All-Academic team.

On the men’s side, Nick Harris, Joe Klecker and Ben Saarel received All-Academic recognition, while Madison Boreman, Erin Clark, Eriana Henderson, Sage Hurta, Karina Mann, Makena Morely and Melanie Nun were named to the women’s team.

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ships. Saarel continued to represent CU well last season, finishing eighth nationally in the 1,500 meters while maintaining a 3.98 cumulative GPA as an engineering physics and computer science double major. Klecker, a sophomore biochemistry major, finished seventh nationally in the 5,000 meters while earning a 3.98 semester GPA. Boreman placed second nationally in the 3,000-meter steeplechase while owning a 3.75 cumulative GPA as a psychology major. Clark, who competed in the 10,000 meters for the first time in her collegiate career last season, graduated with a degree

in ecology and evolutionary biology and currently holds a 3.73 GPA as she works to earn a master’s degree in educational foundations.

To be eligible for All-Academic distinction, studentathletes must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher and meet one of the following athletic standards: for the indoor season, athletes must finish the regular season ranked in the top 96 nationally in individual events, or the top 48 in a relay event; for the outdoor season, athletes must compete in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds.)

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Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer University of Colorado cross country coach Mark Wetmore takes his team to Colorado State Invitational today in Fort Collins.

2017 schedule begins with invitational at CSU BuffZone.com he Colorado cross country teams kick off the 2017 campaign today at the Colorado State Ram Invitational in Fort Collins.

The Buffs announced their schedule in June, and it looks very similar to past seasons. After Colorado races at CSU, the Buffs will have almost a full month to get prepared for their only home meet of the season, the Rocky Mountain Shootout on Sept. 30.

Colorado will then head to Louisville, Ky., for the NCAA Pre-National Invitational on Oct. 14. Postseason action will begin on Oct. 27 as the Buffs will prepare to defend their Pac-12 team titles. Ore-

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NCAA Mountain Regionals will be in Logan, Utah, on Nov. 10. The season will culminate on Nov. 18 at the NCAA Championships in Louisville, Ky. 2017 schedule Today — at Colorado State Invitational, Fort Collins Sept. 30 — Rocky Mountain Shootout, Buffalo Ranch at South Campus Oct. 14 — at NCAA PreNationals, Louisville, Ky. Oct. 27 — at Pac-12 Championships, Eugene, Ore. Nov. 10 — at NCAA Mountain Region Championship, Logan, Utah Nov. 18 — at NCAA Championships, Louisville, Ky.

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This year’s ranking comes on the heels of a 15-6-1 record in 2016 for the Buffs, including 8-2-1 in the Pac-12 Conference as they tied for second place in the conference with national champion Southern California. CU finished last season ranked 23rd and eight starters return.

Five Pac-12 schools are ranked, including No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 USC. Head coach Danny San-

Roberts joins the Buffaloes with strong experience on and off the court as he served as the volunteer assistant coach for the men’s team chez also recently announced at the University of Kentucky the addition of Longmont for the past three years. native and Silver Creek grad “First, I would like to say Jacy Drobney to his staff as a we had a great pool of candivolunteer assistant. Drobney dates who were really eneris familiar with the Pac-12, gized for this position,” Kenearning all-league honors neally said. “I am thankful to during a solid four-year all the candidates who career at Oregon State. Drobapplied and unfortunately we ney played professionally one could only select one. Grant, season in Germany and has however, stood out and did a spent time working with the fantastic job in communicatColorado Rush and Impact ing what he believes he can Sports in Superior. bring to the program.”

