Utah Volleyball Heads To Los Angeles For First Conference Road Trip

Match 14: Utah (8-5, 1-1 Pac-12) at UCLA (6-5, 0-2 Pac-12)
Friday, Sept. 30 | 8 p.m. MT
Los Angeles, Calif. | Pauley Pavilion
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Watch: UCLA Live Stream
 
Match 15: Utah (8-5, 1-1 Pac-12) at USC (9-4, 1-1 Pac-12)
Sunday, Oct. 2 | 2 p.m. MT
Los Angeles, Calif. | Galen Center
Live Stats: USC Stats
Watch: Pac-12 Insider
 
MATCH WEEK
Utah Volleyball returns to road play for its first conference road trip of the season, traveling to Los Angeles this weekend. Utah will open road play against UCLA on Friday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. MT inside Pauley Pavilion. The Utes will stay in town for a matchup against USC on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 2 p.m. MT in the Galen Center. Utah’s first match of the weekend will be live streamed, while the match between the Utes and Trojans will be aired on Pac-12 Insider.

QUICK HITS

• Utah has only played two true road matches this season, which were both five-set battles to top-12 ranked opponents. San Diego is now ranked fourth in the nation, while Purdue is ranked fifth.

• Madelyn Robinson has posted double-digit kills in every match this season, while Vanessa Ramirez has collected 10 or more digs in all but one match.

• Utah has recorded more digs than its opponent in all but one match this season.

• Utah split the matches on the Los Angeles trip last fall, while the Utes went undefeated in LA in 2019. Utah did not play USC on the road during the shortened 2021 spring season, but split its road matches at UCLA. 

 

IN THE RANKINGS

• Utah is third in the Pac-12 and No. 24 in the nation with 13.82 kills per set.

• Utah is fifth in the Pac-12 and No. 48 in the nation with 12.45 assists per set.

• Utah is second in the Pac-12 and No. 79 in the nation with 15.16 digs per set.

• Madelyn Robinson is second in the Pac-12 and No. 19 in the nation with 4.38 kills per set.

• Allie Olsen is third in the Pac-12 and No. 38 in the nation with a .381 hitting percentage.

• Vanessa Ramirez is second in the Pac-12 and No. 77 in the nation with 4.33 digs per set.

 

RALLYING AROUND ROBINSON

Madelyn Robinson, an AVCA All-Region and All-Pac-12 player from a season ago, has taken leadership over this Utah team and so far led the squad with 4.38 kills per set, which ranks second in the conference and No. 19 in the nation. After missing the last three…