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The University of Utah Athletics
Thursday, September 19
Salt Lake City, Utah
6:00 PM
University of Utah
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Brigham Young
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No. 18 Volleyball Hosts No. 12 BYU Thursday
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Wear Red and Get in Free for the Match
Match 11: No. 18 Utah (8-2) vs. No. 12 BYU (7-2)
Thursday, September 19 | 6 p.m. MST
Salt Lake City | Huntsman Center
TV: Pac-12 Network
Live Stats: Utahutes.com
FIRST SERVE
No. 16 Utah will host No. 12 BYU in its final non-conference game on Thursday, September 19 at 6 p.m. in the Huntsman Center.
The Utes enter the match with an 8-2 record and the Cougars come in at 7-2 after falling to No. 3 Texas last weekend.
Last season, the teams played two times down in Provo with BYU coming out on top both times. The last time Utah defeated BYU was in 2016.
All fans that wear red get free admission to the match. The first 250 fans will receive Ute Strong rally towels.
400-CAREER BLOCKS
After missing most of the 2018 season with an injury, middle Blocker Berkeley Oblad is back for a fifth season.
She only played in six games in 2018, but was named an AVCA All-American honorable mention in 2017 after totaling 300 kills and 142 blocks.
Oblad gives the Utes three All-Americans returning for the 2019 season along with Drews and Koerber.
In her first weekend back on the court, she played like an All-American leading the team with 23.0 blocks. She led the team in all three matches having 8.0, 5.0 and 10.0 blocks in each of the matches. It was the second time in her career she's had 10.0 blocks in a match. Oblad has 50.0 blocks on the season through the first 10 matches.
With her fast start at the net, she hit the 400-career block mark against Pepperdine. She became the 13th member of the 400-block club in program history.
KOERBER TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
Junior outside hitter Kenzie Koerber had a monster opening weekend and was named MVP of the Utah Volleyball Classic.
She finished the weekend with 39 kills, 28 digs and 15.0 blocks. Koerber posted career highs in kills and digs against Cal Poly with 19 kills and 15 digs.
Koerber kept it rolling the second weekend totaling 42 kills hitting .500 in the Wolverine Classic. She only had six errors all weekend.
On the year, Koerber is second on the team with 112 kills and third on the team in blocks with 35.0
DREWS PICKS UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF
Dani Drews finished the 2018 season on fire and hasn't slowed down in 2019. This past weekend at Pepperdine, she totaled 62 kills hitting .293 and averaged 4.77 kills per set. Going back to the Utah Valley match, Drews is averaging over 20 kills in the last four matches.
The Second Team All-American leads the team in kills so far this season with 160 kills.
UTES PLAYING PHYSICAL
Utah has played extremely physical so far this season leading the nation in blocks averaging 3.33 blocks per set. They have totaled 120 through the 10 matches this season.
The Utes have held eight of the ten opponents they've played under a .200 hitting percentage.
Along with Oblad, Phoebe Grace has been a big part of that. She leads the team with 51.0 blocks and had 10.0 blocks against Pepperdine and No. 6 Pittsburgh this past weekend.
NEXT UP
Utah will begin Pac-12 play by hosting Colorado on Wednesday, September 25 at 7 p.m. in the Huntsman Center for Mythical Creatures Night. For the rest of the promotions this season, click HERE.
Thursday, September 19 | 6 p.m. MST
Salt Lake City | Huntsman Center
TV: Pac-12 Network
Live Stats: Utahutes.com
FIRST SERVE
No. 16 Utah will host No. 12 BYU in its final non-conference game on Thursday, September 19 at 6 p.m. in the Huntsman Center.
The Utes enter the match with an 8-2 record and the Cougars come in at 7-2 after falling to No. 3 Texas last weekend.
Last season, the teams played two times down in Provo with BYU coming out on top both times. The last time Utah defeated BYU was in 2016.
All fans that wear red get free admission to the match. The first 250 fans will receive Ute Strong rally towels.
400-CAREER BLOCKS
After missing most of the 2018 season with an injury, middle Blocker Berkeley Oblad is back for a fifth season.
She only played in six games in 2018, but was named an AVCA All-American honorable mention in 2017 after totaling 300 kills and 142 blocks.
Oblad gives the Utes three All-Americans returning for the 2019 season along with Drews and Koerber.
In her first weekend back on the court, she played like an All-American leading the team with 23.0 blocks. She led the team in all three matches having 8.0, 5.0 and 10.0 blocks in each of the matches. It was the second time in her career she's had 10.0 blocks in a match. Oblad has 50.0 blocks on the season through the first 10 matches.
With her fast start at the net, she hit the 400-career block mark against Pepperdine. She became the 13th member of the 400-block club in program history.
KOERBER TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
Junior outside hitter Kenzie Koerber had a monster opening weekend and was named MVP of the Utah Volleyball Classic.
She finished the weekend with 39 kills, 28 digs and 15.0 blocks. Koerber posted career highs in kills and digs against Cal Poly with 19 kills and 15 digs.
Koerber kept it rolling the second weekend totaling 42 kills hitting .500 in the Wolverine Classic. She only had six errors all weekend.
On the year, Koerber is second on the team with 112 kills and third on the team in blocks with 35.0
DREWS PICKS UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF
Dani Drews finished the 2018 season on fire and hasn't slowed down in 2019. This past weekend at Pepperdine, she totaled 62 kills hitting .293 and averaged 4.77 kills per set. Going back to the Utah Valley match, Drews is averaging over 20 kills in the last four matches.
The Second Team All-American leads the team in kills so far this season with 160 kills.
UTES PLAYING PHYSICAL
Utah has played extremely physical so far this season leading the nation in blocks averaging 3.33 blocks per set. They have totaled 120 through the 10 matches this season.
The Utes have held eight of the ten opponents they've played under a .200 hitting percentage.
Along with Oblad, Phoebe Grace has been a big part of that. She leads the team with 51.0 blocks and had 10.0 blocks against Pepperdine and No. 6 Pittsburgh this past weekend.
NEXT UP
Utah will begin Pac-12 play by hosting Colorado on Wednesday, September 25 at 7 p.m. in the Huntsman Center for Mythical Creatures Night. For the rest of the promotions this season, click HERE.
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