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Volleyball
vs California Baptist
Saturday, October 1
Salt Lake City, Utah
7:00 PM
University of Utah
11-4, 2-2
2
vs
3
USC
10-5, 2-2
1
2
3
4
5
F
USC
25
17
25
23
15
3
Utah
14
25
20
25
8
2
Team Stats
USC
UTAH
Kills
63
55
Errors
24
30
Attempts
158
161
Hitting %
.247
.155
Points
78.0
68.0
Assists
57
52
Aces
2
4
Blocks
13.0
9.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
25
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Players Mentioned
OH/RS
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#25 Utes Fall to #23 USC in Five Sets on Saturday
10/1/2016 9:38 PM | Volleyball
Utes will look to rebound with road trip to Bay Area next weekend
SALT LAKE CITY – The #25 Utah Utes (11-4, 2-2) came back from a 2-1 deficit, but the #23 USC Trojans (10-5, 2-2) managed to escape the Huntsman Center with a five-set win Saturday evening.
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The Utes fell to 4-3 in five-set matches on the season after dropping Saturday's contest 14-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-23, 8-15).
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Utah dropped the first set 25-14 after connecting on just nine kills and a .059 hitting percentage. USC had just 11 kills in the frame, but hit at .308 and out-blocked the Utes 3.0 to 0.0 in total team kills. Neither team registered an ace, but Utah totaled five service errors to USC's two.
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USC opened the second set with a 4-1 run, but Utah clawed its way back and managed to take an 11-9 lead with a block and kill from junior Adora Anae. The Trojans came back to tied the frame, but Utah countered with a 4-0 run and forced USC to call a timeout trailing 15-11. Utah would eventually push its lead to 19-12, and then closed out the frame winning six of the final 11 points to win 25-17. Utah headed to the locker room tied 1-1 in the match with the Trojans.
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The Utes trailed early on in the third set, 10-6, but a 4-1 run that ended with a kill from Anae pulled Utah back within a point, down 11-10. Trailing 17-13, the Utes managed to get back within three points, down 23-20, on a kill from sophomore Berkeley Oblad, but USC closed with back-to-back points to take the frame 25-20.
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USC led 5-2 early in the fourth set before a 5-0 Utah run gave the Utes an 8-5 lead. A block from junior Tawnee Luafalemana and a USC hitting error forced the Trojans to call a timeout trailing 11-7, but the visiting squad countered with three straight points to get back within a point, down 11-10. Utah would go up 15-13 on a kill from Obald, but USC followed with three straight points and forced Utah to call a timeout down 16-15. The Utes followed with its own 4-0 run and that forced USC to call its final timeout of the frame, down 19-16. USC scored four of the next five points to tie the set at 20-all, but Anae would later record her 20th and 21st kill of the night to give Utah a 25-23 win and send the match to a fifth set.
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USC led 3-1 before a kill from Anae and a block from Oblad notched things up at 3-3 early in the fifth set. The Trojans would go on to score four of the next five points and then limited the Utes to just four more points down the stretch en route to a 15-8 win in the final set over the home team.
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Anae led Utah with 25 kills and a .271 hitting percentage, but the Utes were held to its lowest attacking percentage of the season after hitting just .155 as a team. Anae would go on to record a double-double in the match as well, posting 12 digs on the evening.
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Sophomore Megan Shughrou led the Utes with 18 digs and Luafalemana tallied a team-high five total blocks.
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Utah will hit the road next weekend, opening a four-match road swing through the Bay Area. The Utes will face California next Friday, Oct. 7 and then turn around to take on Stanford that following Sunday, Oct. 9.
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The Utes fell to 4-3 in five-set matches on the season after dropping Saturday's contest 14-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-23, 8-15).
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Utah dropped the first set 25-14 after connecting on just nine kills and a .059 hitting percentage. USC had just 11 kills in the frame, but hit at .308 and out-blocked the Utes 3.0 to 0.0 in total team kills. Neither team registered an ace, but Utah totaled five service errors to USC's two.
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USC opened the second set with a 4-1 run, but Utah clawed its way back and managed to take an 11-9 lead with a block and kill from junior Adora Anae. The Trojans came back to tied the frame, but Utah countered with a 4-0 run and forced USC to call a timeout trailing 15-11. Utah would eventually push its lead to 19-12, and then closed out the frame winning six of the final 11 points to win 25-17. Utah headed to the locker room tied 1-1 in the match with the Trojans.
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The Utes trailed early on in the third set, 10-6, but a 4-1 run that ended with a kill from Anae pulled Utah back within a point, down 11-10. Trailing 17-13, the Utes managed to get back within three points, down 23-20, on a kill from sophomore Berkeley Oblad, but USC closed with back-to-back points to take the frame 25-20.
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USC led 5-2 early in the fourth set before a 5-0 Utah run gave the Utes an 8-5 lead. A block from junior Tawnee Luafalemana and a USC hitting error forced the Trojans to call a timeout trailing 11-7, but the visiting squad countered with three straight points to get back within a point, down 11-10. Utah would go up 15-13 on a kill from Obald, but USC followed with three straight points and forced Utah to call a timeout down 16-15. The Utes followed with its own 4-0 run and that forced USC to call its final timeout of the frame, down 19-16. USC scored four of the next five points to tie the set at 20-all, but Anae would later record her 20th and 21st kill of the night to give Utah a 25-23 win and send the match to a fifth set.
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USC led 3-1 before a kill from Anae and a block from Oblad notched things up at 3-3 early in the fifth set. The Trojans would go on to score four of the next five points and then limited the Utes to just four more points down the stretch en route to a 15-8 win in the final set over the home team.
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Anae led Utah with 25 kills and a .271 hitting percentage, but the Utes were held to its lowest attacking percentage of the season after hitting just .155 as a team. Anae would go on to record a double-double in the match as well, posting 12 digs on the evening.
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Sophomore Megan Shughrou led the Utes with 18 digs and Luafalemana tallied a team-high five total blocks.
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Utah will hit the road next weekend, opening a four-match road swing through the Bay Area. The Utes will face California next Friday, Oct. 7 and then turn around to take on Stanford that following Sunday, Oct. 9.
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