Arizona volleyball falls to University of Utah – The Daily Wildcat

The University of Arizona volleyball team (12-3, 1-3 in Big 12) lost to the University of Utah 3-0 (25-13, 25-23, 27-25) on Friday, October 4. McKale Center.

Despite the defeat Jaelyn Hodge led the Wildcats with 18 kills and finished with a .400 batting average. Carlie Cisneros followed Hodge, recording 7 kills for the night and leading the team with 8 digs.

Game review

Utah won the first set 25-13 and beat Arizona with a batting average of .500. Arizona's Kiari Robey and Hodge each showed an ace during the set. Utah pulled away at the end of the set, winning 25-13 after serving five aces, four of which came from Utah's Grace Hammond.

Arizona's scoring problems continued, but defensively it managed to make it happen Holding Utah to a .222 batting average, Utah's lowest batting average in the game. However, Utah continued to provide aces and gave them one Lead of 17-12 after a 6-point run. Despite Arizona's efforts to come back, the Utes took a 2-0 lead in the matchup after winning the second set 25-23. Hodge led the Wildcats with 7 kills in the set.

Utah didn't let up in scoring, He opened the third set with a lead of 7:3. Arizona tried to hold on little by little He took the lead when Haven Wray served an ace that made it 20-20. Hodge led the Wildcats with 9 kills in the final set. However, it would not be enough The Utes pulled away with a 3-point run and closed the third and final set at 27:25.

“Back in the gym, working on our serve receptions and serves. They have a very fast offense, so I think their offense will block. [We] I just need serve reception and blackout days,” Hodge said.

Looking ahead

The Wildcats will take on in-state rival ASU and take on the Sun Devils on Wednesday, October 9th at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe at 7 p.m.

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