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University of Utah
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Brigham Young
No. 9 Volleyball De-Claws No. 17 Cougars
10/27/2006 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 27, 2006
SALT LAKE CITY - The No. 9-ranked University of Utah volleyball team (20-2, 11-0 Mountain West) dispensed of the No. 17 Brigham Young Cougars in front a raucous sell-out crowd of 1,100 people, sweeping its in-state rival, 3-0.
With the win, Utah extends its winning streak to a school-record 18 straight matches. BYU falls to 19-3 on the year (9-2 MWC) on scores of 30-24, 30-26 and 30-27.
"I am very pleased with how we played tonight," said head coach Beth Launiere. "I think we gave a consistent effort out there and that we executed our game plan very well.
"What I'm most proud of is our composure. It was a big crowd, a vocal crowd, and we didn't let the atmosphere get to us. I think we responded to the situation very well."
The Utes hit .267 for the match but got a shot in the arm from their serving game tonight. The team tagged the Cougars for nine service aces, six of which came from the service of Airial Salvo. In fact, it was Salvo and freshman setter Sydney Anderson that did all the damage from the baseline. Anderson complimented Salvo's six aces with three of her own.
It wasn't all serving for Utah, though, as Salvo paced the team with 14 kills tonight. She also led all hitters with an eye-popping .444 (14-2-27) hitting percentage. Trailing Salvo were Whitney Webb (13 kills) and Emillie Toone (11 kills).
Anderson ran the offense as she handed out 46 assists. She also had three kills, nine digs and two blocks.
The Utes held the Cougar offense to just .197 hitting as Utah owned the 10.5-7 edge in team blocks. Emillie Toone led the way at the net with a match-high eight blocks. Webb chimed in with five.
From the back, it was Connie Dangerfield who paced the Utes. She tied for match-high honors in recording 15 digs. Salvo nearly had a double-double with nine digs.
BYU hung with Utah at the onset of games one and two. Utah broke a 6-6 tie in game one as it went on a 11-1 run to take a commanding 17-7 lead. The Utes' lead stretched to as much as 13 (29-16) but BYU rattled off eight straight points to cut it down to five, 29-24. A BYU serving error ended the game.
Game two saw BYU take an early 11-9 lead. But, Utah engineered an 8-0 run of its own to take the 17-11 lead. Utah would never lose the lead again but it did see it's seven-point, 26-19 lead dwindle to 27-24 before bagging the win on a Lori Baird kill.
There were a lot of ebbs and flows in the final frame as game three saw Utah jump out to an impressive 5-1 lead. It continued to build on that, owning a 12-6 cushion on 1.000 hitting (6-0-6). But, BYU wasn't going down without a fight. It went on an 11-1 run late in the match to take a four-point, 22-18 lead. Utah managed to claw its way back, tying it at 23-23. Webb's kill gave Utah the 24-23 lead as the Utes never looked back in the game-three victory.
Leading the visitors were Chelsea Goodman (18 kills), Amy Schlauder (38 assists and four blocks) and Annie Pinegar (15 digs).
Tonight's match was all Utah had on the docket this weekend. It returns to action when it goes to TCU and New Mexico on Nov. 3-4, respectively.
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