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UVU: Women's Volleyball vs Fresno State University 2010
122.95 min. | 5.0 user rating
OREM, Utah - Utah Valley University senior Kayli Doxey helped lead the Wolverines (2-4) past Fresno State in four-sets on Saturday in Orem (22-25, 25-20, 25-16 and 25-19) as she put up a double-double with a match-high 22 kills and 12 digs. Senior Dani Robison was also instrumental in the Wolverine win as she finished in double-digits in kills with 13. Freshman Brookelyn Campbell led the way in assists again with a match-high 52, while senior Kathleen Stevens and junior Chelsey Heaps added 23 and 18 digs respectively. Junior Sarah Clement also had a solid match with nine kills and a match-high seven blocks. "The feeling on the court was so much better than when we started yesterday's match," UVU head coach Sam Atoa said. "We learned so much from the way that we started to the way that we finished and what we wanted to be able to do today. I was really proud of the girls and how they were able to sustain that momentum from last night." After dropping the first set 25-22, UVU came out looking strong in the second set as it quickly doubled-up Fresno State (2-3) by a score of 10-5. The Wolverines then continued to extend their lead in the set as they went up 14-7, following a kill from junior Jaicee Kuresa. The Bulldogs then managed to get the score within three at 18-15 but UVU followed up by scoring the next three points to take a 21-15 advantage. Fresno State countered right back with a run of its own though as they scored three consecutive points to cut the deficit back ...
UVU: Women's Volleyball vs Utah 2010
124.63 min. | 5.0 user rating
OREM, Utah - A season of firsts continued for the Utah Valley University volleyball team Friday night in the opening game of the La Quinta Inn & Suites Invitational. The Wolverines entered the match without a win over Utah or a win or set win over a ranked opponent. Now they boast all three. Kayli Broadbent tallied 18 kills and Camie Manwill added 16, while Allyce Jones recorded 22 digs Chelsea Fa'alogo notched 43 assists in the 26-24, 18-25, 25-14, 25-18 victory over No. 17 Utah. "This is great. The girls executed very well against a team that is very good. Tonight we served and passed a lot better than they did," UVU volleyball coach Sam Atoa said. "There are a lot of things for us that we know we can continue to build on. It's great for the program with the way we played. We saw kids that played well together and will continue to play well together." UVU was 0-6 all-time against Utah prior to Friday's victory. The Wolverine win also snapped Utah's 13 match regular-season winning streak, while increasing their own winning streak to eight. In addition, the Wolverines, with their biggest win in school history, are now 4-0 to start a season for the first time since becoming a four-year program. The Wolverines were in control of the first set and led by as many as four early on. The Utes (4-1) fought back and tied the set at 21-21 and eventually took a 23-21 advantage. Manwill had a pair of kills and Broadbent and Dani Robison added kills down the stretch to lift the ...
UVU: Women's Volleyball vs. Cal Poly 2011
152.95 min. | 5.0 user rating
In the first set the Wolverines outhit the Mustangs .269 to zero. UVU also tallied four team blocks to Cal Poly's one and four service aces to the Mustangs none. The second set was a different story early on however as Cal Poly took a 15-9 advantage midway through the set following a block. The Wolverines came roaring back and tied the score at 17 following a Brookelyn Campbell and Sarah Clement block assist. The Mustangs then took back the momentum momentarily to go up 21-17. UVU got back within two but Cal Poly held on to take set and tie the match at 1-1. The trio of Barker, Kuresa and Erica Nish helped UVU jump out to a 6-0 lead in the third set. Following a couple Cal Poly points, the Wolverines added to their lead on a Heaps kill to go up 10-3. The Mustangs then responded by scoring eight of the next nine points to tie the score at 11. UVU then pulled ahead later and took a 23-17 lead on back-to-back Barker service aces. The Wolverines went on to win the set on a Cal Poly service error. Barker and Heaps paced UVU with four kills apiece in the set. In the fourth set the Mustangs -- who are currently receiving votes in the AVCA Top-25 poll -- jumped out to an 8-1 lead in a must-win set for the visitors. Cal Poly later extended its lead to 19-6. The Wolverines then rolled off five of the next six points to cut the deficit to nine but it was too much to overcome as the Mustangs won the set by 12 points. In the decisive fifth set, Nish and Campbell teamed up for a block ...
