2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team

The 2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team will represent Utah Valley University in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Wolverines are led by nineteenth year head coach Sam Atoa and play their home games at Lockhart Arena. The Wolverines are members of the WAC.

2017 Utah Valley Wolverines women's volleyball
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
2017 record12–13 (7–3 WAC)
Head coachSam Atoa (19th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Dan Corotan (3rd season)
  • Scott Lee (11th season)
Home arenaLockhart Arena

Utah Valley comes off a season where they finished second in the WAC.[1] For 2017 the Wolverines were picked to finish third in the pre-season WAC poll behind New Mexico State and UTRGV.[2]

2017 Western Athletic Conference volleyball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 8–2 .800  17–7 .708
UTRGV  ‍‍‍ 7–3 .700  13–10 .565
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 7–3 .700  12–13 .480
CSU Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 7–4 .636  14–12 .538
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 5–5 .500  9–14 .391
Kansas City  ‍‍‍ 4–7 .364  8–16 .333
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 3–8 .273  8–15 .348
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 1–10 .091  10–17 .370
† – Conference champion

Season highlights

Season highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster
2017 Utah Valley Wolverines Roster[3]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Lindsey Tagge - Junior
  • 4 Brynnly Ward - Freshman
  • 6 Seren Merrill - Freshman

Setters

  • 2 Sierra Starley - Senior
  • 7 Madi Wardle - Sophomore

Right Side Hitter

  • 11 Izzie Hinton - Sophomore
  

Outside Hitters

  • 8 Marija Martinovic- Senior
  • 10 Bailey Nixon- Freshman
  • 15 Alexis Davies - Junior
  • 16 Kristen Allred - Freshman
  • 17 Lexi Thompson - Senior
  

Middle Blockers

  • 1 Makayla Pollard - Freshman
  • 5 Megan Boudreaux- Sophomore
  • 9 Brighton Taylor - Senior
  • 12 Jasmine Niutupuivaha - Sophomore
  • 18 Madison Dennison - Senior
  

