Who: Denver (0-0) vs. Western Michigan (0-0), Green Bay (0-0) and Colorado (0-0)
What: Buffs Invitational
Where: Boulder, Colo. (CU Events Center)
When: August 26 (10 a.m. MT, 5 p.m. MT) | August 27 (6 p.m. MT)

Series History

• This is the third meeting in the all-time series against Western Michigan.
• The Pioneers are 2-0 in the matchup.
• DU last played the Broncos in 2015, a 3-0 sweep in Hamilton Gymnasium.
• This is the first meeting against Green Bay.
• This is the 11th meeting between Denver and Colorado.
• The Buffaloes hold a 9-1 record in the series, including winning the last nine matches between the two teams.
• The teams last met in 2009, a 3-0 CU victory in Hamilton Gymnasium.

News & Notes

• The Crimson and Gold come into the season after another successful year in 2021.  The ranked in the top three in the Summit League in aces/set (1st, 1.95), assists/set (1st, 12.52), hitting percentage (1st, .266), kills/set (1st, 13.78) opponent hitting percentage (1st, .164), opponent digs per set (1st, 11.85) last year.
• The Pioneers have won their last five straight season openers going back to 2017.
• DU has a record of 14-2 (.875) in the month of August under Tom Hogan.
• Gianna Bartalo ranked eighth in the Summit League in digs/set with 3.79 average last year.
• Brianna Green finished seventh in the Summit League in hitting percentage with a .339 average, a career high.
• Hailey Green was awarded for her impressive freshman campaign in 2021, taking home Summit League Freshman of the Year along with being on the All-Freshmen Team.
• Brianna Green was named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 19, 2021 for the first time in her career.
• Gianna Bartalo picked up her first Summit League Defensive Player of the Week honor on Oct. 26, 2021.
• Denver has a home record of 108-11 (.907) since 2014.
• Since Jan. 1, 2021, The Pioneers have a 16-2 (.888) road record.
• Lorrin Poulter notched her 1,000th career assist against Kansas City on Nov. 18.
• Hogan enters his seventh season in charge of the Pioneers.
• Hogan has a career record of 133-36 (.786).
• Hogan's .786 winning percentage is the highest by a head coach in program history.
• Entering the 2022 season, Denver has the 13th best win percentage (.803) in all of Division I, with a record of 110-27 in the last five years.
• The Crimson and Gold have won five of the last seven Summit League Tournament Championships.

• The Pioneers a 14-4 mark in Summit League play last season, its eighth straight year with at least 12 league victories.
• The Crimson & Gold went 23-6 last year to mark the program's ninth straight winning season.

Summit League Preseason Poll

• Denver was picked first in the Summit League Preseason Poll and received six first-place votes by the coaches on Aug. 24.
• Seniors Brianna Green and Lorrin Poulter were tabbed as "Players to Watch" by the league.  

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