UVU: Women's Volleyball vs Michigan 2011
100.07 min. | 5.0 user rating
Trailing 2-0, Utah Valley held a five-point advantage in the third set over No. 24 Michigan in Orem Friday evening. Despite taking the Maize and Blue all the way to game point, Michigan ultimately wrestled away the set, and the match, from UVU, 3-0 (17-25, 17-25, 25-27). "We lost tonight, but we fought hard. And I hope that we can learn from that and come back and play harder tomorrow," said head volleyball coach Sam Atoa. "These challenges help us get better and will help us be stronger. I expect that because of challenges like tonight we can find the confidence we need to compete. Our disappointment tonight comes more so from the things that we haven't executed that we know we can be better at." Ranked 24th in the AVCA Coaches Poll, Michigan (4-0) never trailed in either of the first two sets. Behind the strong play of Preseason All-Big 10 outside hitter Alex Hunt, the visiting Wolverines cruised to a 2-0 set lead. But in the third set, UVU (2-2) showed the kind of resiliency and fight that betrayed the story on the scoreboard. After the break, UVU raced out to a 9-6 lead to begin the third set. The stretch was highlighted by two kills and a service ace from Lindsay Barker. Following kills by Sarah Clement and Chelsey Heaps, and a service ace from Erica Nish, UVU built the lead to 13-8, forcing a timeout from the Michigan bench. But Michigan regrouped after the break, slowly whittling away at the deficit and eventually tying the score at 19. A kill from Jaicee Kuresa ...
UVU: Women's Volleyball vs Syracuse 2011
128.75 min. | 5.0 user rating
Lindsay Barker, Chelsey Heaps, and Sarah Clement each registered double digits in kills as Utah Valley stormed back from two sets down to steal a win against Big East foe Syracuse (20-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-18, 15-13). "It was a great win," said Wolverine head coach Sam Atoa. "We got off to a slow start for whatever reason, but it's not always how you start it's how you finish. We started serving the ball very well and that got us going." After Syracuse (5-2) jumped out a commanding 2-0 set lead, UVU (5-2) took over the match after a dominant third set. Behind three kills from Barker, a kill from Heaps and a block from Erica Nish, UVU raced out to an 11-3 lead, forcing a timeout from the Syracuse bench. The break didn't slow the UVU attack, though, as it ripped off seven of the next ten points to build the lead to 18-6. The Orange battled back to keep the score respectable, but the outcome was never in doubt as UVU took the third set 25-19. Despite falling behind 9-7 in the fourth set, UVU pieced together another extensive run. Powered by two kills from Barker, two more from Heaps, and two combined block assists from Jaicee Kuresa and Nish, the Wolverines raced out to an 18-11 advantage. UVU never looked back from there, taking the set 25-18. Barker, Heaps, and Clement posted three kills apiece in the frame. A dramatic, back-and-forth fifth set featured four ties and four lead changes. Syracuse had the early advantage with a 6-3 lead, but UVU responded with a 5-2 run to ...
