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Utah Volleyball Notes
11/18/2002 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 18, 2002
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THIS WEEK:
No. 24 Utah (21-7, 10-4) travels to Fort Collins, Colo., this Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 21-23, to participate in the Mountain West Conference Tournament at Colorado State. The No. 3 seed in the tournament, the Utes will face Wyoming at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. If the Utes win that match, they will face the winner of the San Diego State/New Mexico match at 4 p.m. on Friday. The championship match is at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
REVIEWING LAST WEEK:
Last Friday, Colorado State defeated the Utes 3-1 (24-30, 30-25, 25-30, 23-30), snapping Utah's 29-match home winning streak and ending the Utes' chances of a regular-season conference championship. Ironically, it was the Rams that had last beat Utah at home, sweeping the Utes in the 2000 season. Utah rebounded on Saturday, defeating Wyoming 3-1 (30-16, 27-30, 30-19, 30-26). The Utes hit for .276 on the night and held Wyoming to just .045. Utah also out-blocked the Cowgirls 15-9.5.
USA Today/AVCA Top 25 Poll
Rank School Total 2002 Last (1st-place Votes) Points Record Week1 USC (55) 1608 22-1 2 2 Hawai'i (5) 1492 25-1 3 3 Florida (2) 1473 26-1 4 4 Stanford (2) 1466 25-4 1 5 Nebraska (1) 1422 24-1 5 6 Minnesota 1288 28-3 6 7 UC Santa Barbara 1204 26-1 7 8 Pepperdine 1149 21-6 9 9 Northern Iowa 1134 28-2 8 10 Long Beach State 1034 24-3 10 11 Santa Clara 901 23-4 11 12 North Carolina 891 28-2 12 13 Washington State 813 19-7 17 14 Wisconsin 782 20-7 14 15 Eastern Washington 669 28-1 15 16 Arizona 652 15-9 16 17 Penn State 600 21-6 13 18 South Carolina 493 21-5 18 19 Kansas State 445 18-6 20 20 Georgia Tech 339 28-5 23 21 UCLA 334 15-12 19 22 Missouri 238 22-6 24 23 University of San Diego 159 24-6 2524 UTAH 127 21-7 21 25 Ohio State 80 15-10 NR
Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Washington (70), California (44), Arizona State (41), Texas (28), Fresno State (27), Louisville (25), Arkansas (23), Colorado State (17), Michigan (11), South Florida (9), Texas A&M (8), Michigan State (8), Loyola-Chicago (6), Indiana (4). Five teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 11 combined points.
FINAL MWC STANDINGS
Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct.Colorado State 12 2 .857 20 8 .714 San Diego State 11 3 .786 20 11 .645UTAH 10 4 .714 21 7 .750 BYU 7 7 .500 12 16 .429 UNLV 6 8 .429 10 18 .357 Wyoming 5 9 .357 20 10 .667 New Mexico 3 11 .214 8 19 .296 Air Force 2 12 .143 8 21 .276
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION:
Wyoming- The Cowgirls (20-10, 5-9) dropped a pair of matches last weekend at BYU (25-30, 14-20, 30-28, 30-28, 12-15) and Utah (16-30, 30-27, 19-30, 26-30). Wyoming is led by the MWC leader in kills, Michele Rauter, with a 4.34 kills per game average. She also leads the team with 2.97 digs per game. Setter Amy Doman averages 11.94 assists per game, while Sara Maytorena averages 1.15 blocks per game to lead Wyoming.
SERIES SHORTS:
* The Utes lead the all-time series with Wyoming 26-23. The two teams met most recently last weekend, with Utah winning 3-1. The Utes are 15-9 at home, 8-14 away and 3-0 at a neutral site vs. the Cowgirls.
QUOTING HEAD COACH BETH LAUNIERE:
On the upcoming Mountain West Conference Tournament- "If we show up, we can be awfully good. It's going to be a big challenge, but I don't see any reason why we can't win the championship."
MWC TOURNAMENT TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets are available by calling (970) 491-RAMS or toll-free 1-800-491-RAMS.
Prices are as follows:
All-Session Reserved - $25
All-Session Adult GA - $20
All-Session Youth GA - $15
MWC TOURNAMENT TELECASTS:
This year marks the first time all Mountain West Conference Championship matches will be broadcast back to each MWC market. Preliminary round matches can be seen on over-the-air and cable affiliates throughout the MWC region. Saturday's title match will be televised live regionally on Fox Sports Net with a coverage area including Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, as well as parts of Montana, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska and Nevada. The telecast will also be available to a national audience on FSN to DirecTV and Dish Network subscribers.