Schedule
Date
Time		 Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament)		 Television Result Attendance Record
(WAC Record)
8/25
3 p.m.		 vs. Pepperdine Spartan Gym
San Jose, CA
(SJSU/USF Invitational)		 L 3–1
(25–19, 23–25, 25–20, 29–27)		 104 0–1
8/25
5:30 p.m.		 vs. Fresno State Spartan Gym
San Jose, CA
(SJSU/USF Invitational)		 MW Net L 3–1
(25–16, 25–17, 24–26, 25–22)		 107 0–2
8/26
3 p.m.		 vs. Nevada The Sobrato Center
San Francisco, CA
(SJSU/USF Invitational)		 L 3–1
(25–17, 20–25, 25–14, 25–19)		 96 0–3
8/29
6 p.m.		 @ Southern Utah Centrum Arena
Cedar City, UT		 Pluto TV Ch. 236 W 3–0
(25–18, 25–15, 25–22)		 1,156 1–3
8/31
5:30 p.m.		 #9 Kansas Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(Wolverine Invitational)		 Flo Volleyball
WAC DN		 L 3–0
(25–20, 25–19, 25–23)		 1,048 1–4
9/01
12 p.m.		 Montana Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(Wolverine Invitational)		 Flo Volleyball
WAC DN		 W 3–0
(25–15, 26–24, 25–16)		 491 2–4
9/02
12 p.m.		 Long Beach State Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(Wolverine Invitational)		 Flo Volleyball
WAC DN		 W 3–1
(25–21, 12–25, 27–25, 25–18)		 459 3–4
9/04
6 p.m.		 @ Idaho State Holt Arena
Pocatello, ID		 Pluto TV Ch. 243 W 3–1
(26–24, 21–25, 25–22, 25–20)		 561 4–4
9/05
6 p.m.		 @ Utah State Wayne Estes Center
Logan, UT		 MW Net W 3–1
(18–25, 25–18, 26–24, 25–15)		 718 5–4
9/08
2 p.m.		 vs. Lehigh University Recreation Center
Fort Worth, TX
(TCU Fight in the Fort)		 L 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 25–19)		 1,298 5–5
9/09
10 a.m.		 vs. Duke University Recreation Center
Fort Worth, TX
(TCU Fight in the Fort)		 L 3–2
(21–25, 25–19, 15–25, 25–23, 15–4)		 1,169 5–6
9/09
6 p.m.		 @ TCU University Recreation Center
Fort Worth, TX
(TCU Fight in the Fort)		 Frog Vision L 3–0
(25–22, 25–16, 25–21)		 1,169 5–7
9/13
8 p.m.		 @ Weber State Swenson Gym
Ogden, UT		 Pluto TV Ch. 235 L 3–1
(26–24, 25–20, 14–25, 25–23)		 478 5–8
9/15
5 p.m.		 #16 Utah Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT		 WAC DN L 3–1
(19–25, 25–18, 25–16, 25–22)		 1,081 5–9
9/16
7 p.m.		 #14 BYU Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(UCCU Crosstown Clash)		 UVUtv
WAC DN		 L 3–1
(25–21, 22–25, 26–24, 25–17)		 1,726 5–10
9/23
4 p.m.		 @ Seattle* Connolly Center
Seattle, WA		 WAC DN W 3–0
(25–17, 25–21, 25–21)		 257 6–10
(1–0)
9/28
7 p.m.		 @ Grand Canyon* GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ		 GCU TV
WAC DN		 W 3–1
(25–15, 25–18, 25–27, 25–22)		 959 7–10
(2–0)
9/30
1 p.m.		 @ CSU Bakersfield* Icardo Center
Bakersfield, CA		 WAC DN L 3–2
(28–26, 22–25, 23–25, 25–16, 17–15)		 439 7–11
(2–1)
10/05
7 p.m.		 UTRGV* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT		 WAC DN L 3–1
(24–26, 25–21, 25–12, 25–21)		 602 7–12
(2–2)
10/07
1 p.m.		 New Mexico State* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT		 WAC DN W 3–2
(22–25, 25–17, 22–25, 25–20, 15–10)		 487 8–12
(3–2)
10/12
6 p.m.		 @ Chicago State* Dickens Athletic Center
Chicago, IL		 WAC DN W 3–0
(25–21, 25–22, 25–19)		 52 9–12
(4–2)
10/14
12 p.m.		 @ Kansas City* Swinney Recreation Center
Kansas City ,MO		 WAC DN W 3–1
(27–29, 25–14, 25–21, 25–18)		 179 10–12
(5–2)
10/21
1 p.m.		 Seattle* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT		 WAC DN L 3–2
(22–25, 25–22, 25–22, 20–25, 15–10)		 527 10–13
(5–3)
10/26
7 p.m.		 CSU Bakersfield* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT		 WAC DN W 3–0
(25–14, 27–25, 25–16)		 692 11–13
(6–3)
10/28
1 p.m.		 Grand Canyon* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT		 WAC DN W 3–0
(25–19, 25–17, 25–18)		 459 12–13
(7–3)
11/02
7 p.m.		 @ New Mexico State* Pan American Center
Las Cruces, NM		 WAC DN
11/04
11 a.m.		 @ UTRGV* UTRGV Fieldhouse
Edinburg, TX		 WAC DN
11/09
7 p.m.		 Kansas City* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT		 WAC DN
11/11
1 p.m.		 Chicago State* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT		 WAC DN
11/16
TBA		 UTRGV Fieldhouse
Edinburg, TX
(WAC Volleyball Tournament)		 WAC DN

[4]

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

Announcers for televised games

All home games will be on the WAC Digital Network. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.

  • Fresno State: No commentary
  • Southern Utah: No commentary
  • Kansas: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Montana: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Long Beach State: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Idaho State: Cade Vance & Matt Steuart
  • Utah State: Daniel Hansen & Meagan Nelson
  • TCU: Jeff Williams
  • Weber State: Kylee Young
  • Utah: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • BYU: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Seattle: No commentary
  • Grand Canyon: Alex Larson & JP Sar
  • CSU Bakersfield: Randy Rosenbloom
  • UTRGV: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • New Mexico State: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Chicago State: No commentary
  • Kansas City: TJ Jackson
  • Seattle: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • CSU Bakersfield: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Grand Canyon: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • New Mexico State:
  • UTRGV:
  • Kansas City: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Chicago State: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
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References
  1. "Wolverines drop WAC Championship match to UT Rio Grand Valley, 3-0". Deseret News. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  2. "NM State Favored by Coaches to Win 2017 WAC Volleyball Title". WAC Sports. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  3. http://gouvu.com/roster.aspx?path=wvball
  4. "Utah Valley releases challenging 2017 schedule". Deseret News. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
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