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Return home for Alexa Smith helps spark CU volleyball return to Sweet 16

CU volleyball preview: Nebraska

GAME TIME: Friday, noon MST, Lexington, Ky.

MATCHUP: Colorado Buffaloes (24-9) vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4).

COACHES: Colorado — Jesse Mahoney, 2nd season (38-25, 126-66 overall); Nebraska — John Cook, 18th season (527-69, 688-142 overall).

BROADCAST: Live stream available via ESPN3.

NOTES: The Buffs are in the Sweet 16 for the fourth time overall and the first time since 1997...Since beginning Pac-12 play with a 2-4 mark, CU has gone 12-4...The Buffs have never advance to the Elite Eight, losing in the Sweet 16 in 1993 (Penn State), 1994 (Nebraska), and 1997 (Stanford).