#22 Utah Volleyball Tamed the Arizona Wildcats

Thursday, October 31

Salt Lake City, UT

7:00 PM

University of Utah

17-4,7-3Big 12

Arizona

13-7,2-7Big 12

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Arizona	20	25	20	24	1
Utah	25	21	25	26	3

Photo by: Eli Rehmer/Utah Athletics

10/31/2024 11:18 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Gibadlo has a milestone night as the Utes return to the Huntsman

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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