SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Volleyball earned its second sweep of conference play on Friday night, downing the California Golden Bears in straight sets (25-22, 25-12, 25-20) at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Utah posted its most efficient hitting performance in nearly a month and its third best of the year after recording a .310 hitting percentage against Cal to improve to 10-6 overall this season and 3-2 in Pac-12 play.
Utah jumped out to a 7-3 advantage to start, but could not keep the lead as Cal managed to chip away at the lead and eventually tie the score 12-12. Kills from KJ Burgess and Madelyn Robinson allowed Utah to be the first to reach 15 points although leading by just one point at the media timeout. Leading 16-15, Utah pulled away after scoring five consecutive points, which included a pair of kills and a block from Allie Olsen. The Golden Bears countered with a 5-1 run to cut the deficit to just 22-20. Lauren Jardine recorded back-to-back kills for set point and despite a pair of points from Cal, the Utes ended the set from Jardine’s fourth kill of the frame to win 25-22.
Cal had no answer for Utah’s offense in the second set as the Utes would hit at a blazing .406 clip in the frame with just one hitting error. Utah jumped out to another early lead and pushed the gap out to seven points following a kill from Robinson. Utah later extended the lead 18-8 after consecutive aces from Vanessa Ramirez, which capped off a 4-0 run. Cal managed to put…
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