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The University of Utah Athletics
Thursday, November 17
Salt Lake City, Utah
6:00 PM
University of Utah
20-8, 11-6Pac-12
3
vs
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Washington State
19-10, 9-8Pac-12
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Washington State
15
25
23
26
8
2
Utah
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22
25
24
15
3
Team Stats
WSU
UTAH
Kills
54
68
Errors
30
26
Attempts
153
154
Hitting %
.157
.273
Points
69.0
84.0
Assists
53
65
Aces
6
6
Blocks
9.0
10.0
Game Leaders
Kills
23
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
19
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
3
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/ Volleyball#16 Utes Down Cougars in Five Sets Thursday Evening
11/17/2016 9:07 PM | Volleyball
Anae and Trueman combine for 42 of Utah's 68 kills
SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 16-ranked Utah volleyball team won its third straight match with a five-set win (25-15, 22-25, 25-23, 24-26, 15-8) over the Washington State Cougars in Pac-12 Conference play Thursday night at the Huntsman Center.
Junior Adora Anae led the way with 23 kills and junior Carly Trueman added 19 kills on the way to helping Utah move to 20-8 overall and 11-6 in Pac-12 play. The victory assures the Utes of recording its first winning record in Pac-12 Conference play since joining the league in 2011. It also marks the 10th time since 2000 that the Utes have eclipsed the 20-win mark in a season.
The Cougars dropped to 19-10 overall and 9-8 in the league standings with the loss. Utah swept the season series from WSU for the first time since taking both matches from the Cougars back in 2011.
Utah cruised to a 25-15 win in the first set behind Anae's six kills and .750 hitting percentage. The Utes registered four total blocks and limited the Cougars to a hitting percentage of -.062. Sophomore Megan Shughrou had a pair of service aces and Utah had just one service error in the frame.
WSU came back to notch the match at 1-1 after taking set two, 25-22. Utah opened the frame with three straight kills from Anae, but the Cougars would later counter with a 7-1 run to take a 10-5 lead. The Utes trailed by as many as six points, down 19-13 late in the set, and despite a 4-1 run down the stretch, WSU managed to take the set with a kill from Kyra Holt.
Utah used an early 5-0 run to go up 8-4 on the way to taking the third set 25-23. Trueman registered five consecutive kills to put Utah up 11-9 and later registered another four straight kills to push Utah's lead to 20-17. WSU scored four of the next seven points, but a kill from junior Tawnee Luafalemana put the Utes up set point, 24-21. The Cougars countered with back-to-back points, but Utah put the set away with a block from sophomore Berkeley Oblad.
WSU tied the match at 2-2 following a 26-24 win over the Utes in the fourth set. The Cougars led by as many as four points, up 19-15 late in the frame. Utah chipped away at WSU's lead and finally notched things at 24-24 with a block from Trueman, but the Cougars took the final two points of the frame to send the match into a decisive fifth set.
Utah won four of the first five points, forcing the Cougars to call an early timeout and after both teams switched sides, Luafalemana recorded a block to put Utah up 9-5 and WSU had to call its final timeout. Trueman registered another kill to go up 10-5 and Oblad put the set away a few points later with her kill to seal both the frame and the match.
Anae topped 20-plus kills for the 12th time this season and for the 24th time in her career, while pushing her season total to 512 kills and breaking the single-season mark for kills, which she set last season (501). Anae also managed to move into sixth-place all-time in school history with 1,293 career kills.
Trueman was a kill shy of her career-high of 20 kills, which she recorded earlier this season against Illinois State. Meanwhile, Luafalemana added 10 kills to give her a double-digit total for the 11th time this season.
Freshman Bailey Choy and sophomore Jessie Openshaw both registered double-doubles on the night with 26 assists and 10 digs each. Freshman Brianna Doehrmann led the team with 16 digs – her ninth straight match with 10 digs or more.
Utah out-blocked the Cougars 10.0 to 9.0 as Luafalemana paced the defense with five total blocks in the match.
Utah finished the match hitting .273 as a team, while the defense limited WSU to just .157 hitting on the night.
The Utes are out of action for the next few days before hosting No. 8-ranked Washington on Sunday, Nov. 20. First serve between the Utes and Huskies is set for 1 p.m. at the Huntsman Center.
Junior Adora Anae led the way with 23 kills and junior Carly Trueman added 19 kills on the way to helping Utah move to 20-8 overall and 11-6 in Pac-12 play. The victory assures the Utes of recording its first winning record in Pac-12 Conference play since joining the league in 2011. It also marks the 10th time since 2000 that the Utes have eclipsed the 20-win mark in a season.
The Cougars dropped to 19-10 overall and 9-8 in the league standings with the loss. Utah swept the season series from WSU for the first time since taking both matches from the Cougars back in 2011.
Utah cruised to a 25-15 win in the first set behind Anae's six kills and .750 hitting percentage. The Utes registered four total blocks and limited the Cougars to a hitting percentage of -.062. Sophomore Megan Shughrou had a pair of service aces and Utah had just one service error in the frame.
WSU came back to notch the match at 1-1 after taking set two, 25-22. Utah opened the frame with three straight kills from Anae, but the Cougars would later counter with a 7-1 run to take a 10-5 lead. The Utes trailed by as many as six points, down 19-13 late in the set, and despite a 4-1 run down the stretch, WSU managed to take the set with a kill from Kyra Holt.
Utah used an early 5-0 run to go up 8-4 on the way to taking the third set 25-23. Trueman registered five consecutive kills to put Utah up 11-9 and later registered another four straight kills to push Utah's lead to 20-17. WSU scored four of the next seven points, but a kill from junior Tawnee Luafalemana put the Utes up set point, 24-21. The Cougars countered with back-to-back points, but Utah put the set away with a block from sophomore Berkeley Oblad.
WSU tied the match at 2-2 following a 26-24 win over the Utes in the fourth set. The Cougars led by as many as four points, up 19-15 late in the frame. Utah chipped away at WSU's lead and finally notched things at 24-24 with a block from Trueman, but the Cougars took the final two points of the frame to send the match into a decisive fifth set.
Utah won four of the first five points, forcing the Cougars to call an early timeout and after both teams switched sides, Luafalemana recorded a block to put Utah up 9-5 and WSU had to call its final timeout. Trueman registered another kill to go up 10-5 and Oblad put the set away a few points later with her kill to seal both the frame and the match.
Anae topped 20-plus kills for the 12th time this season and for the 24th time in her career, while pushing her season total to 512 kills and breaking the single-season mark for kills, which she set last season (501). Anae also managed to move into sixth-place all-time in school history with 1,293 career kills.
Trueman was a kill shy of her career-high of 20 kills, which she recorded earlier this season against Illinois State. Meanwhile, Luafalemana added 10 kills to give her a double-digit total for the 11th time this season.
Freshman Bailey Choy and sophomore Jessie Openshaw both registered double-doubles on the night with 26 assists and 10 digs each. Freshman Brianna Doehrmann led the team with 16 digs – her ninth straight match with 10 digs or more.
Utah out-blocked the Cougars 10.0 to 9.0 as Luafalemana paced the defense with five total blocks in the match.
Utah finished the match hitting .273 as a team, while the defense limited WSU to just .157 hitting on the night.
The Utes are out of action for the next few days before hosting No. 8-ranked Washington on Sunday, Nov. 20. First serve between the Utes and Huskies is set for 1 p.m. at the Huntsman Center.
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