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Utah Volleyball Sweeps Wyoming, 3-0
11/26/2010 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 26, 2010
LARAMIE, Wyo. - Morgan Odale posted a team-high 12 kills and Danielle Killpack hit 11 for her third consecutive double-digit-kill match to lead the University of Utah volleyball team to a 3-0 win (29-27, 25-14, 25-20) at Wyoming in its final Mountain West Conference match Friday in the UniWyo Sports Complex.
Utah (17-14, 11-5 MWC) won its third consecutive match after outhitting Wyoming in the match, .255 to .088. The Utes also held a 9-7 edge in team blocks over the Cowgirls and held a 6-4 advantage in service aces.
"It was nice to put it all together," Utah head coach Beth Launiere said. "I felt like we played our best volleyball of the season. It was a good way to finish and a good way to leave the MWC. We couldn't have asked for a better weekend."
In addition to Odale's 12 kills, she corralled six digs and also contributed four blocks.
Killpack turned in 11 kills on 16 swings for a match-high .688 hitting percentage. She did not commit a single attack error in both of Utah's matches this season. Killpack also came through with a match-high seven blocks. Redshirt freshman Brooke McAlister registered seven kills.
"'Dani' had impressive performances throughout the weekend," Launiere said. "She didn't have one attack error in both matches and led us in kills. Dani had our best hitting percentage again so this was another huge performance from her."
In wins at No. 14 Colorado State and Wyoming, Killpack recorded 27 kills on 41 attack attempts without an attack error for a .659 hitting percentage. She also bolstered the Ute defense with a team-high 1.86 blocks per set.
Senior setter Stephanie Neeley dished out 30 assists and contributed 10 digs. She ends her career fifth in school history with 3,092 career assists. She also went out with her 18th double-double of the season, which was the 32nd of her career.
Utah senior libero Keisha Fisher had a match-high-tying 11 digs in the back row for the Utes. She has recorded 498 digs this season, the highest single-season total in school history. Fisher ends her career as the school's career leader with 1,609 career digs.
Down 14-11, Utah answered with a 5-2 run to tie match at 16 all. The match went back and forth until UW went up 22-20. Utah tied the set up at 22 but the Cowgirls scored the next two points to earn set point, 24-22. The Utes held off consecutive set points to make the set 24-24 and Wyoming scored the next point but Utah took the final five of seven to win the set, 29-27. Utah pulled out the victory while outhitting Wyoming, .158 to .125, and was led by five kills from Odale.
"We were down 24-22 in the first set," Launiere said. "And we just stayed steady and confident. We came back and won the first set and then from then on, with the exception of falling behind briefly in the third set, we played really well."
The Utes took a 7-1 lead to begin the second set, before Wyoming would go on a small run to narrow its deficit to four points at 10-6. The Cowgirls came back to make the set 13-10, but the Utes scored four of the next six to extend its lead back to five points, 17-12. The Cowgirls would fight back to pull within four, 18-14, then the Utes scored the final seven points to win the set, 25-14, and assume a 2-0 lead in the match. Utah ran an efficient offensive attack, posting a .367 hitting percentage compared to just .079 for Wyoming. Killpack and Odale contributed four kills apiece in the set.
With the third set tied at 4-4, the teams traded scores until the Utes gained a three-point advantage, 9-6. Utah held a two-point edge, 14-12, before going on a 5-2 run to extend its lead to 19-14. The Cowgirls closed the margin to one, 19-18, but the Utes would go on to win the match's decisive set, 25-20. The Utes limited the Cowgirls to a .064 mark in the finale, while going for a .263 mark themselves. Six different Utah players were credited with kills in the set, led by three apiece from Odale and Killpack.
Wyoming (22-10, 7-9 MWC) received a match-high-tying 12 kills and five digs from Lauren Whitney.
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