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2017 Utah Utes volleyball team

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2017 Utah Utes women's volleyball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record17–6 (8–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • JJ Van Niel (3rd season)
  • Malia Shoji (3rd season)
Home arenaHuntsman Center
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 Utah Utes volleyball team represented the University of Utah in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Utes were led by twenty-eighth year head coach Beth Launiere and played their home games at the Huntsman Center. The Utes were members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Utah came off a season where they went 20–12, 11–9 in conference. They earned an at-large NCAA Tournament at-large slot where they lost to UNLV in the first round.[1] The Utes entered the season having been picked to finish fourth in the 2017 pre-season Pac-12 poll.[2]

2017 Pac-12 Conference volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 12 0   1.000 19 2   .905
No. 14 Washington  ‍‍‍ 8 4   .667 18 5   .783
No. 12 Utah  ‍‍‍ 8 4   .667 17 6   .739
No. 19 USC  ‍‍‍ 8 4   .667 16 7   .696
Colorado  ‍‍‍ 7 5   .583 17 6   .739
No. 15 Oregon  ‍‍‍ 7 5   .583 14 6   .700
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 6 6   .500 16 8   .667
No. 13 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 6 6   .500 13 8   .619
Cal  ‍‍‍ 4 8   .333 13 10   .565
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 3 9   .250 14 10   .583
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 3 9   .250 9 12   .429
Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 0 12   .000 10 14   .417
† – Conference champion


Season highlights

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Season highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

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2017 Utah Utes Roster[3]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Torre Glasker - Sophomore
  • 9 Kristen Abels - Freshman
  • 17 Brianna Doehrmann - Sophomore

Setters

  • 6 Camryn Machado - Freshman
  • 8 Bailey Choy - Sophomore
  • 11 Alexa Van Komen - Freshman
 

Outside Hitters

  • 1 Dani Barton - Freshman
  • 2 Shannon Scully - Freshman
  • 3 Torre Glasker - Sophomore
  • 4 Kenzie Koerber - Freshman
  • 5 Lauga Gauta - Junior
  • 10 Carly Trueman - Senior
  • 14 Adora Anae - Senior
  • 18 Lauren Sproule - Redshirt Freshman
 

Middle Blockers

  • 12 Berkeley Oblad - Junior
  • 19 Phoebe Grace - Freshman
  • 20 Tawnee Luafalemana - Senior
 

