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Volleyball Picked to Finish Fifth in Pac-12, Drews named to Preseason Team
8/12/2019 2:32 PM | Volleyball
Second Highest Utes Have Been Voted in Preseason Poll Since Joining Pac-12
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Pac-12 announced their Preseason Coaches Poll as well as their Preseason All-Pac-12 Team on Monday, August 12.
Dani Drews was voted onto the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team after an unbelievable sophomore campaign that ended with her being an AVCA Second Team All-American. She finished the season with 522 kills, 322 digs and had 18 double-doubles on the season. Drews was just the second Utah player to have over 500 kills in the rally-scoring era.
Drews got better as the year went on and over the last eight matches, when Utah went 6-2, she averaged 5.10 kills per set hitting .332. The Utes closed the regular season winning five of their last six matches to finish tied for sixth in the Pac-12.
Along with being named an All-American for the first time, she also earned All-Region and Pac-12 honors for the first time.
Along with Drews, the Utes return two other All-Americans in Kenzie Koerber and Berkeley Oblad. With that experience coming back, Utah was voted to finish fifth in the Pac-12. That is the second highest they've been picked to finish since joining the Pac-12.
The first time fans can get a look at the 2019 Utah Volleyball team will be Saturday, August 24 in the Red/White scrimmage in the Huntsman Center at 2 p.m.
The next weekend, Utah will start their season by hosting Kentucky, Cal Poly and Saint Mary's in the Utah Classic on August 30-31. The Utes play Saint Mary's at noon on Friday, August 30 followed by Kentucky that night at 7:30 p.m. They finish the tournament by playing Cal Poly Saturday, August 31 at 5 p.m.
Fans can purchase season tickets or join the Block U club for more access to Utah Volleyball by clicking here.
The rest of the Pac-12 Coaches Poll is listed below:
2019 Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll
Stanford (11) 121
USC 104
Oregon (1) 99
Washington 98
Utah 68
Arizona 65
UCLA 63
Washington State 45
California 45
Colorado 44
Arizona State 23
Oregon State 17
Dani Drews was voted onto the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team after an unbelievable sophomore campaign that ended with her being an AVCA Second Team All-American. She finished the season with 522 kills, 322 digs and had 18 double-doubles on the season. Drews was just the second Utah player to have over 500 kills in the rally-scoring era.
Drews got better as the year went on and over the last eight matches, when Utah went 6-2, she averaged 5.10 kills per set hitting .332. The Utes closed the regular season winning five of their last six matches to finish tied for sixth in the Pac-12.
Along with being named an All-American for the first time, she also earned All-Region and Pac-12 honors for the first time.
Along with Drews, the Utes return two other All-Americans in Kenzie Koerber and Berkeley Oblad. With that experience coming back, Utah was voted to finish fifth in the Pac-12. That is the second highest they've been picked to finish since joining the Pac-12.
The first time fans can get a look at the 2019 Utah Volleyball team will be Saturday, August 24 in the Red/White scrimmage in the Huntsman Center at 2 p.m.
The next weekend, Utah will start their season by hosting Kentucky, Cal Poly and Saint Mary's in the Utah Classic on August 30-31. The Utes play Saint Mary's at noon on Friday, August 30 followed by Kentucky that night at 7:30 p.m. They finish the tournament by playing Cal Poly Saturday, August 31 at 5 p.m.
Fans can purchase season tickets or join the Block U club for more access to Utah Volleyball by clicking here.
The rest of the Pac-12 Coaches Poll is listed below:
2019 Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll
Stanford (11) 121
USC 104
Oregon (1) 99
Washington 98
Utah 68
Arizona 65
UCLA 63
Washington State 45
California 45
Colorado 44
Arizona State 23
Oregon State 17
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