Utah Volleyball Wraps Up First Half of Pac-12 Play in Pacific Northwest

Match 20: Utah (11-8, 4-4 Pac-12) at #20 Oregon (11-5, 5-3)
Friday, Oct. 21 | 7 p.m. MT
Eugene, Ore. | Matthew Knight Arena
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
Match 21: Utah (11-8, 4-4 Pac-12) at Oregon State (6-12, 1-7 Pac-12)
Sunday, Oct. 23 | 1 p.m. MT
Corvallis, Ore. | Gill Coliseum
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

MATCH WEEK

Utah wraps up the first half of Pac-12 play this weekend when it travels to No. 20-ranked Oregon and Oregon State for a pair of road matches. The Utes will open play against Oregon this Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. MT inside Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. Utah and Oregon State will turn around and play on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 1 p.m. MT at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore. Both matches will be live streamed.

QUICK HITS

• Utah has played just four true road matches this season of the 19 matches.

• Madelyn Robinson has posted double-digit kills in every match this season and has led the team in kills in all but one match that she has played in.

• Vanessa Ramirez has had the most or at least tied for the most digs on the team in 17 of 19 matches this season.

• Utah is 11-16 overall in the series history against Oregon (5-7 in Eugene). Utah won both of the meetings last season, sweeping the Ducks on the road and winning in four sets at home. The Utes and Ducks have gone 5-5 in the last 10 meetings.

• Utah is 14-11 all-time against Oregon State (4-5 in Corvallis). The Utes have won nine of the last 10 meetings, including the last five straight matches. Utah picked up a four-set win in Corvallis last year and swept the Beavers in SLC.  

 

IN THE RANKINGS

• Utah leads the Pac-12 and is No. 88 in the nation with 15.13 digs per set.

• Utah is fifth in the Pac-12 and No. 29 in the nation with 13.78 kills per set.

• Utah is fifth in the Pac-12 and No. 47 in the nation with 12.51 assists per set.

• Madelyn Robinson is second in the Pac-12 and No. 15 in the nation with 4.42 kills per set.

• Vanessa Ramirez leads the Pac-12 and is No. 94 in the nation with 4.29 digs per set.

• Allie Olsen is fourth in the conference in hitting percentage (.367) and No. 55 nationally.

• KJ Burgess is seventh in the Pac-12 in blocks per set (1.28) and is No. 38…