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Utah Volleyball Coach Honored
12/5/2001 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Dec. 5, 2001
Colorado Spring, Colo. - Head Coach Beth Launiere was selected by the West Region as Tachikara/AVCA Division I Region Coach of the Year. She will represent the West Region on the National Coach of the Year ballot. The awards will be officially presented at the Tachikara/AVCA Coach of the Year banquet in San Diego on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Convention.
In her 12th season, coach Launiere has not only resurrected the Ute volleyball program and turned it into a consistent winner, she has also guided Utah to unprecedented success on the national level. Launiere, the winningest coach in school history, has led the Utes back into the NCAA Tournament as Utah is 25-6 this season with a spot in the NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal Round. Utah captured its first-ever Mountain West Conference Tournament championship. The Utes own a 7-4 record against teams currently in the USA Today/AVCA Coaches Top-25 Poll (two each against BYU, Colorado State and Utah State). Utah holds the No. 13 position in the national poll, its highest in school history. The Utes' .807 overall winning percentage proves the best in school history. Utah also equaled the third-best conference winning percentage in school history this season (11-3, .785).
The Utes will be making their first-ever trip to the NCAA "Sweet 16" (Regional) Tournament on Dec. 7-8 at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif. Wisconsin (27-3 overall), the No. 6 seed nationally, will match-up with Texas A&M (25-5 overall, No. 11 seed nationally) on Fri., Dec. 7 at 5:00 p.m. Utah (25-6 overall), seeded No. 14 nationally, will face the No 3 seeded Stanford Cardinal (29-2 overall) in the late match at 7:00 p.m. on Fri., Dec. 7.
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