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Utah Volleyball Falls in Four Sets to Boston College
9/3/2011 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 3, 2011
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ute sophomore middle blocker Erin Redd had season-high totals in kills and blocks, but the University of Utah volleyball team lost in four sets to Boston College (20-25, 25-10, 22-25, 21-25) Saturday in its second match of the Yale Invitational in the John Lee Amphitheater.
Utah (3-2) outhit Boston College .170 to .141 and held a 14.0 to 7.0 edge in team blocks. The Utes have outblocked all five of their opponents so far this season and have turned in a higher hitting percentage on the attack in four of their five matches. Utah has held all five of its opponents to a hitting percentage under .200.
Redd registered her season high with 13 kills on 31 attempts with only one error for a .387 hitting percentage. She also turned in a season and match-high nine blocks. Redd notched double-figures in kills for the first time this season and the 12th time in her career.
Morgan Odale and Danielle Killpack both registered eight kills and three blocks apiece. Chelsey Schofield turned in 11 digs and added seven kills, while Shelby Dalton contributed six kills on eight swings without an error for a .750 efficiency.
Junior setter McKenzie Odale tied her career high with 39 assists to go with eight digs.
Defensively in Utah's back row, libero Nikki Sim established another career-high with 20 digs. Sim has eclipsed the 10-dig mark in four of five matches this year. Lea Adolph chipped in nine digs.
Utah led 5-4 early in the first set but BC strung together eight straight points to assume a 12-5 lead. The Utes countered with a 7-0 run to tie the set for the fifth time at 12 points apiece. The set would be tied once more at 13 and the Utes were able to stay within a point until BC held a 21-20 edge. Unfortunately, the Eagles closed the set strong by taking the last four points en route to a 25-20 first-set victory. Utah is now 0-2 this season after losing the first set, but Redd and Schofield turned in three kills and the Utes held BC to a .057 hitting percentage.
The Utes took three of the first five points at the outset of the second frame before reeling off six consecutive scores to take a commanding 9-2 lead they would never relinquish. Utah took the final seven points of the set and its largest lead of the set would be the final margin, 25-10. Utah hit for a .516 clip with Redd hitting four more kills and the Ute defense limited the Eagles to a .040 mark.
There were nine ties in the third set, the last coming at 11-11, before BC took a 16-11 advantage after a 7-0 run. The Eagles led by as many as eight points (21-13) but the Utes fought back to get within two at 24-22, but BC was able to hold Utah off for a 25-22 win in the third set. Redd and Morgan Odale both registered three kills apiece and Utah was outhit .270 to .139 during the set.
In the fourth set, the Eagles raced out to a nine-point lead (16-7) before a 10-1 Ute run forced the second tie of the set. Unfortunately, BC took five of the next six points and Utah was never able to recover as the Eagles clinched the match with a 25-21 fourth-set win. Killpack converted four kills on eight attempts for a .500 efficiency in the set but Utah was held to a .093 mark as a team.
The Utes' all-time record against Atlantic Coast Conference schools fell to 8-2 after the loss.
Boston College (1-3) was led by a double-double performance by Tsvetelina Dureva, who registered 15 kills and 12 digs.
Utah concludes the Yale Invitational action later tonight against host Yale at 7 p.m. ET. Fans can watch the Yale match via a pay-per-view live stream.
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