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Volleyball Opens Four-Match Road Swing with Trip to Bay Area
10/6/2016 8:25 AM | Volleyball
Utes take on California and #7 Stanford this weekend.
| MATCH 16 | UTAH (11-4, 2-2) at CALIFORNIA (6-8, 0-4) | |
| DATE/TIME | Friday, Oct. 7 | 8 p.m. PT |
| LOCATION | Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, Calif. |
| TELEVISION | Pac-12 Networks | Pac-12 LIVE |
| LIVE STATS | Live Stats |
| SERIES/STREAK | Cal leads, 8-7 | Utah, Won 1 |
| LAST MATCH | Utah 3, Cal 2 | Nov. 19, 2015 |
| Â MATCH 17 | UTAH (11-4, 2-2) at #7 STANFORD (9-3, 3-1) | |
| DATE | Sunday, Oct. 9 | 1 p.m. PT |
| LOCATION | Maples Pavilion | Palo Alto, Calif. |
| LIVE VIDEO | Stanford Live Stream |
| LIVE STATS | Live Stats |
| SERIES/STREAK | Stanford leads, 12-1 | Stanford, Won 11 |
| LAST MATCH | Utah 0, Stanford 3 | Nov. 20, 2015 |
FIRST SERVE
The Utah Utes (11-4, 2-4) open a four-match road swing with a trip through the Bay Area this weekend. Utah will face the California Golden Bears (6-8, 0-4) this Friday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. PT and will follow with a Sunday matinée against No. 7-ranked Stanford Cardinal (9-3, 3-1) on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1 p.m. PT.
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COVERING THE UTES
Friday's contest will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks with Kate Scott calling play-by-play and Don Shaw providing color commentary.
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Fans can also follow Friday's action on-line by logging onto Pac-12.com/live or watching via smart phones and tablets using the Pac-12 Now App, which can be downloaded at the Apple Store, Google Play Store or Amazon Apps Store.
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Utah's match against Stanford on Sunday will be web-streamed on-line with links to the broadcast found at www.UtahUtes.com or www.Pac-12.com/live/stanford-university.
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Live stats will be provided for both contests this weekend, as well. Links to Friday's match against Cal can be found at www.CalBears.com or www.UtahUtes.com, while links to Sunday's match at Stanford can be found at either www.GoStanford.com or www.UtahUtes.com.
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ABOUT UTAH
The Utes are coming off a pair of losses to both Los Angeles squads in Salt Lake City this past weekend. Utah fell in straight sets for the first time this season, with a 3-0 loss to then No. 12-ranked UCLA last Friday. Utah dropped just its third match of the season that went five sets, falling to No. 23-ranked USC in five sets on Sunday.
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Utah yielded a better hitting percentage to an opposing team for the first time this season as both the Bruins and Trojans outhit the Utes on the weekend. UCLA hit .304 to Utah's .235 effort and USC tallied a .247 hitting percentage, while the Utes recorded a season-low .155 attacking effort.
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UCLA tallied just four more kills than Utah (48 to 44) on Friday, but the Bruins posted three more service aces (5 to 2) and a couple more total blocks (8.0 to 6.0) on the way to winning by close scores of 25-23, 25-22 and 25-20.
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Despite a 25-kill and 12-dig effort from junior Adora Anae against USC on Sunday, the Trojans countered with three players notching double-digit kill efforts. The Trojans also went on to out-block the Utes 13.0 to 9.0 in the match.
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UTAH LEADERS
Junior Adora Anae continues to lead the team with 279 total kills. She currently ranks first in the Pac-12 and 19th overall in that category. She is one of only 40 players in the nation to have at least 250 kills and is one of just five players in the Pac-12 to post 200 kills or more on the season.
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Anae has posted a team-best 4.73 kills per set, while also leading the team in digs (193) and digs per set (3.27). She is the only player in the nation to average at least 4.7 kills per set and 3.2 digs per set on the season. Her closest competitor is Holy Cross' Mandy Sifferlen, who has tallied 4.89 kills per set and a 3.00 digs per set average.
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Freshman Bailey Choy leads Utah with 519 assists and a 8.51 assists per set average, while sophomore Jessie Openshaw follows with 183 assists and 4.46 assists per set.
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Anae leads the team with 21 service aces and Choy follows with 10 aces on the season. Anae ranks fifth in the league with 0.36 aces per set, but she is tied for third in the conference with her 21 total aces. She is one of four players in the league with at least 20 aces on the season.
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Sophomore Megan Shughrou follows Anae with 154 digs on the season. Choy is third on the team with 117 digs.
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Junior Tawnee Luafalemana leads Utah with nine solo blocks and 66 total blocks on the season. She averages a team-best 1.08 blocks per set, just ahead of senior Alyssa Koenig's 1.00 blocks per set average. Sophomore Berkeley Oblad ranks second on the team with 50 total blocks and third on the team with 0.91 blocks per set.
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SCOUTING THE GOLDEN BEARS
California is coming off losses to #7 Washington (23-25, 27-25, 12-25, 19-25) and #17 Washington State (20-25, 17-25, 22-25) over the weekend. The Golden Bears have dropped four straight to open Pac-12 play and the squad from Berkeley has lost six of its past eight matches. Cal's lone win over the previous eight matches was a 3-1 win over St. Mary's (25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23).
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California is hitting .217 as a team, while averaging 13.6 kills, 12.9 assists, 14.1 digs and 1.8 blocks per set.
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GOLDEN BEARS LEADERS
Statistical leaders for the Golden Bears heading into the week include: Kills: Bailee Huizenga (154); Hitting Percentage: Jenelle Jordan (.340); Assists: Alyssa Jensen (567); Digs: Maddy Kerr (225); Blocks: Jordan (49).
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SCOUTING THE CARDINAL
Stanford is coming off a road loss to #17 Washington State 915-25, 25-17, 24-26, 28-26, 8-15), but had won six straight prior to the defeat, which included a win at #7 Washington (21-25, 25-20, 25-21, 17-25, 15-9) last week. The Cardinal is 3-1 in Pac-12 play after opening the conference slate with wins over California and Oregon State.
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The Cardinal moved up two spots from No. 9 to No. 7 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Poll.
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The Cardinal are hitting .254 as a team, while averaging 13.7 kills, 12.9 assists, 14.0 digs and a league-best 3.4 blocks per set.
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THE CARDINAL LEADERS
Statistical leaders for The Cardinal heading into the week include: Kills: Inky Ajanaku (133); Hitting percentage: Ajanaku (.390); Assists: Kelsey Humphreys (294); Aces: Hayley Hodson (10); Digs: Morgan Hentz (216) and Blocks: Audriana Fitzmorris (81).
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SERIES HISTORY
Stanford leads the all-time series 12-1, with Utah's lone win coming back on Sept. 5, 2000, in Salt Lake City. Utah has dropped the previous 11 matches to the Cardinal, which includes a 0-9 mark since the Utes joined the Pac-12.
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Cal leads the all-time series 8-7, but the Utes won the last match between the two teams, 3-2, in Berkeley last season. Matches between the Utes and Golden Bears have gone the full five sets in three of the past four meetings and a total of five times since 2011. Utah is 4-5 against Cal since joining the Pac-12.
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