Utah Makes Big Comeback and Defeats No. 1 Ranked Stanford

MWC team defeats second top-ranked team in past 10 days.

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Sept. 6, 2000

The University of Utah women's volleyball team came back from an 0-2 deficit, taking the next three games (13-15, 12-15, 15-6, 15-10, 15-9) to upset the No. 1 ranked Stanford Cardinal at Crimson Court on Tues., Sept. 5. Utah improves to 4-0 overall, 0-0 in the MWC. Stanford drops to 3-1 on the season, 0-0 in Pac 10 play.

Three Utah players posted career-highs, one school record was broken and one was tied. Sophomore Katrena Ellett led the team with a career-high 24 kills for a .250 hitting percentage and totaled nine digs. McKelle Stilson racked up 23 kills for a .366 hitting percentage and six total blocks.

Senior Jen Snow-Richards posted a career-high 30 digs, four blocks and nine kills in the match. Setter Lucie Turkova had a career-high 81 assists and 13 digs. Teammate Adrianne Bradley-Drake posted 12 kills and 13 digs, while teammate Alisa Geddes totaled 22 digs. Twelve Utes saw time in the match, and as a team Utah posted a .202 hitting percentage. Utah set a school record for team assists (93) in tonight's match-up and tied a school record for team kills (97).

Ashley Ivy totaled a career-high 20 kills and 19 digs to lead the Cardinal. Sara Sandrik posted 19 kills and 13 digs, while teammate Lindsay Kagawa racked up 64 assists and 19 digs. Stanford managed a .148 hitting percentage as a team for the match.

"It was a classic, unbelievable win," said Head Coach Beth Launiere. "I felt we could play with them and have a good match against them. I can't say enough about this team, they came back from two games down and won the match. I thought we served really well and it was our serving and passing that took them out of their game."

"They played hard and came out in game three and took over the match," said Interim Head Coach Denise Cortlett. "They out-hit us and out-blocked us. They put a lot of pressure on us and I'm not sure we held up against it. I give all the credit to Utah. We're a young team and hopefully we'll get better."