2017 Utah Utes volleyball team

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

2017 Utah Utes women's volleyball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2017 record17–6 (8–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
  • Beth Launiere (28th season)
Assistant coaches
  • JJ Van Niel (3rd season)
  • Malia Shoji (3rd season)
Home arenaHuntsman Center

Utah comes 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 enter 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 PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Stanford   120 1.000  192 .905
No. 14 Washington   84 .667  185 .783
No. 12 Utah   84 .667  176 .739
No. 19 USC   84 .667  167 .696
Colorado   75 .583  176 .739
No. 15 Oregon   75 .583  146 .700
Oregon State   66 .500  168 .667
No. 13 UCLA   66 .500  138 .619
Cal   48 .333  1310 .565
Washington State   39 .250  1410 .583
Arizona   39 .250  912 .429
Arizona State   012 .000  1014 .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 - Freshman
 

Middle Blockers

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

Schedule

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

[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

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