SALT LAKE CITY – No. 22 Utah Volleyball returned home to the Jon M. Huntsman Center, taking down the Arizona Wildcats, 3-1 (25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 26-24).
Kamryn Gibadlo had a career night, putting down her milestone 500
th career kill in the first set, and continuing on to set a new single-match career-high kill mark with 19.
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Utah took an early lead in the first set, 6-5, taking advantage of Arizona's errors. The Utes extended their lead out to 11-6, using kills from
Kamryn Gibadlo and
Kamry Bailey, while getting some help from Wildcat mistakes. Gibadlo stalled an Arizona three-point run, putting down her 500
th career kill, giving Utah the 20-16 advantage. The Utes continued to trade points with the opposition, before
Lauren Jardine put away the final kill of the set, 25-20.
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The Utes were unable to carry the momentum from the first to the second set, as Arizona tallied the first three points of the set. Utah evened the match at 6-6, coming off the
Lauren Jardine kill before a series of Arizona scoring runs led the Wildcats to a 21-15 advantage. The Utes cut into the Arizona lead with a four-point run, trailing the Wildcats 22-20, after
Emrie Satuala,
Allie Olsen and Gibadlo tallied kills for the Utah rally. The Wildcats would go on to take the second set, 21-25.
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Utah swung the momentum back in their favor, coming out for the third set and taking a quick 3-1 lead to get things started. The back-and-forth continued as Arizona fought back to even the score at 8-8, before the Utes sparked a 7-2 run, winning the race to 15 and leading the Wildcats, 15-10. Utah put together a five-point run and extended the advantage out to 23-18, seeing a pair of blocks from
Amelia Van Der Werff and Satuala, along with
Rianne Vos adding a kill.
Kamryn Gibadlo put away the final kill for the Utes, securing the set 25-20, and giving Utah the 2-1 advantage.
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Utah fought for every last point in the fourth set, trailing the Wildcats 18-20, before Vos stopped the Arizona rally. With the Wildcats on the verge of taking the fourth set, leading the Utes, 24-21. Utah put together a match-ending five-point run, getting big kills from Satuala and Gibadlo, first evening the score at 24-24. Gibadlo would go on to put away the go-ahead kill, before an Arizona error sailed over the boundaries, giving Utah the 26-24 victory.
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STANDOUT STATS
- Kamryn Gibadlo finished with a .348 hitting percentage, putting down 19 kills on 46 swings and just three errors.
- Allie Olsen and Lauren Jardine tallied nine kills apiece. Olsen (.400) and Jardine (.364) each finished the match hitting over .350 with more than five kills.
- Claranne Fechter recorded multiple aces for the seventh time this season, finishing with three for the third time in four matches.
- Emrie Satuala was a weapon on both sides of the night, finishing the night with six kills and eight blocks.
- Grace Hammond (26) and Isabelle Marco (20) each tallied 20 or more assists to help facilitate the Utah offense.
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UP NEXT
The Utes return to action, looking at another top-25 showdown, hosting the 13th-ranked Sun Devils from Arizona State on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. MT.
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