Match 12: No. 18 Utah (8-3) vs. Colorado (8-2)
Wednesday, September 25 | 7 p.m. MST
Salt Lake City | Huntsman Center
TV:Â
Pac-12 Network
Live Stats:Â
Utahutes.com
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FIRST SERVE
No. 18 Utah is looking to get back on track as they host Colorado this Wednesday, September 25 at 7 p.m. in the Huntsman Center.
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Utah is 8-3 and Colorado comes in at 8-2 with its two losses being against Colorado State.
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The Utes will look to snap a three-match slide with two of those coming against No. 6 Pittsburgh and No. 12 BYU.
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Last season,
Dani Drews finished the Colorado match setting a four-set Utah record with 30 kills leading Utah to the victory in the final match of the regular season.
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It is also Mythical Creatures Night and the first 100 fans will receive Flexi Water Bottles.
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DREWS PICKS UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF
Dani Drews finished the 2018 season on fire and hasn't slowed down in 2019. At Pepperdine, she totaled 62 kills hitting .293 and averaged 4.77 kills per set. In the last five matches, Drews is averaging over 20.8 kills with three of those matches having over 20 kills.
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The Second Team All-American had 21 kills in the match against BYU and leads the team in kills so far this season with 181 kills.
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UTES PLAYING PHYSICAL
Utah has played extremely physical so far this season and are second in the nation in blocks averaging 3.18 blocks per set. They have totaled 127 through the 11 matches this season.
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The Utes have held eight of the 11 opponents they've played under a .200 hitting percentage.
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Along with
Berkeley Oblad,
Phoebe Grace has been a big part of that. Both middle blockers have over 52.0 blocks this season.
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DOEHRMANN MOVES UP RECORD BOOKS
Brianna Doehrmann has had a good start to the year and is moving up the record books.
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After having a season-high 25 digs against BYU, Doehrmann is now in the fifth spot for career digs in Utah history with 1,292.
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In 2018, she became the 11th player in program history and 164th player in Pac-12 history that reached the 1,000-career digs mark.
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Doehrmann had eight matches last year with at least 20 digs.
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