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Utes Downed by No. 3 Huskies
10/24/2014 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 24, 2014
SEATTLE, Wash. - Senior Shelby Dalton had a team-high 11 kills and hit .391, but the Utah Utes (12-8, 2-7 Pac-12) fell (22-25, 13-25, 25-27) to the No. 3 Washington Huskies (20-0, 9-0 Pac-12) in Pac-12 play Friday evening at Alaska Airlines Arena.
The Huskies came into the match allowing opposing offense's to hit at a clip of just .161 on the season, but the Utes recorded 36 kills and tallied the second-highest hitting percentage against UW this season. Utah's hitting percentage of .286 on Friday ranks second only to Boise State's mark of .301, which came 18 matches ago back on Aug. 30.
The Utes matched the Huskies point-for-point throughout the majority of the first set, but Washington came away with the 25-22 win to take a 1-0 lead. Dalton recorded a team-high four kills in the set and senior Chelsey Schofield-Olsen added three kills, but UW managed to up early after closing the set on a 5-2 run.
The Huskies would jump out to a 10-2 lead in the second the second set and never looked back en route to a 25-13 win and go up 2-0 on the Utes. Utah was unable to string together a run of three or more points in the set, netting back-to-back points just twice, all the while Washington racked up 14 kills on .640 hitting and four service aces as well.
UW opened the third set with the first two points and would later lead 13-6 after a 4-0 run, but Dalton helped start a 4-0 run for Utah with back-to-back kills and a block assist later pulled the Utes within three, down 13-10. The Huskies countered, winning five on the next six points to get back up by seven, but Utah came right back with four straight points that included back-to-back aces from junior Kendall Cygan and UW was forced to call a timeout.
Utah countered UW's 3-0 run out of the timeout with an 8-2 run and tied the set at 23-23, but the run came to an end on a service error and the Utes were forced to call a timeout, down match point, 24-23. Schofield-Olsen collected her ninth kill of the set to tie things back up at 24-24 and the Huskies were then called for a lift, but the officials would eventually call a replay.
Senior Kalee Kirby still managed to get the point back for the Utes with a second-hit kill, but UW recorded three straight kills to take the set, 27-25, and the match 3-0.
The Utes were swept for the first time since Arizona took straight sets from Utah back on Oct. 3 and for just the third time all season, while the Huskies managed to win in straight sets for the 13th time on the year.
Playing two of the nation's top-three ranked teams over its last two matches, Utah has dropped just one set by more than five points when the Huskies won tonight's second set by 12 points. Otherwise, the Utes have managed to match both top-ranked teams point-for-point through the majority of the matches.
The Huskies finished the match with 48 kills and hit .446, netting just seven errors over the three-set victory. Utah had just 12 attack errors on the evening and managed to out-block the Huskies in total team blocks, 5.0-4.0.
Along with Dalton's 11 kills and Schofield-Olsen's nine kills, freshman Adora Anae added seven kills and a team-high three total blocks. Kirby led the team with 14 kills and both she and senior Adolph had a team-high five digs.
UW had four players with eight kills or more and both setters racked up 20 assists each. Cassie Strickland led the match with six service aces and nine digs on the night.
The Utes will return to action this Sunday as they take on Washington State in Pullman, Wash. First serve is set for 12 p.m. (MT) and the match will be aired live on the Pac-12 Networks.
SEATTLE, Wash. - Senior Shelby Dalton had a team-high 11 kills and hit .391, but the Utah Utes (12-8, 2-7 Pac-12) fell (22-25, 13-25, 25-27) to the No. 3 Washington Huskies (20-0, 9-0 Pac-12) in Pac-12 play Friday evening at Alaska Airlines Arena.
The Huskies came into the match allowing opposing offense's to hit at a clip of just .161 on the season, but the Utes recorded 36 kills and tallied the second-highest hitting percentage against UW this season. Utah's hitting percentage of .286 on Friday ranks second only to Boise State's mark of .301, which came 18 matches ago back on Aug. 30.
The Utes matched the Huskies point-for-point throughout the majority of the first set, but Washington came away with the 25-22 win to take a 1-0 lead. Dalton recorded a team-high four kills in the set and senior Chelsey Schofield-Olsen added three kills, but UW managed to up early after closing the set on a 5-2 run.
The Huskies would jump out to a 10-2 lead in the second the second set and never looked back en route to a 25-13 win and go up 2-0 on the Utes. Utah was unable to string together a run of three or more points in the set, netting back-to-back points just twice, all the while Washington racked up 14 kills on .640 hitting and four service aces as well.
UW opened the third set with the first two points and would later lead 13-6 after a 4-0 run, but Dalton helped start a 4-0 run for Utah with back-to-back kills and a block assist later pulled the Utes within three, down 13-10. The Huskies countered, winning five on the next six points to get back up by seven, but Utah came right back with four straight points that included back-to-back aces from junior Kendall Cygan and UW was forced to call a timeout.
Utah countered UW's 3-0 run out of the timeout with an 8-2 run and tied the set at 23-23, but the run came to an end on a service error and the Utes were forced to call a timeout, down match point, 24-23. Schofield-Olsen collected her ninth kill of the set to tie things back up at 24-24 and the Huskies were then called for a lift, but the officials would eventually call a replay.
Senior Kalee Kirby still managed to get the point back for the Utes with a second-hit kill, but UW recorded three straight kills to take the set, 27-25, and the match 3-0.
The Utes were swept for the first time since Arizona took straight sets from Utah back on Oct. 3 and for just the third time all season, while the Huskies managed to win in straight sets for the 13th time on the year.
Playing two of the nation's top-three ranked teams over its last two matches, Utah has dropped just one set by more than five points when the Huskies won tonight's second set by 12 points. Otherwise, the Utes have managed to match both top-ranked teams point-for-point through the majority of the matches.
The Huskies finished the match with 48 kills and hit .446, netting just seven errors over the three-set victory. Utah had just 12 attack errors on the evening and managed to out-block the Huskies in total team blocks, 5.0-4.0.
Along with Dalton's 11 kills and Schofield-Olsen's nine kills, freshman Adora Anae added seven kills and a team-high three total blocks. Kirby led the team with 14 kills and both she and senior Adolph had a team-high five digs.
UW had four players with eight kills or more and both setters racked up 20 assists each. Cassie Strickland led the match with six service aces and nine digs on the night.
The Utes will return to action this Sunday as they take on Washington State in Pullman, Wash. First serve is set for 12 p.m. (MT) and the match will be aired live on the Pac-12 Networks.
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