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Brigham Young
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21
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Utah Falls to BYU in NCAA Tournament Second Round
12/1/2018 9:40 PM | Volleyball
Utes Finish the Season 19-14
PROVO – Utah fell in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to the No. 4 BYU Cougars in Smith Field House in straight sets (16-25, 21-25, 18-25) on Saturday, December 1.
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"It was a tough loss," head coach Beth Launiere said. "We had the kind of season, as of late, where we really didn't want it to end. We've had such a nice run here at the end and we've been playing such great volleyball, doing a lot of winning, just a great team chemistry. From that perspective, I didn't want it to come to an end. Unfortunately, we came up against a really good BYU team tonight."
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The Utes season comes to an end with a record of 19-14 overall. The team won six of its last seven matches coming into the match tonight against BYU.
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Dani Drews led the team with 13 kills hitting .345 on the night. Kenzie Koerber was right behind her with nine kills hitting .368.
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The Utes had a great start to the match jumping out to an 8-5 lead. BYU hung around though and eventually took the advantage using a 7-0 run to go up 17-11 that the Utes couldn't recover from. The Cougars rode the home crowd to the first-set win.
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BYU took an early lead in the second, but Utah still hung around. Unfortunately, the Utes couldn't get closer than three and BYU took a 2-0 lead after winning the second set.
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The Cougars took charge early in the third set building a 9-3 lead. Utah ran off a few points to try and tighten the set back up, but with the win in its grasp, BYU closed out the match.
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This was the first meeting between BYU and Utah in the NCAA Tournament.
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Bailey Choy led the team with 24 assists finishing off a great season. The junior setter eclipsed the 1,000-assist mark for the second straight season and led the team in aces with 48. She was two aces away from tying the single-season record for aces in a season.
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Brianna Doehrmann led the team in digs with eight.
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"It was a tough loss," head coach Beth Launiere said. "We had the kind of season, as of late, where we really didn't want it to end. We've had such a nice run here at the end and we've been playing such great volleyball, doing a lot of winning, just a great team chemistry. From that perspective, I didn't want it to come to an end. Unfortunately, we came up against a really good BYU team tonight."
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The Utes season comes to an end with a record of 19-14 overall. The team won six of its last seven matches coming into the match tonight against BYU.
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Dani Drews led the team with 13 kills hitting .345 on the night. Kenzie Koerber was right behind her with nine kills hitting .368.
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The Utes had a great start to the match jumping out to an 8-5 lead. BYU hung around though and eventually took the advantage using a 7-0 run to go up 17-11 that the Utes couldn't recover from. The Cougars rode the home crowd to the first-set win.
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BYU took an early lead in the second, but Utah still hung around. Unfortunately, the Utes couldn't get closer than three and BYU took a 2-0 lead after winning the second set.
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The Cougars took charge early in the third set building a 9-3 lead. Utah ran off a few points to try and tighten the set back up, but with the win in its grasp, BYU closed out the match.
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This was the first meeting between BYU and Utah in the NCAA Tournament.
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Bailey Choy led the team with 24 assists finishing off a great season. The junior setter eclipsed the 1,000-assist mark for the second straight season and led the team in aces with 48. She was two aces away from tying the single-season record for aces in a season.
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Brianna Doehrmann led the team in digs with eight.
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Team Stats
UTAH
BYU
Kills
34
54
Errors
14
13
Attempts
99
100
Hitting %
.202
.410
Points
40.0
64.0
Assists
33
53
Aces
3
4
Blocks
3.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
1
Blocks
0
Kills
2
Aces
0
Blocks
0
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