The Mountain West Conference Television Network will be the production entity for the 2002 MWC Volleyball Championship, marking the league's first in-house production venture. Listed below is a list of clearances along with the satellite coordinates. Check local listings for match coverage.
SATELLITE: Thursday SBS 6 TR. 9 Downlink: 11921 H (74 degrees) Friday SBS 6 TR. 9 Downlink: 11921 H Saturday SBS 6 TR. 16 Downlink: 12092 V
CLEARANCES:
School Market StationAir Force Colorado Springs Adelphia Cable (Channel 6) BYU Provo KBYU (Channel 11) CSU Fort Collins/Denver Fox Sports Net (Championship Only) New Mexico Albuquerque Comcast Cable (Channel 72) San Diego State San Diego Cox (Channel 4) UNLV Las Vegas Cox (Channel 48) Utah Salt Lake City KUWB (Channel 30) Wyoming Cheyenne KTWO (Channel 3)
UTES ON TV:
Utah's quarterfinal match with Wyoming on Thursday, Nov. 21, will be shown locally on KUWB (30) on tape delay at 12:30 a.m. If Utah advances to the semifinal match on Friday, Nov. 22, it will again be shown locally on KUWB on tape delay at 12:30 a.m. The championship match on Saturday, Nov. 23, will be shown live locally on Fox Sports Rocky Mountain at 2 p.m.
LAUNIERE APPROACHING 250TH CAREER WIN:
Head Coach Beth Launiere needs just one more win to reach her 250th career victory. She has already guided Utah to its seventh consecutive 20-win season and is the winningest coach in school history. Launiere is in her 13th season at the U.
TURNER NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT:
Junior Kim Turner was named to the Verizon Academic All-District VIII Women's Volleyball Team. Turner, a middle blocker, garnered All-District VIII honors with a 3. 536 GPA as an elementary education major. The 18-member squad is selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). CoSIDA District VIII is comprised of the states of Alaska, California, Idaho, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington, as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
MWC LEADERS:
As a team, Utah leads the MWC in hitting defense (.147) and blocks per game (3.38), ranks second in assists per game (13.88) and kills per game (15.30), and is third in service aces (1.83). In conference matches, the Utes rank second in hitting defense, blocks, assists and service aces, and third in kills, hitting percentage and digs.
Individually, junior Kim Turner leads the conference in blocks per game (1.61), ranks fourth in kills per game (3.84), seventh in service aces (0.35) and ranks ninth in hitting percentage (.286). Senior captain Sylva Strzinkov? ranks third in kills per game (3.88), tied for ninth in service aces (0.31) and 10th in digs per game (2.54). Sophomore Lyndsey Phillips is third in blocks (1.42), while senior Brenda Beal is eighth (1.20). Jackie Morrill is fourth in digs per game with a 3.06 average, and sophomore Kelsie Kartchner is tied for fourth in service aces (0.39) and seventh in assists (10.61).
In statistics for conference matches only, Turner ranks second in blocks (1.49), tied for third in kills (4.02), sixth in service aces (0.37) and seventh in hitting percentage (.310). Strzinkov? is sixth in kills (3.82), 10th in digs (2.43) and tied for 12th in service aces (0.31). Phillips is tied for third in blocks (1.43), while Beal is 12th in blocks (1.13) and 13th in hitting percentage (.266). Meanwhile, Morrill is fourth in digs (3.27) and Kartchner is fifth in assists (11.71) and eighth in service aces (0.35). Freshman Shelly Hundley is tied for 13th in service aces (0.29).
MILESTONE WATCH: In the third game against Wyoming last Saturday, sophomore setter Kelsie Kartchner dished out her 1,793rd assist, moving into fifth place all-time at Utah. She now has 1,812 assists on her career.
Kim Turner ranks second all-time in block assists with 414 (just 35 away from first place), fourth in total blocks with 466 (seven away from third place), eighth in kills with 1,053 (two away from seventh place) and tied for eighth in block solos (52).
NEXT WEEK:
The Utes host No. 16 Arizona at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27. On Saturday, Nov. 30, Utah hosts No. 2 Hawaii at 7:00 p.m. The NCAA Tournament Selection Show will take place at 7 p.m. (MST) on Sunday, Dec. 1.
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