2017 Utah Utes volleyball team

American college volleyball season

2017 Utah Utes women's volleyball

Conference| Pac-12 Conference
Record| 17–6 (8–4 Pac-12)
Head coach|

* Beth Launiere (28th season)

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.

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

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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

* y- Invited to the NCAA volleyball tournament
As of 2017-10-30
Rankings from AVCA

## 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

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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

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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
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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.

* Kentucky: Courtney Lyle & Jenny Hazelwood
* Hawai'i: Kanoa Leahey, Chris McLaughlin, & Ryan Kalei Tsuji
* BYU: Thad Anderson & Amy Gant
* Utah Valley: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
* Colorado: Thad Anderson & Amy Gant
* Cal: Thad Anderson
* Oregon: Thad Anderson & Amy Gant
* Oregon State: Thad Anderson
* Washington: Elise Woodward & Amy Gant
* Washington State: Anne Marie Anderson
* Arizona: No commentary
* Arizona State: Kate Scott & Dain Blanton
* UCLA: Thad Anderson & Mike Dodd
* USC: Thad Anderson & Holly McPeak
* Oregon: Rich Burk & Amy Gant
* Oregon State: No commentary
* Washington State:
* Washington:
* USC:
* UCLA:
* Arizona State:
* Arizona:
* Stanford:
* Colorado:

## 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.

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