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Utah Volleyball Takes Down San Diego State, 3-1
11/4/2010 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 4, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - Karolina Bartkowiak recorded her 20th career double-double and the University of Utah volleyball team defeated San Diego State, 3-1 (25-15, 24-26, 25-16, 25-21), in a Mountain West Conference match Thursday at Crimson Court.
Utah (12-12, 7-3 MWC) outhit SDSU during the match, .317 to .194, to help the Utes earn their fifth victory in their last seven outings. The Utes have hit over .300 three times this season and have won all three matches. Utah also improved to 7-3 this season when holding its opponents under .200.
"Everyone came ready to play," Utah head coach Beth Launiere said. "At times, we were a little shaky but for the most part we played well tonight. Everyone was mentally invested."
Bartkowiak recorded her eighth double-double this season and the 20th of her career with 16 kills and 10 digs. The Aurora, Ill., native took 27 attempts and committed five errors for a solid .407 hitting percentage. She hit 10 or more kills for the 17th time this season and the 50th time of her career. Bartkowiak has tallied 10 or more digs nine times this year and 24 times over her career.
Utah setter Stephanie Neeley dished out 47 assists and 10 digs for her 28th career double-doubles and her 14th this season. She is currently fifth in school history now has 2,818 career assists. Neeley has gone over 40 assists in 10 of 24 matches this season.
Danielle Killpack registered a career-high 12 kills on 19 swings for a .421 hitting percentage. She also posted a match-high six blocks.
Erin Redd and Morgan Odale pitched in nine kills apiece to bolster the Ute attack. Redd took 16 swings on the night with only a pair of errors for a .438 clip, while Odale also contributed three digs in the back row of the Utah defensive alignment.
Redshirt freshman Brooke McAlister recorded eight kills and only committed one error and also contributed seven digs and one block during the match.
Utah libero Keisha Fisher collected a match-high 17 digs against the Aztecs and now has 1,494 career digs, which leaves her only 77 shy of tying Connie Dangerfield (2003-07) for the school record. She has topped double-figures in digs in 22 of 24 matches this season and 82 times over her career.
The Utes limited the Aztecs to one service ace over the entire match, while serving four of their own. McAlister served a match-high two aces to pace the Ute service attack.
San Diego State won the first point of the match, but Utah would never trail again in the set. The Utes scored seven consecutive points to assume a 7-1 advantage and would cruise to a 25-15 first-set victory. Bartkowiak had four kills and Fisher registered five digs as the Utes outhit the Aztecs .300 to .051 in the set.
The tables would turn in the second set as Utah never could gain the advantage and with the exception of a 1-1 tie, would trail for most of the way. The Aztecs took six of the first nine points at the beginning of the set and would lead by as many as six points, the last instance coming at 23-17. The Utes found themselves down 22-17 before putting together a 7-1 stretch to take a 24-23 lead. Unfortunately, SDSU earned the next three points to take a 26-24 victory. Bartkowiak turned in four more kills and Neeley and Fisher both collected five digs apiece.
"Whenever you are prepared going into a match, you can respond better," Launiere said. "But if you don't feel prepared then adversity turns into panic. We were prepared and we were able to respond."
The Utes stormed out to a 4-0 lead in the beginning of the third set. Utah would extend its advantage to as many as 11 points, initially at 23-12. The Utes would never trail in the set and went on to claim a 25-16 win and a 2-1 lead in the match. Utah outhit SDSU .500 to .286 in the set and held a 2-0 advantage in team blocks. Killpack led the Ute attack with five kills in the set and Bartkowiak had five digs to aid the Utah defense.
SDSU scored three of the opening four points but Utah came back immediately to tie set two more times before taking a 5-4 lead, its first lead of the set. In what would turn out to be a back-and-forth affair, the teams would be tied nine more times. Utah was able to take the next three points, 17-14, and go on to a 25-21 match-clinching victory. Bartkowiak and Redd each slammed down four kills while Neeley set up the Ute attack with 15 assists in the finale.
San Diego State (12-13, 5-6 MWC) was led by 16 kills apiece from Andrea Hannash and Summer Nash. Johnna Fouch tied Neeley for match-high honors with 47 assists. Fouch and Kristi Jackels tied for the team lead with 13 digs apiece.
The Utes will head north to Ogden Saturday to close their busy three-match week when they travel to Weber State on Saturday for a 7 p.m., match in Swenson Gymnasium.
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