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Utah Volleyball Sweeps Cal in Berkeley
10/7/2016 10:55 PM | Volleyball
The Utes post first ever sweep over Cal.
BERKELEY, Calif. – The Utah Utes (12-4, 3-2) defeated the California Golden Bears (6-9, 0-5) in straight sets (25-23, 25-20, 25-16) on Friday night at the Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif., giving Utah its first ever sweep over California in school history.
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Utah and California opened the match trading points back and forth until a 3-0 run pulled the Utes ahead 15-11. California countered with a 3-0 run of their own, but a kill from junior Tawnee Luafalemana would end the run, making it 16-14. Leading 19-15, sophomore Jessie Openshaw forced Cal to take a timeout after a service ace, but out of the timeout the Golden Bears rallied off four straight points to tie the first set at 19-19. Back-to-back blocks for Utah made the score 24-21 and Luafalemana would end the first set on a kill, giving Utah a 1-0 lead.
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Tied at 4-4 in the second set, Utah would score nine of the next 11 points to build a 13-6 lead. The Utes controlled the momentum of the game and eventually led 20-13 after kills from Luafalemana and junior Adora Anae. After a kill from Anae, California went on a 6-1 run which forced Utah to take a timeout leading 24-20. Anae finished the set, 25-20, with her 13th kill of the match to head into intermission leading the Golden Bears 2-0.
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Utah opened the third set with back-to-back kills from junior Eliza Katoa and a kill from Luafalemana to go up 3-0. California would tie things up 6-6, but a kill from Glasker would be the beginning to a 6-0 run forcing Cal to call a timeout trailing 12-6. Cal would keep within six points midway through the frame but Utah would pull away with the win, 25-16.
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Anae led the Utes with 15 kills, while also recording seven digs. Glasker notched a career-high nine kills with a .438 hitting percentage. Luafalemana and Katoa also added seven kills each for Utah. Katoa hit a team-best .636 and Luafalemana hit .500 on the night.
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Sophomore Megan Shughrou led Utah defensively with eight digs, while freshman Bailey Choy added six digs. Openshaw and Choy ran the offense, finishing with 21 assists and 18 assists, respectively.
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Utah finished the match hitting .347 as a team, while limiting Cal to just a .160 hitting effort. Utah had 9.0 total team blocks with Luafalemana leading the Utes at the net totaling 4.0 total blocks.
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The Utes will be back in action on Sunday, facing No. 7-ranked Stanford at 1 p.m. PT.
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Utah and California opened the match trading points back and forth until a 3-0 run pulled the Utes ahead 15-11. California countered with a 3-0 run of their own, but a kill from junior Tawnee Luafalemana would end the run, making it 16-14. Leading 19-15, sophomore Jessie Openshaw forced Cal to take a timeout after a service ace, but out of the timeout the Golden Bears rallied off four straight points to tie the first set at 19-19. Back-to-back blocks for Utah made the score 24-21 and Luafalemana would end the first set on a kill, giving Utah a 1-0 lead.
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Tied at 4-4 in the second set, Utah would score nine of the next 11 points to build a 13-6 lead. The Utes controlled the momentum of the game and eventually led 20-13 after kills from Luafalemana and junior Adora Anae. After a kill from Anae, California went on a 6-1 run which forced Utah to take a timeout leading 24-20. Anae finished the set, 25-20, with her 13th kill of the match to head into intermission leading the Golden Bears 2-0.
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Utah opened the third set with back-to-back kills from junior Eliza Katoa and a kill from Luafalemana to go up 3-0. California would tie things up 6-6, but a kill from Glasker would be the beginning to a 6-0 run forcing Cal to call a timeout trailing 12-6. Cal would keep within six points midway through the frame but Utah would pull away with the win, 25-16.
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Anae led the Utes with 15 kills, while also recording seven digs. Glasker notched a career-high nine kills with a .438 hitting percentage. Luafalemana and Katoa also added seven kills each for Utah. Katoa hit a team-best .636 and Luafalemana hit .500 on the night.
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Sophomore Megan Shughrou led Utah defensively with eight digs, while freshman Bailey Choy added six digs. Openshaw and Choy ran the offense, finishing with 21 assists and 18 assists, respectively.
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Utah finished the match hitting .347 as a team, while limiting Cal to just a .160 hitting effort. Utah had 9.0 total team blocks with Luafalemana leading the Utes at the net totaling 4.0 total blocks.
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The Utes will be back in action on Sunday, facing No. 7-ranked Stanford at 1 p.m. PT.
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Team Stats
UTAH
CAL
Kills
46
35
Errors
13
20
Attempts
95
94
Hitting %
.347
.160
Points
60.0
39.0
Assists
43
30
Aces
5
0
Blocks
9.0
4.0
Game Leaders
Kills
15
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
4
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