Volleyball Back Home to Host Cal and #13 Stanford

MATCH 24 \| #19 UTAH (16-7, 7-5) vs. CALIFORNIA (9-13, 3-9)
DATE/TIME	Friday, Nov. 4 \| 8 p.m. MT
LOCATION	Huntsman Center \| Salt Lake City
TELEVISION	Pac-12 Networks \| Pac-12 LIVE
LIVE STATS	Live Stats
SERIES/STREAK	Tied 8-8 \| Utah, Won 2
LAST MATCH	Utah 3, Cal 0 \| Oct. 7, 2016

MATCH 25 \| #19 UTAH (16-7, 7-5) vs. #13 STANFORD (14-6, 8-4)
DATE	Saturday, Nov. 5 \| 7 p.m. MT
LOCATION	Huntsman Center \| Salt Lake City
TELEVISION	Utah Live Stream
LIVE STATS	Live Stats
SERIES/STREAK	Stanford leads 12-2 \| Utah, Won 1
LAST MATCH	Utah 3, Stanford 1 \| Oct. 9, 2016

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
• Utah is ranked in the AVCA Top-25 poll for the fourth straight week and for the fifth time in the past six weeks. Utah earned 390 points in the poll, moving up two spots from to No. 21 to No. 19 this week.
• Utah has registered an 8-2 record in true road games this season. The eight road wins are most in school history since the Utes joined the Pac-12 Conference in 2011, surpassing the seven wins Utah recorded in 2013.
• The Utes have already tallied seven Pac-12 Conference wins (7-5) and are just two victories shy of matching the mark of nine wins the program recorded in 2014 (9-11).
• Utah has played in 10 five-set matches on the season, which ranks most among schools from the Power-5 conferences (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pa-12, SEC).
• Junior outside hitter Adora Anae moved into Utah's top-10 list for most kills in a career. She ranks No. 10 all-time with 1,211 career kills and is just 26 kills shy from moving into the No. 9 spot.

FIRST SERVE
The No. 19-ranked Utah volleyball team opens the final month of the regular season with home contests against California and No. 13-ranked Stanford in back-to-back matches at the Huntsman Center.

The Utes (16-7, 7-5 Pac-12) begin the weekend with an 8 p.m. match against the Golden Bears (9-13, 3-9 Pac-12) on Friday, Nov. 4, followed with a top-25 match-up against the Cardinal (14-6, 8-4 Pac-12) on Saturday, Nov. 5. First serve between the Utes and Cardinal is set for 7 p.m.

COVERING THE UTES
Friday's match against California will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks, with Kevin Barnett calling the action and Amy Gant providing color commentary for the contest. Utah's match against Stanford on Saturday will be web-streamed on-line with links to the broadcast found at www.UtahUtes.com or www.Pac-12.com/live/university-utah.

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.

Live stats will be provided for both contests this weekend, with links found at www.UtahUtes.com.

ABOUT UTAH
The Utes are coming off a road split against both Los Angeles-based schools, picking a four-set win at USC last Friday, but then falling to UCLA in straight sets on Saturday.

Junior Adora Anae paced the Utah offense with 25 kills, while hitting at a clip of .396 and recording just six hitting errors on 48 swings against the Trojans. She registered a double-double in the contest as well, with a match-high 25 digs in the winning effort. Junior Carly Trueman registered 14 kills and junior Eliza Katoa added nine kills for the Utes.

Sophomore Jessie Openshaw led the way with 27 assists and added 10 digs for a double-double. Sophomore Berkeley Oblad matched a career high, netting eight total blocks (one solo), while also setting a new career-high with four service aces. Freshman Brianna Doehrmann added 14 digs in the match.

Anae (20 kills) and Trueman (10 kills) both collected double-digit kill efforts against UCLA, but it wasn't enough as the Bruins came away with the three-set sweep. Anae tallied another double-double with her team-high 17 digs and Doehrmann collected 14 kills for the second straight match.

Openshaw and freshman Bailey Choy recorded 20 assists each, while Oblad led the team at the net with four total blocks.

POLL TALK
Utah jumped two spots to No. 19 in this week's AVCA Top-25 Coaches Poll. The No. 19 ranking is Utah's highest of the season and it also marks the highest ranking since coming in at No. 18 in the final regular-season poll back on Dec. 22, 2014.

The Utes have earned a top-25 ranking the previous four weeks and five times overall since Sept. 26. Utah has now been ranked or at least received votes in the poll for seven straight weeks dating back to Sept. 19.

#ROADWARRIORS
Utah is 8-2 overall in road matches this season, which marks a new high for road wins since joining the Pac-12 Conference in 2011. Utah's eight road wins is a new season-best since donning an 8-5 record as a member of the Mountain West Conference back in 2010.

