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Utah Volleyball To Host NCAA First & Second Rounds
11/26/2001 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 26, 2001
Salt Lake City - COMING UP: The University of Utah volleyball team received its first-ever bid to host the 2001 NCAA First & Second Round Tournament on Nov. 29-30 at Crimson Court in Salt Lake City. On Thurs., Nov. 29, Utah State (19-10 overall) and Brigham Young (20-8 overall) will match up at 6:00 p.m. The Utes (23-6 overall), seeded No. 14 nationally, will play the late match, facing Texas Tech (18-13 overall) at 8:00 p.m. On Fri., Nov. 30, the second-round match will begin at 7:00 p.m.
QUOTING LAUNIERE: (On hosting the NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds) "I'm really excited for our program. Hosting the NCAAs will give us a better chance of making it to the 'Sweet 16.' I'm so excited because we've never hosted before in the history of Utah volleyball and it's going to be great." (On facing Texas Tech in the first round) "We played them earlier in the year and last season in the first round of the NCAAs. We know how they play, but it seems like its been such a long time since we've faced them. We'll go back to the office, do our scouting and prepare the team as best as we can."
A QUICK LOOK AT UTAH: The Utes are currently 23-6 overall, and finished with an 11-3 Mountain West Conference record. Last week, the Utes defeated Fairfield in a five-game (24-30, 30-19, 27-30, 30-23, 15-7), come from behind battle to clinch third place at the Banker's Classic, on Sat., Nov. 24 in Stockton, Calif. Utah lost to Hawaii, 3-2 (24-30, 30-19, 27-30, 30-23, 15-7), on Fri., Nov. 23 in Stockton, Calif. Utah finished the regular-season in second-place in the MWC. The second-place finish is the highest finish ever in the Launiere era. Utah recorded its sixth-consecutive and 12th overall 20-win season. The Utes' 23-6 overall record marks the best win-loss percentage (.793) in school history. Head coach Beth Launiere hit the 225 career win mark in the MWC tournament championship, with a 3-2 win over No. 8 ranked Colorado State. Possible starters for the Utes in the NCAA Tournament are: McKelle Stilson (Sr., MB), Kelsie Kartchner (Fr., S) or Jackie Morrill (So., S/DS), Lenka Urbanov? (Sr., OH), Sylva Strzinkov? (Jr., OH), Katrena Ellett (Jr., OH/MB), Alisa Geddes (Sr., OH), Kim Turner (So., MB) and Adrianne Bradley-Drake (Sr., MB/OH). The Utes return four starters, 10 letterwinners and add three true freshmen, along with two transfers to this year's roster. Utah moved into the No. 13 spot in the Nov. 19 USA Today/AVCA Top-25 poll. The Utes have been ranked for 13 consecutive weeks. The No. 13 ranking in the Nov. 19th poll is the highest-ever ranking for the Utah volleyball program.
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