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Top Seeded Utah Advances Past No. 4 UNLV to MWC Volleyball Tournament Championship
It will mark the fourth time Utah and CSU meet for the MWC Volleyball Tournament title.
Nov. 24, 2006 CLICK HERE for more MWC Volleyball Tournament information. LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The No. 9-ranked and No. 1-seeded University of Utah volleyball team (27-2) advanced to the title match of the Mountain West Conference Tournament with a 3-0 victory over fourth-seeded and host UNLV. The Utes will face the No. 3-seeded Colorado State Rams in the championship match Saturday night at 8 p.m. PT.
It will be the fourth time Utah and CSU meet for the title. Utah won the 2001 match-up with the Rams winning in 2003 and 2004.
Game scores tonight were 30-14, 30-25 and 30-27. UNLV falls to 20-10. With the win, Utah extends its winning streak to 25 straight matches.
Utah hit .344 on the way to the three-game win. All of Utah's attackers hit well over .300 for the match. Lori Baird was the most efficient hitter, netting eight kills on .533 (8-0-15) hitting. Airial Salvo led the way with 16 kills (hitting .366 , 16-1-41) and Kathryn Lovell with 13 kills (on .310 hitting, 13-4-29).
Sydney Anderson ran the attack in dishing out 47 assists. She guided an offense that hit well over .300, this the 12th time this season. She also helped out on defense, chalking up five digs in the match.
Utah held the Rebels to just .162 hitting. It hit a match-best .286 (21-7-49) in the final game, bottoming out at -.051 (8-10-39) in the first frame. Utah held the 13-4 edge in team blocks, led by Emillie Toone's six blocks. Lori Baird and Whitney Webb both had five blocks each.
Connie Dangerfield led all Utes with 18 digs from the back row.
Leading the host school was Brittani Lumsden (12 kills), Melody Nua (21 assists), Lauren Miramontes (four blocks) and the conference's Libero of the Year, Jada Walker (15 digs).
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