PALO ALTO, Calif. – Utah Volleyball fell in four sets (22-25, 15-25, 25-22, 11-25) to eighth-ranked Stanford on Friday night to open the road trip in the Bay Area. Utah posted 11 blocks in the match, marking its second-most of the season and the most it has tallied during Pac-12 play.
The Utes were led by middle hitters KJ Burgess and Allie Olsen on Friday night as the pair of Utes each chipped in eight kills. Burgess hit .583 in the match and tied a career-best seven blocks, while Olsen finished the match on .533 hitting and posted four blocks.
Utah began the match back and forth with the top-10 ranked Stanford squad until the Cardinal put together an 8-1 run, pulling ahead 19-12. A few more points pushed the lead out to 21-13 shortly after, but a 7-1 run from the Utes cut the deficit to just two points, 22-20. The runs of points would stop there for the Utes as they could only piece one point together at a time with Stanford earning enough sideouts to later win 25-22. Jardine posted six kills on eight swings to push Utah in the tight set.
The second set went back and forth to start once again with the Utes leading by a few points early on. Tied 10-10, Stanford managed to reach the media timeout ahead 15-12. Out of the break, the teams traded point for point until Stanford rattled off nine unanswered points to win 25-15.
Utah bounced back in the third set and pulled ahead 14-11 after a quick 3-1 run. The Cardinal responded with three…
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