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
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2017 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

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
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

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

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*-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.

• 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

1. "No. 22 Utah volleyball falls to UNLV in NCAA Tourney's opening round". KSL. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
2. "Washington picked to win Pac-12 Volleyball title". Pac-12 athletics. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
3. http://utahutes.com/roster.aspx?path=wvball
4. "Volleyball Finalizes 2017 Regular Season Schedule". Utah Athletics. Retrieved 2017-06-22.