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Sunday, October 19
Salt Lake City, Utah (Huntsman Center)
2:00 PM
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Utes Drop Hard Fought Battle with Stanford, 3-1
10/19/2014 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 19, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah senior Shelby Dalton and freshman Adora Anae had 12 kills each, but it wasn't enough as the Utes (12-17, 2-6 Pac-12) fell to the No. 1-ranked Stanford Cardinal (18-0, 8-0 Pac-12) in four sets (20-25, 21-25, 25-23, 19-25) Saturday afternoon at the Huntsman Center.
"I thought we played some really good volleyball today," said head coach Beth Launiere. "I thought we battled pretty much point for point with a very good team. There was very little separation between us, so I was really proud with the way we played."
Freshman Eliza Katoa registered five kills in a first set that went back-and-forth between the Utes and the Cardinal, but Stanford tallied a late 4-0 run and closed out the set winning seven of the final nine points to win 25-20 and take a 1-0 lead in the match.
Stanford opened the second set with a 7-3 run until a pair of kills from Katoa helped Utah tie the set seven-all. Freshman Adora Anae then tallied a pair of kills as well, which helped lead to a Utah 4-1 run and forced Stanford to call a timeout down 11-9.
The Cardinal bounced back with a 5-1 run to pull ahead 14-12 before senior Chelsey Schofield-Olsen's back-to-back kills tied the match at 14-14. The two squads would trade points over the next couple of sideouts before a 5-1 run put the Cardinal up 21-17. Stanford would later take the set 25-21 and go up 2-0 on the Utes.
Senior Shelby Dalton had three of Utah's first four kills a the Utes opened the third set with a 4-1 run and later took a 6-2 lead on a kill from senior Bailey Bateman. A 3-1 run from the Utes would force Stanford to call a timeout as the Cardinal trailed 9-3.
Following a 3-0 Stanford run out of the timeout, both teams would trade points until a 4-2 run from the Cardinal pulled the visiting team within two points, down 21-19, and forcing the Utes to call a timeout.
Utah won the next two points to take a 23-19 lead, but Stanford came right back with back-to-back points to make it 23-21 and force the Utes to call its final timeout of the set. Dalton's seventh kill of the set put Utah up set-point, 24-21, but Stanford's next two points pulled the Cardinal within one until Bateman's kill gave Utah the set, 25-23.
"Our staff is doing a nice job of making adjustments," said Launiere. "We are able to come out and do different coming out of the break We just did a few things different that helped us out and I thought we were able to carry those into the fourth set as well."
Stanford took an early 6-3 lead in set four, but Utah would not fade away and following back-to-back kills from Anae, Utah trailed the Cardinal by just a point, 16-15. A 5-1 run pushed Stanford's lead to 21-16 and forced Utah to call its final timeout, then the Cardinal managed to win four of the next seven points to take the set 25-19 and the match 3-1.
Utah finished the match with 59 kills on .178 hitting as Dalton and Anae led the way with their 12 kills. For Dalton, it was the fourth match in the last five that she has recorded double-digit kills and the fifth time out of the last seven matches.
Schofield-Olsen led the Utes with 15 digs and senior Kalee Kirby added a team-high 26 assists. Senior Lea Adolph, who was coming off her first career double-double, tallied four assists and 10 digs for the Utes on Saturday.
Morgan Boukather led Stanford with 18 kills and she was one of three Cardinal players to record a double-double as she tallied 11 digs as well. Madi Bugg (52 assists, 15 digs) and Jordan Burgess (12 kills, 15 digs) were the other two players to record double-doubles on the day.
The Utes will return to the road next weekend, opening a four-match road swing at Washington and Washington State. Utah will face the Huskies on Friday, Oct. 24, with a first serve set for 8 p.m. (MT).
Team Stats
STAN
UTAH
Kills
62
59
Errors
17
27
Attempts
146
180
Hitting %
.308
.178
Points
81.0
71.5
Assists
58
55
Aces
4
3
Blocks
15.0
9.5
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
9
Aces
1
Blocks
3
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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