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Utah Volleyball Battles With Brigham Young
11/3/2000 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 3, 2000
Provo, Utah - The University of Utah women's volleyball team lost to the Brigham Young Cougars in four games, 5-15, 15-12, 13-15, 14-16 in Provo, Utah on Fri., Nov. 3. Utah moves to 17-6 overall, 8-4 in the MWC. BYU improves to 18-6 on the season, 10-2 in Mountain West Conference play.
Sophomore Katrena Ellett led the Utes with 15 kills and 12 digs. Lenka Urbanova totaled 13 kills and 10 digs and teammate Kim Turner had 14 kills and six total blocks. Seniors Jen Snow-Richards and Brooke Barton combined for 24 digs, while setter Lucie Turkova posted 51 assists and 10 digs. As a team Utah had a .103 hitting percentage and added 8.5 total team blocks.
Nina Puikkonen posted a triple-double with 22 kills, 18 digs and 10 total blocks. Jackie Bundy totaled 15 kills and 14 digs, while former Ute Kalani Tonga added 12 kills and 18 digs. Karina Puikkonen racked up 56 assists and 12 digs, while Sunny Tonga posted 13 kills and 10 digs in the match. BYU hit for .191 and added 16 total team blocks.
"Before the match, I talked with Elaine (Michaelis) and I told her that I hoped we had a good match," said Head Coach Beth Launiere. "Traditionally Utah and BYU don't always have good matches and there is always a lot of three-game matches where the hype sometimes gets in the way of good volleyball. I got what I asked for, and I thought that if we could get into that kind of game, we could win it, but they made some plays when they needed to. It was a well played match on both sides and we needed a little bit more offensive production out of a few players. It was a great match and I'm very proud of the way our kids competed tonight."
UP NEXT: Utah travels to Colorado Springs, Colo. on Fri., Nov. 10, taking on the Air Force Falcons at 7:00 p.m. (MST). On Sat., Nov. 11, Utah will face MWC opponent New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. at 7:00 p.m. (MST). The Utes will travel to Fort Collins, Colo. on Nov. 15-18 to compete for the Mountain West Conference Tournament crown. On Nov. 22, Utah will face Weber State in Ogden, Utah at 7:00 p.m. (MST). The Utes end their regular-season at home with a match against non-conference opponent Denver on Sat., Nov. 25, at 1:00 p.m. (MST).
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