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University of Utah
20-8, 11-6Pac-12
3
vs
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Washington State
19-10, 9-8Pac-12
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2
3
4
5
F
Washington State
15
25
23
26
8
2
Utah
25
22
25
24
15
3
Team Stats
WSU
UTAH
Kills
54
68
Errors
30
26
Attempts
153
154
Hitting %
.157
.273
Points
69.0
84.0
Assists
53
65
Aces
6
6
Blocks
9.0
10.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
23
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
19
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
3
Players Mentioned
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/ Volleyball#16 Utes Down Cougars in Five Sets Thursday Evening
11/17/2016 9:07 PM | Volleyball
Anae and Trueman combine for 42 of Utah's 68 kills
SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 16-ranked Utah volleyball team won its third straight match with a five-set win (25-15, 22-25, 25-23, 24-26, 15-8) over the Washington State Cougars in Pac-12 Conference play Thursday night at the Huntsman Center.
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Junior Adora Anae led the way with 23 kills and junior Carly Trueman added 19 kills on the way to helping Utah move to 20-8 overall and 11-6 in Pac-12 play. The victory assures the Utes of recording its first winning record in Pac-12 Conference play since joining the league in 2011. It also marks the 10th time since 2000 that the Utes have eclipsed the 20-win mark in a season.
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The Cougars dropped to 19-10 overall and 9-8 in the league standings with the loss. Utah swept the season series from WSU for the first time since taking both matches from the Cougars back in 2011.
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Utah cruised to a 25-15 win in the first set behind Anae's six kills and .750 hitting percentage. The Utes registered four total blocks and limited the Cougars to a hitting percentage of -.062. Sophomore Megan Shughrou had a pair of service aces and Utah had just one service error in the frame.
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WSU came back to notch the match at 1-1 after taking set two, 25-22. Utah opened the frame with three straight kills from Anae, but the Cougars would later counter with a 7-1 run to take a 10-5 lead. The Utes trailed by as many as six points, down 19-13 late in the set, and despite a 4-1 run down the stretch, WSU managed to take the set with a kill from Kyra Holt.
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Utah used an early 5-0 run to go up 8-4 on the way to taking the third set 25-23. Trueman registered five consecutive kills to put Utah up 11-9 and later registered another four straight kills to push Utah's lead to 20-17. WSU scored four of the next seven points, but a kill from junior Tawnee Luafalemana put the Utes up set point, 24-21. The Cougars countered with back-to-back points, but Utah put the set away with a block from sophomore Berkeley Oblad.
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WSU tied the match at 2-2 following a 26-24 win over the Utes in the fourth set. The Cougars led by as many as four points, up 19-15 late in the frame. Utah chipped away at WSU's lead and finally notched things at 24-24 with a block from Trueman, but the Cougars took the final two points of the frame to send the match into a decisive fifth set.
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Utah won four of the first five points, forcing the Cougars to call an early timeout and after both teams switched sides, Luafalemana recorded a block to put Utah up 9-5 and WSU had to call its final timeout. Trueman registered another kill to go up 10-5 and Oblad put the set away a few points later with her kill to seal both the frame and the match.
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Anae topped 20-plus kills for the 12th time this season and for the 24th time in her career, while pushing her season total to 512 kills and breaking the single-season mark for kills, which she set last season (501). Anae also managed to move into sixth-place all-time in school history with 1,293 career kills.
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Trueman was a kill shy of her career-high of 20 kills, which she recorded earlier this season against Illinois State. Meanwhile, Luafalemana added 10 kills to give her a double-digit total for the 11th time this season.
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Freshman Bailey Choy and sophomore Jessie Openshaw both registered double-doubles on the night with 26 assists and 10 digs each. Freshman Brianna Doehrmann led the team with 16 digs – her ninth straight match with 10 digs or more.
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Utah out-blocked the Cougars 10.0 to 9.0 as Luafalemana paced the defense with five total blocks in the match.
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Utah finished the match hitting .273 as a team, while the defense limited WSU to just .157 hitting on the night.
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The Utes are out of action for the next few days before hosting No. 8-ranked Washington on Sunday, Nov. 20. First serve between the Utes and Huskies is set for 1 p.m. at the Huntsman Center.
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Junior Adora Anae led the way with 23 kills and junior Carly Trueman added 19 kills on the way to helping Utah move to 20-8 overall and 11-6 in Pac-12 play. The victory assures the Utes of recording its first winning record in Pac-12 Conference play since joining the league in 2011. It also marks the 10th time since 2000 that the Utes have eclipsed the 20-win mark in a season.
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The Cougars dropped to 19-10 overall and 9-8 in the league standings with the loss. Utah swept the season series from WSU for the first time since taking both matches from the Cougars back in 2011.
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Utah cruised to a 25-15 win in the first set behind Anae's six kills and .750 hitting percentage. The Utes registered four total blocks and limited the Cougars to a hitting percentage of -.062. Sophomore Megan Shughrou had a pair of service aces and Utah had just one service error in the frame.
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WSU came back to notch the match at 1-1 after taking set two, 25-22. Utah opened the frame with three straight kills from Anae, but the Cougars would later counter with a 7-1 run to take a 10-5 lead. The Utes trailed by as many as six points, down 19-13 late in the set, and despite a 4-1 run down the stretch, WSU managed to take the set with a kill from Kyra Holt.
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Utah used an early 5-0 run to go up 8-4 on the way to taking the third set 25-23. Trueman registered five consecutive kills to put Utah up 11-9 and later registered another four straight kills to push Utah's lead to 20-17. WSU scored four of the next seven points, but a kill from junior Tawnee Luafalemana put the Utes up set point, 24-21. The Cougars countered with back-to-back points, but Utah put the set away with a block from sophomore Berkeley Oblad.
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WSU tied the match at 2-2 following a 26-24 win over the Utes in the fourth set. The Cougars led by as many as four points, up 19-15 late in the frame. Utah chipped away at WSU's lead and finally notched things at 24-24 with a block from Trueman, but the Cougars took the final two points of the frame to send the match into a decisive fifth set.
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Utah won four of the first five points, forcing the Cougars to call an early timeout and after both teams switched sides, Luafalemana recorded a block to put Utah up 9-5 and WSU had to call its final timeout. Trueman registered another kill to go up 10-5 and Oblad put the set away a few points later with her kill to seal both the frame and the match.
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Anae topped 20-plus kills for the 12th time this season and for the 24th time in her career, while pushing her season total to 512 kills and breaking the single-season mark for kills, which she set last season (501). Anae also managed to move into sixth-place all-time in school history with 1,293 career kills.
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Trueman was a kill shy of her career-high of 20 kills, which she recorded earlier this season against Illinois State. Meanwhile, Luafalemana added 10 kills to give her a double-digit total for the 11th time this season.
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Freshman Bailey Choy and sophomore Jessie Openshaw both registered double-doubles on the night with 26 assists and 10 digs each. Freshman Brianna Doehrmann led the team with 16 digs – her ninth straight match with 10 digs or more.
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Utah out-blocked the Cougars 10.0 to 9.0 as Luafalemana paced the defense with five total blocks in the match.
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Utah finished the match hitting .273 as a team, while the defense limited WSU to just .157 hitting on the night.
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The Utes are out of action for the next few days before hosting No. 8-ranked Washington on Sunday, Nov. 20. First serve between the Utes and Huskies is set for 1 p.m. at the Huntsman Center.
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