Utah is tied with UCLA for the second-best road record among Pac-12 teams. Only Washington has a better road record, having gone 10-1 away from home this season. The 8-2 mark ranks tied for seventh among teams slotted 1-25 in the RPI standings.

#ROADWARRIORS PART II
Utah has tallied a school-record five wins over top-25 ranked teams so far this season. The Utes have defeated No. 9 BYU, No. 16 Colorado, No. 7 Stanford, No. 13 Washington State and No. 24 USC all on the road this season.

Prior to 2016, Utah had never earned more than two road victories over ranked opponents. The last time Utah registered a pair of wins away from home was back in 2007 when the Utes downed No. 17 Purdue on the road and defeated No. 20 Colorado State at a neutral site.

UTES IN CONFERENCE PLAY
Utah is 7-5 overall in Pac-12 play and just two more wins away from matching the program's most wins in league play since joining the Pac-12. The Utes registered nine Pac-12 wins in both 2013 and 2014 (9-11). Most notably, the 7-5 record is Utah's best mark through its first 12 matches of Pac-12 Conference play, surpassing the 6-6 record the Utes recorded in 2013.

UTAH IN FIVE-SET MATCHES
Utah leads the Pac-12 having played in 10 matches that have gone a full five sets this season. The 10 five-set matches also rank the most among Power Five conference schools. Wake Forest (ACC) rank second with nine five-set matches, while Alabama (SEC), Boston College (ACC), Colorado (Pac-12) and Mississippi State (SEC) rank third with eight five-set matches on the year.

Utah has won six of its 10 five-set matches, which ranks most among teams in Power Five conferences. Auburn (SEC), Colorado (Pac-12), Mississippi (SEC) and TCU (Big 12) have all tallied five wins in matches that have gone to five sets.

ANAE ETCHES HER WAY INTO RECORD BOOKS AGAIN
Junior Adora Anae moved into 10th-place all-time in school history for most kills in a career. The junior found her way into the record books last Friday, surpassing Kathryn Hayne (2005-08), who tallied 1,173 career kills.

Anae, who heads into the weekend with 1,211 kills, has the opportunity to keep moving up the list as she is just 26 kills behind No. 9 Lori Baird (2005-08, 1,236 kills), 34 kills behind No. 8 Shelly Sommerfeldt (2002-05, 1,245 kills) and 41 kills behind No. 7 Sharman Grant (1992-94, 1,252 kills).

HISTORY WITH THE BEARS
Utah tied the all-time series with Cal after defeating the Golden Bears in straight sets at Hass Pavilion back on Oct. 7. It was Utah's first-ever sweep over Cal and it knotted the all-time series at 8-8. Utah won for the fourth straight time at Haas Pavilion, while pushing its record to 4-2 when facing the Bears in Berkeley.

Utah has dropped three of its past four meetings against the Bears at home, which included a 3-2 loss to Cal at the Huntsman Center last season. Utah is 2-3 all-time when facing the Bears in Salt Lake City.

HISTORY WITH THE CARDINAL
Utah picked up just its second win ever over Stanford when the squad upset then the No. 7-ranked Cardinal at Maples Pavilion back on Oct. 9. Utah won for the very first time at Maples Pavilion and also managed to snap an 11-match losing streak, but Stanford continues to lead the all-time series with a record of 12-2 against the Utes.

Stanford is 5-1 all-time when facing the Utes in Salt Lake City, with Utah's only win coming back in 2000.

RPI TALK
Utah is ranked No. 21 in this week's set of RPI standings. The Utes have been ranked among the top-30 teams in the nation since the initial set of RPI rankings were released back on Oct. 3. Utah opened at No. 27 and has had a RPI ranking as high as No. 16 back on Oct. 17.

Utah is currently 3-3 overall against teams ranked 1-25 in the RPI, 2-2 against teams ranked 26-50, 3-1 against teams ranked 51-100, 7-1 against teams ranked 101-150 and 1-0 against teams ranked 150 or higher.

The Pac-12 is well represented with eight teams ranked inside the top-40 RPI standings. Along with Utah at No. 21, the Pac-12 has UCLA (8), Stanford (9), Washington (10), Oregon (26), USC (27), Washington State (28) and Arizona (37) among the top-40. Rounding out the Pac-12 teams are Colorado (53) Oregon State (113), Arizona State (119) and California (120).

UTAH REGISTERS ONE OF NATION'S TOUGHEST SCHEDULES
Heading into the week, Utah ranks 10th among the toughest schedules in the nation with a .631 percentage. Stanford leads the Pac-12 with a .663 percentage, which ranks sixth overall. Arizona (.642) ranks seventh overall, while Oregon (.624) comes in with the 18th toughest schedule.

UP NEXT
The Utes will hit the road for its final two-match series of the regular season next week, taking Oregon and Oregon State in a couple of midweek matches. Utah will face the Ducks next Wednesday, Nov. 9 and close out the quick trip against Oregon State on Thursday, Nov. 10.

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