2017 Utah Utes volleyball team

2017 Utah Utes women's volleyball
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
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

ConferencePac-12 Conference

Record17–6 (8–4 Pac-12)

Headcoach

Beth Launiere (28th season)

Assistant coaches

JJ Van Niel (3rd season)
Malia Shoji (3rd season)

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

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[2]

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

2017 Utah Utes volleyball team

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Schedule

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