2017 Utah Utes volleyball team

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

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

v t e	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 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.