Utah Volleyball Returns Home To Host Cal and Stanford

Match 16: Utah (9-6, 2-2 Pac-12) vs. California (7-7, 0-4 Pac-12)
Friday, Oct. 7 | 7 p.m. MT
Salt Lake City | Jon M. Huntsman Center
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Watch: Pac-12 Bay Area
 
Match 17: Utah (9-6, 2-2 Pac-12) vs. #8 Stanford (8-4, 3-1 Pac-12)
Sunday, Oct. 9 | 4 p.m. MT
Salt Lake City | Jon M. Huntsman Center
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Watch: ESPNU

MATCH WEEK

Utah Volleyball will begin a four-match home stand this weekend, first welcoming California and eighth-ranked Stanford to the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Utah opens the weekend of play against California this Friday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. MT. The match between the Utes and the Golden Bears will be Utah’s ‘Power of Pink’ match and there will be free headbands in the concourse prior to the match. The conference matchup will be televised on Pac-12 Bay Area.

 

Then, Utah will turn around to host eighth-ranked Stanford on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. MT. Utah and Stanford will be nationally televised on ESPNU to close out the weekend. There will be free ice cream sundaes on the concourse pre-match, as well as free t-shirts to the first 200 fans in attendance.

QUICK HITS

• Utah’s match against Stanford marks the second year in a row the matchup will be televised on ESPNU. Utah and Stanford were also broadcast on ESPNU in the Sweet 16 match during the 2019 season.

• Since 2019, Utah is 35-9 overall in the Huntsman Center. 

• Utah has won the last five meetings against California, which includes three-straight sweeps.

• Utah swept the meetings against Stanford in the spring of 2021, while the Cardinal took both matches last year. The Utes fell to the Cardinal in five sets in the Sweet 16 during the 2019 NCAA Tournament.

• 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.

 

IN THE RANKINGS

• Utah is second in the Pac-12 and No. 63 in the nation with 15.39 digs per set.

• Utah is fourth in the Pac-12 and No. 39 in the nation with 13.56 kills per set.

• Madelyn Robinson is second in the Pac-12 and No. 18 in the nation with 4.40 kills per set.

• Vanessa Ramirez leads the Pac-12 and No. 74 in the nation with 4.40 digs per set.

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