With Kentucky men’s proTennis gram, Roberts helped the Wildcats reach the semifinals Grant Roberts joins of the NCAA tournament in CU coaching staff 2014 where the team finished University of Colorado 13th overall in the country. head tennis coach Nicole He worked with ITA Ohio Kenneally announced this Valley region player to watch summer that Grant Roberts will join her staff as an assis- William Bushamuka, who became a first-team All-SEC tant coach for the 2017-18 selection and a first team Allseason. Roberts will replace American in 2017. BushamuKieran Burke, who was an assistant for the 2016-17 sea- ka finished ranked as the No. 14 player in the final ITA son. rankings and racked up 16 wins during the spring of 2017. Roberts also worked with SEC co-freshman of the

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Golf CU Buffs alum David Oraee wins Wyoming Open

Colorado alumnus David Oraee captured the 61st Wyoming Open on July 9 in Cheyenne with an impressive

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Oraee entered the final round with a four-shot lead, but no one could get closer

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Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer Above: Colorado’s Kabion Ento, left, and Shay Fields chat during the first day of offseason training camp in July. Ento has been impressive so far this offseason but could end up redshirting. Above right: Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre watches the first day of practice July 29.

Buffs emphasizing special teams

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Els, who works with inside linebackers, is also coordinatolorado has struggled on ing special teams.

“I’ve done special teams special teams in the past almost my whole life, so I love few years, but early in prebeing involved in that stuff,” season camp, the Buffs Els said. “It needs to be (top worked to fix that.

“We did more special teams notch) at this level, no matter in our first three days than we how you do it. I didn’t watch did in the last couple of years,” what they did in the past; I just know that that needs to be a head coach Mike MacIntyre said this summer. “I’ve reorga- big part of what we do.”

So far, so good, as MacInnized it to put more of an tyre said the kickers — senior emphasis.”

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MacIntyre said the kickers look better than at any point since 2014, when punter Darragh O’Neill and kicker Will Oliver were seniors.

Els said it’s too early to really know how good the kickers can be, however.

“I need to see them with pads on with a live rush to say who is going to be able to do it,” he said.

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the 6-foot-3 Ento and have as one of the top receivers next Senior Kabion Ento has year. been one of the most impres“I expect him to play,” sive receivers on the team this MacIntyre said. “He plays in offseason. Yet, with the top so many spots for us, but we’ll four receivers from last year see how that comes out after all back, and talented junior camp’s over, how healthy we Juwann Winfree returning are after the first few games. from a torn ACL, Ento’s opportunities could be limited. He’s the only one that really has the opportunity to redWhile Ento has certainly shirt, except the young freshproven he has the ability to men. We’ll think about that.” excel at this level, he’s also got Brian Howell: twitter.com/ a redshirt year to use. The Buffs could decide to redshirt BrianHowell33

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Briefs from page 33 than two strokes. In hitting 46 of 54 greens and with just two three-putts — one of which was just off the green from 50 feet away — he earned $7,000 for the victory.

“It feels good to break through,” Oraee said of his win. “I played a lot last year, and it just seemed like I couldn’t piece together a whole tournament. I’d play good at times but then sort of lackadaisical at others. I worked hard to get more consistent, and it paid off ... .

All aspects of my game came together.

“It was a pretty rough start (July 9); the first few holes are pretty easy and I’m seeing everyone else making birdies but I couldn’t get anything to drop early on,” he added. “So I really had even more opportunities for a lower score had some of those putts had fallen.”

Five different CU graduates have now won the Wyoming Open: Tim Brauch (1981), Larry Webb (198687), Tom Woodard (1993), Kane Webber (2006-11-16) and Oraee.

Track and Field CU women named runner-up NCAA Program of the Year

Consistency and unprecedented success were rewarded June 13 by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country

Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as the University of Colorado women were named runner up NCAA Division 1 Program of the Year.

Arkansas men and Oregon women were named NCAA Division I Programs of the year.

The USTFCCCA Program of the Year Award is given annually to the most outstanding cross country and track & field programs in each of the NCAA’s three divisions, the NAIA and for each gender in those organizations. The award honors the institution that has achieved the most success in each academic year (spanning the cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field seasons) based on finishes at the NCAA or NAIA Championships.

To be eligible for the award, teams must qualify for each of the NCAA or NAIA Championships. Scoring is based on the team’s finish at those meets (1st = 1 point, 2nd = 2 points, etc.) and the team with the lowest combined score is crowned champion.

Colorado women finished in second with 22 total points while Arkansas tied for third with 30 points. On the men’s side, the team finished in 12th with 85.5 points.

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