West Virginia volleyball upsets No. 25 Colorado

West Virginia volleyball beat No. 25 Colorado 3-1 on Sunday at Hope Coliseum in Morgantown. The Mountaineers won in sets of 25-23, 23-25, 25-17 and 25-11. In fact, it was the second time this season the Mountaineers have beaten a ranked opponent. Read more: West Virginia volleyball upsets No. 25 Colorado

West Virginia volleyball also beat then-No. 9 Arizona State 3-2 on Sept. 25. That match went the full five sets. Sunday's result also handed Colorado its seventh loss of the year.

Hitting percentage, a team's kills minus its attack errors divided by its total swings, explains Sunday's match. Colorado hit just .099 as a team, while West Virginia hit .252, more than double that mark. West Virginia also out-blocked Colorado 16-7. That gap showed up most in the third and fourth sets, which Colorado lost by a combined 22 points.

Colorado's offense still had moments. Outside hitter Ines Losada set a career high with 19 kills. Still, Colorado managed only 42 kills as a team against 28 attack errors.

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Records and what's next

The win pushed West Virginia to 12-10 overall. Colorado also fell to 16-7 overall and 7-6 in Big 12 play after the loss.

"We gave up the lead in set one," Colorado head coach Jesse Mahoney said. "By the time we got to set three and set four we couldn't generate enough offense," he said.

West Virginia plays at Houston on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, Colorado hosts No. 15 Kansas the same night at 7 p.m. at the CU Events Center in Boulder.

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