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Utah Volleyball Team Heads To NCAA Sweet 16
11/30/2001 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 30, 2001
Salt Lake City - The No. 13 ranked University of Utah women's volleyball team made school history tonight as they defeated the Utah State Aggies, 3-1 (30-21, 30-18, 26-30, 30-22) in their first-ever NCAA second round win at Crimson Court on Fri., Nov. 30. Utah improves to 25-6 overall, 11-3 in the MWC. Utah State ends the season with a 20-11 overall record.
Sophomore Kim Turner led the Utes with 17 kills and a .625 hitting percentage. Sylva Strzinkova totaled 14 kills and Katrena Ellett had 11 kills for a .526 hitting percentage, five digs and four total blocks. Senior Adrianne Drake notched nine kills for a .474 hitting percentage, 10 digs and eight blocks and Lenka Urbanova led the Utes defensively with 14 digs. Alisa Geddes added 10 digs and seven kills, respectively. Sophomore Jackie Morrill posted 33 assists and teammate Kelsie Kartchner added 26 assists. As a team Utah posted a .357 hitting percentage and out-blocked the Aggies 14.0-7.0.
Three Aggie players totaled double-figure kills in the match. Lisa Borom and Erin Cartwright notched 13 kills each and Hailey MacKay had 11 kills. Chelsi Neves posted 47 assists, 15 digs and seven kills in the match. Utah State hit for .189 on the night.
"We set goals last January and they were pretty lofty goals and we just achieved a really big one," said Head Coach Beth Launiere. "It is not always easy to set goals and achieve them. Our defense and blocking have really been doing it for us. Our setters did a good job at getting the ball to our hitters and taking advantage of their smaller blockers. We have been playing at a national level for a very long time now. We made some big moves in the state by beating BYU and Utah State. We broke down another barrier tonight."
"Utah played an outstanding game," said Utah State Head Coach Burt Fuller. "They have great athletes and they block well. They represent the state of Utah well and I think they will do well in the rest of the tournament."
UP NEXT: Utah will participate in the NCAA Regionals on Dec. 6-8.
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