No. 17 Volleyball Looks Ahead to Hosting Arizona State and Arizona

Friday, November 1

Salt Lake City, Utah

7:00 PM

University of Utah

Arizona State

Photo by: Steve C. Wilson

No. 17 Volleyball Looks Ahead to Hosting Arizona State and Arizona

10/29/2019 4:32 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Utes One Match Back From Second Place in Pac-12

Match 22: No. 17 Utah (14-6, 6-4) vs. Arizona State (13-8, 5-5)
Friday, November 1 | 7 p.m.
Salt Lake City | Huntsman Center
Stream: Pac-12 Network
Live Stats

Match 23: No. 17 Utah (14-6, 6-4) vs. Arizona (12-10, 2-8)
Sunday, November 3 | 12 p.m.
Salt Lake City | Huntsman Center
Stream: Pac-12 Network
Live Stats

FIRST SERVE
No. 17 Utah will host Arizona State and Arizona on Friday and Sunday. The Utes are coming off of a stretch that they played four ranked teams in a row.

It's been a tough stretch for the Utes as they've played four five-set matches in their last five matches. Earlier in the year when they played Arizona State and Arizona, they swept them on the road.

Since Utah was in Tempe and Tucson, Arizona State has won three straight and sits at 5-5 in the Pac-12. Arizona sits at 2-8 in the Pac-12, but has a 12-10 record overall. They are coming off a win against Oregon.

Both matches will be on the Pac-12 Network this weekend.

PROMOTIONS
It's Frozen Adventure Night in the Huntsman Center. We'll have Elsa & Anna hanging out on the concourse for a night of Frozen Fun! Princesses and Princes of all sizes welcome! Youth 12 and under FREE!

1,000 CAREER Kills
Dani Drews surpassed the 1,000-career kill mark against Cal and hasn't slowed down since.

This season, she has nine 20-kill matches having 20 kills against Washington in four sets and then tied a program record with 31 kills against Washington State. It was the second time in her career she's had 30 kills.

Drews became the 17th player in Utah volleyball history to reach the 1,000 career kill mark.

KA'AHA'AINA-TORRES CONTROLS THE OFFENSE
Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres had a career night against Washington State posting 67 assists. That's the second most assists in program history and first time a setter has surpassed 60 assists in a match since 2010.

She is averaging 11.27 assists per set which is the 14th best mark in the country.

On Friday night, she finished with 46 assists against Washington and the offense was on fire. For the match, the team hit a season-high .414.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
Utah is ranked 14th in the country averaging 2,211 people at their nine home matches so far this season.

The hometown support has been key as Utah is 7-2 in the friendly confines of the Huntsman Center.

LIFE IN THE PAC-12
No. 17 Utah is coming off a stretch where they have faced four straight ranked teams with two of those teams ranked in the top-10 in the middle of Pac-12 play.

The Utes went 1-3 during that stretch, but lost the three matches all in five sets with two of those coming in extra points. Stanford beat them 17-15 in the fifth and Washington State just edged out Utah 16-14 in the fifth set.

The Pac-12 is the only conference in the country with eight teams with a top 42 RPI as all 12 teams have RPI in the top 95. Stanford (#4), Washington (#6), UCLA (#15), California (#23) and Utah (#26) are all in the top 26.