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Oblad Reaches 400-Career Blocks as Volleyball Rolls Past Pepperdine
9/13/2019 4:21 PM | Volleyball
MALIBU – The No. 16 Utah volleyball team cruised after dropping its opening set against to Pepperdine in a four-set victory (20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-13) in their first match in the Pepperdine Asics Classic in Malibu, California.
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Berkeley Oblad hit a career milestone picking up her 400th career block. She is the 13th player in program history to reach that mark.
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Dani Drews led the Utes with 18 kills hitting .282. She also had 4.0 blocks and five digs.
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After Pepperdine came out on fire and won the first set 25-20, Utah settled in and locked down the Waves the rest of the match. In the second set, the Utes held Pepperdine to a -.067 hitting percentage and in the fourth Pepperdine hit .030.
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In the second, Utah took an early five-point lead. Pepperdine came back twice, but the Utes refused to let them come all the way back eventually taking the set after a Drews kill and a block by Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres and Phoebe Grace.
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Pepperdine had a lead in the third set, but Utah ran off seven straight to go up 15-10. The Waves hung around and got back within one, but Utah never let them tie things up again as they took their first lead in the match 2-1.
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With a victory on the road in sight, the Utes shut the door quickly on Pepperdine in the fourth taking a 10-2 lead. Unlike previous sets, Pepperdine couldn't get back into this one as they pushed their lead out to as much as 12 and closed out the set 25-13.
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Grace was a monster at the net finishing with 10.0 blocks , while also having six kills hitting .857. Ka'aha'aina-Torres had 46 assists, six digs and 4.0 blocks, and Brianna Doehrmann had a match-high 10 digs. Â
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The win moves Utah to 8-0 on the season and will now look forward to a matchup with No. 6 Pittsburgh at 11 a.m. MT and a rematch with Cal Poly at 6 p.m. MT. on Saturday, September 14.
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Berkeley Oblad hit a career milestone picking up her 400th career block. She is the 13th player in program history to reach that mark.
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Dani Drews led the Utes with 18 kills hitting .282. She also had 4.0 blocks and five digs.
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After Pepperdine came out on fire and won the first set 25-20, Utah settled in and locked down the Waves the rest of the match. In the second set, the Utes held Pepperdine to a -.067 hitting percentage and in the fourth Pepperdine hit .030.
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In the second, Utah took an early five-point lead. Pepperdine came back twice, but the Utes refused to let them come all the way back eventually taking the set after a Drews kill and a block by Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres and Phoebe Grace.
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Pepperdine had a lead in the third set, but Utah ran off seven straight to go up 15-10. The Waves hung around and got back within one, but Utah never let them tie things up again as they took their first lead in the match 2-1.
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With a victory on the road in sight, the Utes shut the door quickly on Pepperdine in the fourth taking a 10-2 lead. Unlike previous sets, Pepperdine couldn't get back into this one as they pushed their lead out to as much as 12 and closed out the set 25-13.
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Grace was a monster at the net finishing with 10.0 blocks , while also having six kills hitting .857. Ka'aha'aina-Torres had 46 assists, six digs and 4.0 blocks, and Brianna Doehrmann had a match-high 10 digs. Â
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The win moves Utah to 8-0 on the season and will now look forward to a matchup with No. 6 Pittsburgh at 11 a.m. MT and a rematch with Cal Poly at 6 p.m. MT. on Saturday, September 14.
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Team Stats
UTAH
PEP
Kills
52
47
Errors
19
26
Attempts
122
127
Hitting %
.270
.165
Points
70.0
61.0
Assists
48
42
Aces
2
6
Blocks
16.0
8.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
18
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
5
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