#13 Utah Utes Down Arizona Wildcats in Four Sets

Friday, October 13

Tucson, AZ

7:00 PM

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#13 Utah Utes Down Arizona Wildcats in Four Sets

10/13/2017 9:46 PM | Volleyball

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Utes pick up first ever road win against Wildcats in Tucson

TUCSON, Ariz. – The No. 13-ranked Utah Utes (15-3, 6-1) downed the Arizona Wildcats (8-8, 2-5) in four sets (25-18, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23) Friday night at the McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz.

Utah's four-set victory marks the first time ever that the Utes have won in Tucson. The Utes snapped a 10-game losing streak when facing the Wildcats on the road. Friday night's win also snapped Utah's six-game losing streak against the Wildcats, with the last win coming back on Oct. 27, 2013, in Salt Lake City, which was also a four-set win.

The Utes jumped out to a quick start in Tucson, winning six of the first seven points. Utah tallied four kills, along with a service ace from Berkeley Oblad to take the early lead, 6-1. Leading 10-7, Utah put together a 6-0 run to jump out to a 16-7 lead midway through the frame. Trailing the Utes 20-12, Arizona went on a 3-0 run to trail 20-15 and force a Utah timeout, but the Utes stopped Arizona's momentum and later earned set point from a kill by Adora Anae and would take the set, 25-18, after a service error by Arizona.

Leading 8-7 in the second set, Utah scored three straight points and forced Arizona to call its final timeout trailing 11-7. Utah pushed the lead to 14-9, but Arizona went on a 6-1 run to square the set up at 15-15. Carly Trueman would record a kill to give the Utes a 20-17 lead, but the Wildcats outscored the Utes 4-1 late in the set to tie the frame 21-21. Tied 23-23, Utah registered set point from an Oblad kill and took the second set, 25-23, off an attack error from Arizona.

An Anae kill opened the third set, but it was Arizona who built a 5-1 lead early in the set and forced Utah to use its first timeout. A Utah 3-0 run later tied the set, 9-9, and neither the Utes nor the Wildcats were able to build any separation for most of the set. Later tied 19-19, a kill and a service ace from Oblad, along with a kill from Lauga Gauta gave Utah the lead 22-19, which forced an Arizona timeout. Out of the timeout, Gauta recorded another kill to help the Utes lead 23-19, but Arizona rallied late in the third set and scored six straight points to take the frame, 25-23.

Tied 10-10 in the fourth set, Utah scored four straight points to build a lead midway through the set, 14-10. An Anae kill held the Ute lead at 17-13, but Arizona went on a 4-0 run to tie the set at 17-17. The Wildcats scored three straight points later in the set to take the lead 22-21, but a service error followed by a service ace from Camryn Machado gave the Utes the lead back at 23-22. An Arizona hitting error gave Utah match point and an Oblad kill would clinch the road win for Utah, taking the fourth set 25-23.

Three Utes recorded double-digit kills on the evening with Adora Anae recording 14 kills, Carly Trueman notching 11 kills, and Berkeley Oblad adding in 10 kills for the Utes.

Bailey Choy recorded her eighth double-double of the season, recording 20 assists and a season-high 15 digs. Camryn Machado also added in 20 assists and nine digs for Utah.

Shannon Scully totaled 14 digs, while Brianna Doehrmann also had a double-digit dig effort, finishing with 11 digs. Also helping Utah defensively, Anae totaled nine digs, while Tawnee Luafalemana recorded five total blocks and Dani Barton totaled four blocks.

Utah will close out the road trip facing Arizona State on Sunday at 2 p.m. MT in Tempe, Ariz.