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Utes Down #9 Cougars 3-2 in Provo
9/15/2016 11:57 PM | Volleyball
Anae sets school record with 31 kills in rally-scoring era
PROVO, Utah – Utah junior Adora Anae recorded a school record 31 kills, freshman Bailey Choy notched a career-high 57 assists and sophomore Megan Shughrou registered a season-high 24 digs on the way to helping guide the Utah Utes (8-2) to a five-set win (27-25, 25-20, 23-25, 17-25, 15-13) over the No. 9-ranked BYU Cougars (9-1) Thursday evening at Smith Fieldhouse.
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Anae becomes just the second player in school history to become a member of the 30-kill club, while setting a new single-match record for most kills in the rally-scoring era. She breaks the prevous record of 28 kills, which she set herself two times last season.
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Meanwhile, Utah snapped a five-match losing streak to the Cougars, defeating BYU for the first time since Oct. 29, 2010 and winning inside Smith Fieldhouse for the first time since Oct. 1, 2010. The Utes also snapped BYU's 29-match home winning streak, which happened to be the nation's longest current home winning streak. BYU was 55-1 at home since November 2011.
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Both teams traded points throughout the majority of the first set. Utah had an early 4-0 run to take a 7-5 lead and BYU later countered with a 4-0 run to go up 13-11, but neither team would string together more than two points before Utah's 3-0 run gave the Utes a 19-18 lead. Anae would later put Utah up set point (24-22), but the home team countered with consecutive points to tie the frame at 24-all. A kill from junior Carly Trueman gave Utah a 25-24 lead, but BYU again came back to tie the set at 25-25. A Cougar service error once again gave Utah set point, up 26-25, and the Utes' would take advantage of the lead and finally took the set 27-25 with a kill from junior Eliza Katoa.
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Utah took a 2-0 lead into intermission after downing the Cougars 25-20 in the second set. BYU would go up by as many as four points, up 16-12, midway through the frame, but Utah countered with back-to-back kills from Trueman, which help set up a 9-2 run and a 21-18 Utah lead. BYU came back with a pair of points, but the Utes closed out the set with a 4-0 run to take the two-set advantage into the locker room.
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Utah led by as many as four points late in the third set, up 19-15, and later 20-16 with a kill from Anae. BYU called a timeout and followed with a 6-0 run to go up 22-20. The Utes would get kills from sophomore Berkeley Oblad and Anae to tie the set at 22-all, but BYU won three of the final four points to take the set 25-23.
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After the Utes went up early in the fourth set, 7-2, BYU was forced to take a quick timeout. The Cougars rallied with a 5-0 run and that would force Utah to call its first timeout of the frame. Anae recorded a kill for the Utes out of the timeout, but a 9-1 run from the Cougars put the home team up 16-9. Utah would later go on a 3-1 run, but BYU pulled away to a 25-17 win and force a fifth set.
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BYU took an early 3-1 lead and later pushed its lead to 4-2 before Utah posted a 5-0 run and take a 7-4 lead. BYU stopped the run before Utah put up another point on the board, but the Cougars came back to tie the frame 8-8 and force Utah to call timeout. Oblad registered a kill out of the break, but BYU scored five of the next seven points to take a 13-11 lead. A kill from junior Tawnee Luafalemana, followed by a block from Oblad and Anae, tied the set at 13-all and BYU quickly called its final timeout. Anae did the rest, recording the set's final two points on the way to a 31-kill effort and securing the win for the Utes.
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Utah defeated BYU for the fourth time out of the past five matches when the two teams have played to five sets. BYU won the last time the two teams took the match to five sets, but prior to that, Utah had won four straight dating back to 2007. Utah leads the series 9-6 when the match has gone to a fifth set.
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The Utes out-hit the Cougars by the slightest of margins, .230 to .229, and has now posted a better hitting percentage against all 10 of its opponents so far this season.
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Katoa (eight kills) led the way with a .353 hitting percentage and Luafalemana (six kills) followed hitting .333 on the night.
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Along with Anae's 31 kills, Oblad and Trueman added 11 kills each on the evening. Utah totaled 67 kills to BYU's 62. For Anae, she became just the second player in school history to record at least 30 kills in a single match, just two kills shy of Maile Gee-Merrill's 33 kills that were recorded back on Oct. 27, 1984.
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Choy became the first Ute to notch 50 or more assists in a match since Jessie Openshaw tallied 54 assists against California on Oct. 18th of last season. She is the first Ute to record 55 or more assists since Kiesha Fisher registered 58 kills against San Diego State back on Sept. 13, 2007.
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In addition to Shughrou's match-high 24 digs, Anae added 10 digs for the Utes on the way to collecting her seventh double-double of the season.
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Utah out-blocked the Cougars in total team blocks, 12.0 to 9.0. Luafalemana set a new career-high with seven total blocks, while Katoa added a season-high six total blocks on the evening. Oblad added five total blocks in the five-set thriller.
