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Volleyball
vs California Baptist
Thursday, September 19
Salt Lake City, Utah
6:00 PM
University of Utah
8-3
1
vs
3
Brigham Young
8-2
1
2
3
4
F
BYU
25
25
12
25
3
Utah
22
21
25
18
1
Photo by: Steve C. Wilson
No. 18 Volleyball Falls to No. 12 BYU, 3-1
9/19/2019 9:19 PM | Volleyball
SALT LAKE CITY – No. 18 Utah had three players reach double-digit kills, but No. 12 BYU edged the Utes in four sets (22-25, 21-25, 25-12, 18-25) in front of a record crowd in the Huntsman Center.
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"It was a battle, and I think either team could have won tonight," head coach Beth Launiere said. "McKenna Miller was taking some really aggressive swings and getting kills at the end of long rallies and that hurt us. We fought, we battled and I was really proud of our effort. We just talked about how we need to keep working and just have that mental composure from start to finish. The last three matches we've battled hard, and I'm really proud of our team, but unfortunately we've come out on the short end but not by much. When we get a few more things figured out I think we are going to be really good."
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Dani Drews posted her fourth 20-kill match of the season finishing the match with 21 hitting .275. Kenzie Koerber had 14 kills as well as 3.0 blocks and freshman Zoe Weatherington had another great match posting 13 kills hitting .455.
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Brianna Doehrmann was everywhere on the court and finished with a season-high 25 digs.
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BYU grabbed the edge leading 17-14 in the first, but Utah went on a 5-1 run to take a 19-18 lead forcing the Cougars to use a timeout. After BYU took the lead again, the Utes got back within one after a Drews kill, but the Cougars won three of the final four points to take the first set.
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Utah earned an early lead in the second after running off four straight to go up 6-3. BYU took back control going on a 6-1 run and going up 18-15. The Utes battled to stay in it, but BYU closed out the set winning the final three points and taking a 2-0 lead in the match.
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Finding themselves in a hole, Utah came out of the locker room and elevated their play in the third. The team had 18 kills and one error hitting .515 to extend the match. The Utes got out to a big 9-2 lead and with their offense rolling, BYU didn't have a chance as Utah took the set 25-12.
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The fourth set was another battle, but once BYU got a small edge they didn't let the home team back in it. As the Cougars got closer to closing out the match, they ended it by winning five of six points.
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Utah fans showed up in red and were loud throughout setting a new program record with an attendance of 4,110.
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Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres had 49 assists on the night setting a career high for the sophomore.
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The Utes finished non-conference play at 8-3 and now look forward to starting Pac-12 play. Utah will host Colorado on Wednesday, September 25 in the Huntsman Center at 7 p.m.
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"It was a battle, and I think either team could have won tonight," head coach Beth Launiere said. "McKenna Miller was taking some really aggressive swings and getting kills at the end of long rallies and that hurt us. We fought, we battled and I was really proud of our effort. We just talked about how we need to keep working and just have that mental composure from start to finish. The last three matches we've battled hard, and I'm really proud of our team, but unfortunately we've come out on the short end but not by much. When we get a few more things figured out I think we are going to be really good."
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Dani Drews posted her fourth 20-kill match of the season finishing the match with 21 hitting .275. Kenzie Koerber had 14 kills as well as 3.0 blocks and freshman Zoe Weatherington had another great match posting 13 kills hitting .455.
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Brianna Doehrmann was everywhere on the court and finished with a season-high 25 digs.
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BYU grabbed the edge leading 17-14 in the first, but Utah went on a 5-1 run to take a 19-18 lead forcing the Cougars to use a timeout. After BYU took the lead again, the Utes got back within one after a Drews kill, but the Cougars won three of the final four points to take the first set.
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Utah earned an early lead in the second after running off four straight to go up 6-3. BYU took back control going on a 6-1 run and going up 18-15. The Utes battled to stay in it, but BYU closed out the set winning the final three points and taking a 2-0 lead in the match.
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Finding themselves in a hole, Utah came out of the locker room and elevated their play in the third. The team had 18 kills and one error hitting .515 to extend the match. The Utes got out to a big 9-2 lead and with their offense rolling, BYU didn't have a chance as Utah took the set 25-12.
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The fourth set was another battle, but once BYU got a small edge they didn't let the home team back in it. As the Cougars got closer to closing out the match, they ended it by winning five of six points.
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Utah fans showed up in red and were loud throughout setting a new program record with an attendance of 4,110.
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Saige Ka'aha'aina-Torres had 49 assists on the night setting a career high for the sophomore.
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The Utes finished non-conference play at 8-3 and now look forward to starting Pac-12 play. Utah will host Colorado on Wednesday, September 25 in the Huntsman Center at 7 p.m.
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Team Stats
BYU
UTAH
Kills
54
55
Errors
20
22
Attempts
150
141
Hitting %
.227
.234
Points
63.0
63.0
Assists
50
55
Aces
3
2
Blocks
6.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
21
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
14
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
5
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