STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The Colorado volleyball team is off to a much different start this year compared to last season.

The Buffs began this season on the road and on Saturday won the Mississippi State Volleyball Classic with a pair of wins.

Colorado improved to 3-0 to start the season, compared to going 0-2 to start last year.

The Buffs swept Arkansas-Pine Bluff 25-13, 25-11, 25-9 and Mississippi State 25-19, 25-21, 25-21 on Saturday. Colorado opened the tournament on Friday with a win over Troy.

"The main thing is that we have confidence (this year)," CU senior Alex Buth said. "It feels really good to come out of a tournament and win all three matches, and to sweep those matches."

Buth led the way for CU with 3.22 kills and 2.11 digs per game. She also hit .421 for the tournament.

Against Mississippi State, the Buffs had just as many kills as the Bulldogs at 39. But CU made just 11 attack errors while Mississippi State had 20.

"We kept the pressure on a really good team," CU coach Pi'i Aiu said. "They are a big team, pretty skilled, but also young. So I think the pressure we kept on (them) all match caused them to break down in the end."

The Buffs continue their season on the road, next heading to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday for matches against Arkansas-Little Rock, Texas Southern and the host school.