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Volleyball
at Arizona State
Sunday, November 20
Salt Lake City, Utah
1:00 PM
University of Utah
20-9, 11-7Pac-12
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Washington
24-4, 14-4Pac-12
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Washington
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Utah
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#16 Utes Come Up Short to #8 Huskies on Sunday
11/20/2016 3:29 PM | Volleyball
Anae leads Utes with 20 kills and 17 assists
SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 16-ranked Utah volleyball team (20-9, 11-7) dropped a Pac-12 Conference match to No. 8-ranked Washington (24-4, 14-4) Sunday afternoon at the Huntsman Center.
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The Utes fell in four sets (20-25, 25-21, 22-25, 18-25) on Sunday, while moving to 0-2 against the Huskies on the season.
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Junior Adora Anae led Utah with 20 kills and junior Carly Trueman added 16 kills on the day. Juniors Eliza Katoa and Tawnee Luafalemana both recorded eight kills apiece on Sunday. Katoa paced Utah's .255 team hitting percentage as she hit at a clip of .467 in the match.
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Freshman Bailey Choy led the way with 29 assists, Anae (17) and sophomore Megan Shughrou (13) led the team with a couple of double-digit dig efforts.
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Anae registered all four of Utah's kills and the Utes led early 5-4, but UW countered with a 6-1 run and later tallied a 9-3 run to go up 22-14. Utah would win six of the next eight points, but UW's Tia Scrambray closed out the set, 25-20, with a kill to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.
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A 5-0 run would give UW an early 6-3 lead in the second set, but Anae opened a 5-0 run with a kill and a few points later, sophomore Bailey Oblad put down a kill to give the Utes an 8-6 lead. Three straight points from junior Carly Trueman (two kills, one block) would push Utah's lead to 11-7 and a 3-0 run later in the set gave the home team a 19-14 lead forcing the Huskies to call timeout. Utah went up 22-15 with a kill from Anae, but UW came back winning six of the next nine points and the Utes called timeout to end the run. Out of the break, Anae registered her 12th kill of the match and Utah took the set 25-21 to tied the match at 1-1. Utah outhit the Huskies .444 to .212, while registering 21 kills to UW's 10 kills in the second frame.
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The Huskies opened the third set with another 6-3 lead, but Utah would chip its way back into the match and following a 4-0 run, the Utes took a 15-14 lead that forced UW to call timeout. A 3-0 run would push Utah's lead to 18-16, but the Huskies followed with back-to-back points to notch things up at 18-all. Both teams would trade points late the frame before three straight points put UW up 23-21. Anae would get another kill to get Utah back within a point, but the visiting squad recorded the final two points on the way to a 25-22 third-set-win and a 2-1 lead in the match.
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Both teams accounted for 10 ties and six different lead changes in the third set. Prior to the set, both teams accounted for just seven ties and five lead changes through both first and second sets.
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Utah would take a 4-1 lead following a kill from junior Eliza Katoa, but UW countered with a 5-1 run to take a one-point lead, up 6-5. Midway through the set, UW used a 4-0 run to go up 15-10 and never looked back on the way to a 25-18 win.
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Utah closes out the regular-season lather this week with a road match at Arizona on Wednesday, Nov. 23, before returning home to host Colorado on Friday, Nov. 25, in the season finale.
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The Utes fell in four sets (20-25, 25-21, 22-25, 18-25) on Sunday, while moving to 0-2 against the Huskies on the season.
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Junior Adora Anae led Utah with 20 kills and junior Carly Trueman added 16 kills on the day. Juniors Eliza Katoa and Tawnee Luafalemana both recorded eight kills apiece on Sunday. Katoa paced Utah's .255 team hitting percentage as she hit at a clip of .467 in the match.
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Freshman Bailey Choy led the way with 29 assists, Anae (17) and sophomore Megan Shughrou (13) led the team with a couple of double-digit dig efforts.
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Anae registered all four of Utah's kills and the Utes led early 5-4, but UW countered with a 6-1 run and later tallied a 9-3 run to go up 22-14. Utah would win six of the next eight points, but UW's Tia Scrambray closed out the set, 25-20, with a kill to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.
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A 5-0 run would give UW an early 6-3 lead in the second set, but Anae opened a 5-0 run with a kill and a few points later, sophomore Bailey Oblad put down a kill to give the Utes an 8-6 lead. Three straight points from junior Carly Trueman (two kills, one block) would push Utah's lead to 11-7 and a 3-0 run later in the set gave the home team a 19-14 lead forcing the Huskies to call timeout. Utah went up 22-15 with a kill from Anae, but UW came back winning six of the next nine points and the Utes called timeout to end the run. Out of the break, Anae registered her 12th kill of the match and Utah took the set 25-21 to tied the match at 1-1. Utah outhit the Huskies .444 to .212, while registering 21 kills to UW's 10 kills in the second frame.
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The Huskies opened the third set with another 6-3 lead, but Utah would chip its way back into the match and following a 4-0 run, the Utes took a 15-14 lead that forced UW to call timeout. A 3-0 run would push Utah's lead to 18-16, but the Huskies followed with back-to-back points to notch things up at 18-all. Both teams would trade points late the frame before three straight points put UW up 23-21. Anae would get another kill to get Utah back within a point, but the visiting squad recorded the final two points on the way to a 25-22 third-set-win and a 2-1 lead in the match.
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Both teams accounted for 10 ties and six different lead changes in the third set. Prior to the set, both teams accounted for just seven ties and five lead changes through both first and second sets.
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Utah would take a 4-1 lead following a kill from junior Eliza Katoa, but UW countered with a 5-1 run to take a one-point lead, up 6-5. Midway through the set, UW used a 4-0 run to go up 15-10 and never looked back on the way to a 25-18 win.
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Utah closes out the regular-season lather this week with a road match at Arizona on Wednesday, Nov. 23, before returning home to host Colorado on Friday, Nov. 25, in the season finale.
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Team Stats
WASH
UTAH
Kills
56
62
Errors
15
26
Attempts
143
141
Hitting %
.287
.255
Points
68.0
69.5
Assists
50
57
Aces
3
1
Blocks
9.0
6.5
Game Leaders
Kills
20
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
16
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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