2017 Utah Utes volleyball team

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2017 Utah Utes women's volleyball
Utah Utes logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Record17–6 (8–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • JJ Van Niel (3rd season)
  • Malia Shoji (3rd season)
Home arena Huntsman 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.

Contents

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
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Stanford  ‍‍‍12–0 1.00019–2 .905
No. 14 Washington  ‍‍‍8–4 .66718–5 .783
No. 12 Utah  ‍‍‍8–4 .66717–6 .739
No. 19 USC  ‍‍‍8–4 .66716–7 .696
Colorado  ‍‍‍7–5 .58317–6 .739
No. 15 Oregon  ‍‍‍7–5 .58314–6 .700
Oregon State  ‍‍‍6–6 .50016–8 .667
No. 13 UCLA  ‍‍‍6–6 .50013–8 .619
Cal  ‍‍‍4–8 .33313–10 .565
Washington State  ‍‍‍3–9 .25014–10 .583
Arizona  ‍‍‍3–9 .2509–12 .429
Arizona State  ‍‍‍0–12 .00010–14 .417
† – Conference champion

Season highlights

Season highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

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.svg Freshman
 

Middle Blockers

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

Schedule

Date
Time		OpponentRankArena
City
(Tournament)		TelevisionResultAttendanceRecord
(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)		1,6421–0
8/25
7 p.m.		@ #14 Kentucky #23Memorial Coliseum
Lexington, KY
(Bluegrass Battle)		 SEC L 3–2
(25–23, 29–27, 13–25, 20–25, 15–12)		1,6421–1
8/26
7 p.m.		vs. Arkansas State #23Memorial Coliseum
Lexington, KY
(Bluegrass Battle)		W 3–0
(26–24, 25–23, 25–20)		1,7722–1
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)		2503–1
9/01
8:45 p.m.		vs. Western Carolina #22Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Rainbow Wahine Classic)		W 3–0
(25–20, 25–18, 25–22)		5,0014–1
9/03
8 p.m.		@ Hawai'i #22Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, HI
(Rainbow Wahine Classic)		 SPEC HI W 3–1
(20–25, 26–24, 25–15, 25–23)		6,9485–1
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)		1,0466–1
9/09
7:45 p.m.		 Green Bay #18Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
(Utah Volleyball Classic)		W 3–0
(25–9, 25–16, 25–15)		3337–1
9/09
7 p.m.		 Missouri #18Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
(Utah Volleyball Classic)		W 3–0
(25–20, 27–25, 25–19)		8478–1
9/14
7 p.m.		#14 BYU #16Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
(Deseret First Duel)		 P12 L 3–2
(16–25, 25–13, 25–17, 20–25, 18–16)		4,6378–2
9/15
7 p.m.		@ Utah Valley #16 Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT 		WAC DNW 3–1
(19–25, 25–18, 25–16, 25–22)		1,0819–2
9/22
7 p.m.		#25 Colorado*#16Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT		P12W 3–1
(25–14, 16–25, 25–20, 25–17)		1,48010–2
(1–0)
9/24
2 p.m.		 Cal*#16Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT		P12W 3–0
(25–19, 25–21, 25–12)		1,21811–2
(2–0)
9/29
6 p.m.		#12 Oregon*#15Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT		P12L 3–2
(25–16, 25–13, 16–25, 17–25, 21–19)		1,92311–3
(2–1)
9/30
8 p.m.		 Oregon State*#15Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT		P12W 3–0
(27–25, 25–16, 25–17)		1,52312–3
(3–1)
10/6
9 p.m.		@ #9 Washington*#17 Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Seattle, WA 		P12W 3–2
(27–25, 26–24, 21–25, 23–25, 16–14)		3,01913–3
(4–1)
10/08
12 p.m.		@ Washington State*#17 Bohler Gym
Pullman, WA 		P12W 3–1
(25–21, 25–19, 21–25, 25–21)		67514–3
(5–1)
10/13
7 p.m.		@ Arizona*#13 McKale Center
Tucson, AZ 		P12 AZ DNW 3–1
(25–18, 25–23, 23–25, 25–23)		1,78115–3
(6–1)
10/15
2 p.m.		@ Arizona State*#13 Wells Fargo Arena
Tempe, AZ 		P12W 3–1
(24–26, 25–17, 31–29, 28–26)		89216–3
(7–1)
10/20
6 p.m.		#13 UCLA*#12Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT		P12W 3–1
(25–20, 22–25, 25–21, 25–19)		3,17917–3
(8–1)
10/22
1 p.m.		#19 USC*#12Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT		P12L 3–2
(25–21, 26–28, 25–20, 21–25, 15–9)		2,00417–4
(8–2)
10/25
8 p.m.		@ #15 Oregon*#12 Matthew Knight Arena
Eugene, OR 		P12L 3–1
(25–18, 21–25, 25–23, 25–22)		1,25017–5
(8–3)
10/27
7 p.m.		@ Oregon State*#12 Gill Coliseum
Corvallis, OR 		P12 OSU DNL 3–1
(16–25, 25–16, 25–20, 25–20)		1,14217–6
(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

[4]

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

Announcers for televised games

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

  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.
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