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Saturday, September 17
Salt Lake City, Utah
7:00 PM
University of Utah
9-2
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Utah State
5-6
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Utah State
22
15
24
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Utah
25
25
26
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Utes Sweep In-State Rival Aggies
9/17/2016 10:04 PM | Volleyball
Anae and Trueman combine for 32 kills in win
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah volleyball team closed out non-conference play with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 26-24) win over in-state rival Utah State Saturday night at the Huntsman Center.
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The Utes wrap-up the non-conference slate with a 9-2 record, while the Aggies dropped to 5-6 with the loss.
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The Utes trailed by as many as four points early in the first set, but a 6-0 run midway through the set gave the home team its first lead and the Aggies were forced to call a timeout, down 14-11. A pair of kills from junior Adora Anae pushed the lead to 17-14, but USU racked up five of the next seven points to tie the frame at 19-all. A 3-0 run forced the Aggies to call its final timeout and Anae's sixth kill of the set would give Utah the win, 25-22.
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A 7-4 run would give Utah a 15-10 lead before USU came back with a 4-0 run and pull within a point of the Utes. Utah called a timeout and followed with an 8-0 run to take a commanding 23-14 lead. The Aggies managed to get one more point, but back-to-back kills from junior Eliza Katoa wrapped up the second set, 25-15, and sent the Utes into intermission up 2-0 in the match.
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Utah State opened the third with three straight points, but Utah countered with a 5-2 run to notch things up at 5-all. Both teams would trade points back-and-forth before a 3-0 run gave the Aggies a 15-12 lead and force the Utes to call a timeout. USU pushed its lead to 16-12 before a kill from Anae ended the run.
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A 7-3 run would pull the Utes back within a point, down 21-20, and that forced the Aggies to call its first timeout of the third set. A kill from Carly Trueman would later tie the set at 23-23 and that would push USU to call its final timeout. Junior Tawnee Luafalemana registered a kill to give the Utes match point, but the Aggies managed to tie it back up with a Utah hitting error. Luafalemana put the Utes back up match point with another kill and Trueman would put the match away with her 15th kill of the night.
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The Utes defeated Utah State for the fifth straight time, while moving to 48-25 in the all-time series.
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Anae registered a match-high 17 kills, while hitting .317 on the evening. Trueman posted her 15 kills on .300 hitting, while Luafalemana notched 11 kills with a team-best .440 hitting effort.
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Anae added 16 digs for her eighth double-double of the season and sophomore Megan Shughrou matched her effort with another 16 digs for the Utes.
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Freshman Bailey Choy tallied a match-high 46 assists, while leading the Utes to a .290 team hitting percentage.
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Luafalemana led the Ute blocking attack with five total blocks.
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Utah returns to action this Wednesday, Sept. 21, opening up Pac-12 play at Colorado. First serve is set for 7 p.m. at the Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colo.
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The Utes wrap-up the non-conference slate with a 9-2 record, while the Aggies dropped to 5-6 with the loss.
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The Utes trailed by as many as four points early in the first set, but a 6-0 run midway through the set gave the home team its first lead and the Aggies were forced to call a timeout, down 14-11. A pair of kills from junior Adora Anae pushed the lead to 17-14, but USU racked up five of the next seven points to tie the frame at 19-all. A 3-0 run forced the Aggies to call its final timeout and Anae's sixth kill of the set would give Utah the win, 25-22.
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A 7-4 run would give Utah a 15-10 lead before USU came back with a 4-0 run and pull within a point of the Utes. Utah called a timeout and followed with an 8-0 run to take a commanding 23-14 lead. The Aggies managed to get one more point, but back-to-back kills from junior Eliza Katoa wrapped up the second set, 25-15, and sent the Utes into intermission up 2-0 in the match.
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Utah State opened the third with three straight points, but Utah countered with a 5-2 run to notch things up at 5-all. Both teams would trade points back-and-forth before a 3-0 run gave the Aggies a 15-12 lead and force the Utes to call a timeout. USU pushed its lead to 16-12 before a kill from Anae ended the run.
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A 7-3 run would pull the Utes back within a point, down 21-20, and that forced the Aggies to call its first timeout of the third set. A kill from Carly Trueman would later tie the set at 23-23 and that would push USU to call its final timeout. Junior Tawnee Luafalemana registered a kill to give the Utes match point, but the Aggies managed to tie it back up with a Utah hitting error. Luafalemana put the Utes back up match point with another kill and Trueman would put the match away with her 15th kill of the night.
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The Utes defeated Utah State for the fifth straight time, while moving to 48-25 in the all-time series.
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Anae registered a match-high 17 kills, while hitting .317 on the evening. Trueman posted her 15 kills on .300 hitting, while Luafalemana notched 11 kills with a team-best .440 hitting effort.
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Anae added 16 digs for her eighth double-double of the season and sophomore Megan Shughrou matched her effort with another 16 digs for the Utes.
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Freshman Bailey Choy tallied a match-high 46 assists, while leading the Utes to a .290 team hitting percentage.
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Luafalemana led the Ute blocking attack with five total blocks.
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Utah returns to action this Wednesday, Sept. 21, opening up Pac-12 play at Colorado. First serve is set for 7 p.m. at the Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colo.
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Team Stats
USU
UTAH
Kills
35
57
Errors
14
19
Attempts
118
131
Hitting %
.178
.290
Points
41.0
65.0
Assists
32
54
Aces
0
1
Blocks
6.0
7.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
17
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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