Schedule

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Date
Time
Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament)
Television Result Attendance Record
(Pac-12 Record)
8/25
11 a.m.
vs. Cincinnati #23 Memorial Coliseum
Lexington, KY
(Bluegrass Battle)
W 3–0
(25–10, 25–18, 25–17)
1,642 1–0
8/25
7 p.m.
@ #14 Kentucky #23 Memorial Coliseum
Lexington, KY
(Bluegrass Battle)
SEC L 3–2
(25–23, 29–27, 13–25, 20–25, 15–12)
1,642 1–1
8/26
7 p.m.
vs. Arkansas State #23 Memorial Coliseum
Lexington, KY
(Bluegrass Battle)
W 3–0
(26–24, 25–23, 25–20)
1,772 2–1
8/31
8:45 p.m.
vs. South Dakota #22 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Rainbow Wahine Classic)
W 3–0
(25–22, 25–10, 25–15)
250 3–1
9/01
8:45 p.m.
vs. Western Carolina #22 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Rainbow Wahine Classic)
W 3–0
(25–20, 25–18, 25–22)
5,001 4–1
9/03
8 p.m.
@ Hawai'i #22 Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Rainbow Wahine Classic)
SPEC HI W 3–1
(20–25, 26–24, 25–15, 25–23)
6,948 5–1
9/08
7 p.m.
#15 San Diego #18 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
(Utah Volleyball Classic)
W 3–2
(25–22, 17–25, 25–19, 22–25, 16–14)
1,046 6–1
9/09
7:45 p.m.
Green Bay #18 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
(Utah Volleyball Classic)
W 3–0
(25–9, 25–16, 25–15)
333 7–1
9/09
7 p.m.
Missouri #18 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
(Utah Volleyball Classic)
W 3–0
(25–20, 27–25, 25–19)
847 8–1
9/14
7 p.m.
#14 BYU #16 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
(Deseret First Duel)
P12 L 3–2
(16–25, 25–13, 25–17, 20–25, 18–16)
4,637 8–2
9/15
7 p.m.
@ Utah Valley #16 Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
WAC DN W 3–1
(19–25, 25–18, 25–16, 25–22)
1,081 9–2
9/22
7 p.m.
#25 Colorado* #16 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 W 3–1
(25–14, 16–25, 25–20, 25–17)
1,480 10–2
(1–0)
9/24
2 p.m.
Cal* #16 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 W 3–0
(25–19, 25–21, 25–12)
1,218 11–2
(2–0)
9/29
6 p.m.
#12 Oregon* #15 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 L 3–2
(25–16, 25–13, 16–25, 17–25, 21–19)
1,923 11–3
(2–1)
9/30
8 p.m.
Oregon State* #15 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 W 3–0
(27–25, 25–16, 25–17)
1,523 12–3
(3–1)
10/6
9 p.m.
@ #9 Washington* #17 Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Seattle, WA
P12 W 3–2
(27–25, 26–24, 21–25, 23–25, 16–14)
3,019 13–3
(4–1)
10/08
12 p.m.
@ Washington State* #17 Bohler Gym
Pullman, WA
P12 W 3–1
(25–21, 25–19, 21–25, 25–21)
675 14–3
(5–1)
10/13
7 p.m.
@ Arizona* #13 McKale Center
Tucson, AZ
P12 AZ DN W 3–1
(25–18, 25–23, 23–25, 25–23)
1,781 15–3
(6–1)
10/15
2 p.m.
@ Arizona State* #13 Wells Fargo Arena
Tempe, AZ
P12 W 3–1
(24–26, 25–17, 31–29, 28–26)
892 16–3
(7–1)
10/20
6 p.m.
#13 UCLA* #12 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 W 3–1
(25–20, 22–25, 25–21, 25–19)
3,179 17–3
(8–1)
10/22
1 p.m.
#19 USC* #12 Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 L 3–2
(25–21, 26–28, 25–20, 21–25, 15–9)
2,004 17–4
(8–2)
10/25
8 p.m.
@ #15 Oregon* #12 Matthew Knight Arena
Eugene, OR
P12 L 3–1
(25–18, 21–25, 25–23, 25–22)
1,250 17–5
(8–3)
10/27
7 p.m.
@ Oregon State* #12 Gill Coliseum
Corvallis, OR
P12 OSU DN L 3–1
(16–25, 25–16, 25–20, 25–20)
1,142 17–6
(8–4)
11/02
7 p.m.
Washington State* Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 UTAH DN
11/04
7 p.m.
Washington* Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 UTAH DN
11/09
7 p.m.
@ USC* Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12
11/10
9 p.m.
@ UCLA* John Wooden Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12 UCLA DN
11/17
TBA
Arizona State* Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 UTAH DN
11/18
7 p.m.
Arizona* Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
P12 UTAH DN
11/22
TBD
@ Stanford* Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12
11/24
8 p.m.
@ Colorado* Coors Events Center
Boulder, CO
P12

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*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

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All home conference games will be on Pac-12 Networks or P12 Digital Network. All Pac-12 Network games will be on the National Feed and Mountain Feed unless noted otherwise. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 22 Utah volleyball falls to UNLV in NCAA Tourney's opening round". KSL. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Washington picked to win Pac-12 Volleyball title". Pac-12 athletics. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "2021 Volleyball Roster".
  4. ^ "Volleyball Finalizes 2017 Regular Season Schedule". Utah Athletics. Retrieved June 22, 2017.