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The Utes will be back in action this Saturday, Sept. 17, hosting the Utah State Aggies in the team's final non-conference match of the regular-season. First serve is set for 7 p.m. inside the Huntsman Center.
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Anae becomes just the second player in school history to become a member of the 30-kill club, while setting a new single-match record for most kills in the rally-scoring era. She breaks the prevous record of 28 kills, which she set herself two times last season.
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Meanwhile, Utah snapped a five-match losing streak to the Cougars, defeating BYU for the first time since Oct. 29, 2010 and winning inside Smith Fieldhouse for the first time since Oct. 1, 2010. The Utes also snapped BYU's 29-match home winning streak, which happened to be the nation's longest current home winning streak. BYU was 55-1 at home since November 2011.
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Both teams traded points throughout the majority of the first set. Utah had an early 4-0 run to take a 7-5 lead and BYU later countered with a 4-0 run to go up 13-11, but neither team would string together more than two points before Utah's 3-0 run gave the Utes a 19-18 lead. Anae would later put Utah up set point (24-22), but the home team countered with consecutive points to tie the frame at 24-all. A kill from junior Carly Trueman gave Utah a 25-24 lead, but BYU again came back to tie the set at 25-25. A Cougar service error once again gave Utah set point, up 26-25, and the Utes' would take advantage of the lead and finally took the set 27-25 with a kill from junior Eliza Katoa.
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Utah took a 2-0 lead into intermission after downing the Cougars 25-20 in the second set. BYU would go up by as many as four points, up 16-12, midway through the frame, but Utah countered with back-to-back kills from Trueman, which help set up a 9-2 run and a 21-18 Utah lead. BYU came back with a pair of points, but the Utes closed out the set with a 4-0 run to take the two-set advantage into the locker room.
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Utah led by as many as four points late in the third set, up 19-15, and later 20-16 with a kill from Anae. BYU called a timeout and followed with a 6-0 run to go up 22-20. The Utes would get kills from sophomore Berkeley Oblad and Anae to tie the set at 22-all, but BYU won three of the final four points to take the set 25-23.
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After the Utes went up early in the fourth set, 7-2, BYU was forced to take a quick timeout. The Cougars rallied with a 5-0 run and that would force Utah to call its first timeout of the frame. Anae recorded a kill for the Utes out of the timeout, but a 9-1 run from the Cougars put the home team up 16-9. Utah would later go on a 3-1 run, but BYU pulled away to a 25-17 win and force a fifth set.
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BYU took an early 3-1 lead and later pushed its lead to 4-2 before Utah posted a 5-0 run and take a 7-4 lead. BYU stopped the run before Utah put up another point on the board, but the Cougars came back to tie the frame 8-8 and force Utah to call timeout. Oblad registered a kill out of the break, but BYU scored five of the next seven points to take a 13-11 lead. A kill from junior Tawnee Luafalemana, followed by a block from Oblad and Anae, tied the set at 13-all and BYU quickly called its final timeout. Anae did the rest, recording the set's final two points on the way to a 31-kill effort and securing the win for the Utes.
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Utah defeated BYU for the fourth time out of the past five matches when the two teams have played to five sets. BYU won the last time the two teams took the match to five sets, but prior to that, Utah had won four straight dating back to 2007. Utah leads the series 9-6 when the match has gone to a fifth set.
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The Utes out-hit the Cougars by the slightest of margins, .230 to .229, and has now posted a better hitting percentage against all 10 of its opponents so far this season.
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Katoa (eight kills) led the way with a .353 hitting percentage and Luafalemana (six kills) followed hitting .333 on the night.
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Along with Anae's 31 kills, Oblad and Trueman added 11 kills each on the evening. Utah totaled 67 kills to BYU's 62. For Anae, she became just the second player in school history to record at least 30 kills in a single match, just two kills shy of Maile Gee-Merrill's 33 kills that were recorded back on Oct. 27, 1984.
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Choy became the first Ute to notch 50 or more assists in a match since Jessie Openshaw tallied 54 assists against California on Oct. 18th of last season. She is the first Ute to record 55 or more assists since Kiesha Fisher registered 58 kills against San Diego State back on Sept. 13, 2007.
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In addition to Shughrou's match-high 24 digs, Anae added 10 digs for the Utes on the way to collecting her seventh double-double of the season.
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Utah out-blocked the Cougars in total team blocks, 12.0 to 9.0. Luafalemana set a new career-high with seven total blocks, while Katoa added a season-high six total blocks on the evening. Oblad added five total blocks in the five-set thriller.
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The Utes will be back in action this Saturday, Sept. 17, hosting the Utah State Aggies in the team's final non-conference match of the regular-season. First serve is set for 7 p.m. inside the Huntsman Center.
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