UVU: Women's Volleyball vs Air Force 2010
156.38 min. | 4.0 user rating
OREM, Utah - In a thrilling five-set match with the Air Force Academy in Orem on Friday, Utah Valley's women's volleyball team came back from a 2-0 deficit to win its first match of the season 3-2 (21-25, 21-25, 25-17, 25-21 and 15-10). "Fortunately for us today was that it was the best out of five," UVU head coach Sam Atoa said. We just couldn't seem to get anything going early on; we couldn't pass, we couldn't set and we couldn't get any momentum. Air Force played well and they really took us out of rhythm early on." "After the second set though, we turned into a completely different team and we played completely different in all areas of the game. The momentum that we gained at the beginning of the third set really seemed to help us. When you get on runs and build that momentum it really helps." UVU (1-4) senior Kayli Doxey and junior Chelsey Heaps both had double-doubles to help the Wolverines pickup their first victory of the season. Doxey finished with a match-high 21 kills and 11 digs, while Heaps added 12 kills and 17 digs. Juniors Sarah Clement and Jaicee Kuresa also reached double figures in kills as they had 12 and 11 respectively. Freshman setter Brookelyn Campbell led the match in sets with an impressive 55, while seniors Kathleen Stevens led it in digs with 30 and Dani Robison in blocks with six. With their backs against the wall entering the third set, the Wolverines didn't waste any time getting out to an early lead as they went up 5-1. UVU then extended ...
UVU: Women's Volleyball vs. Boise State 2011
121.93 min. | 5.0 user rating
On a night that saw four different Wolverines reach double-digit kills, Utah Valley rallied after dropping the first set to defeat Boise State 3-1 (20-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-19) in a non-conference matchup Monday night in the Activity Center. Middle blockers Erica Nish and Sarah Clement came up big for UVU (14-6), delivering 13 and 11 kills respectively to go along with a combined 13 blocks. "We knew Boise State was a little inexperienced in the middle, and that happens to be where we have a good deal of experience," noted UVU head coach Sam Atoa. "We felt that if we could pass the ball well, we could take advantage of our strength in the middle. And defensively we had a good game, getting 14 blocks to their 11." Boise State (11-9), a member of the Mountain West Conference, looked strong after breaking a 7-7 tie with five consecutive points to take a 12-7 lead early in the match. UVU cut the deficit to three after a kill from Nish and a BSU error, but the Broncos would rally again, scoring five of the next six points to jump ahead 17-11. With the set almost slipping away, the Wolverines would mount a determined comeback effort ignited by a pair of kills from Jaicee Kuresa and a block from Clement that cut the deficit to 18-15. But three was the closest UVU would come, eventually dropping the first set 25-20. UVU claimed an early lead in the second set, stringing together a 6-1 run to grab an 8-5 lead after kills from Lindsay Barker, Kuresa, and a pair of blocks from Nish ...
UVU: Women's Volleyball vs. Utah State 2011
102.82 min. | 0 user rating
OREM, Utah -- Behind Jaicee Kuresa's match-high 13 kills and Chelsey Heaps' team-leading 10th double-double of the year, Utah Valley battled through 25 ties and 12 lead changes over the course of the match to notch a 3-0, straight set victory over in-state rival Utah State (25-20, 25-21, 25-20). With the win, the Wolverines have broken the 20-win barrier for the third straight year. "We went through some periods in the match where we went back and forth and traded errors [with Utah State], but I felt our girls controlled the match at the halfway point in each set," said UVU head volleyball coach Sam Atoa. "I'm very confident in the girls' abilities, and when they play like they can, we can be pretty good." With the match deadlocked at 8-8 in the early going, UVU (20-8, 8-1 GWC) pieced together a 5-2 run to create some separation after back-to-back kills from Kuresa and Erica Nish made the score 13-10. But USU (11-14, 6-5 WAC) responded with an identical run to take a 15-14 advantage. The Wolverines and Aggies seesawed point-for-point from there, until another of Kuresa's set-high four kills put UVU ahead 22-20. From there, kills from Brookelyn Campbell, Kalani Norris, and a big block assist from Nish and Norris propelled UVU to a 25-20 first set win. Despite the early setback, the Aggies looked determined at the start of the second frame, jumping out to a quick 7-3 lead. With momentum seemingly swinging toward the visitors, UVU clawed its way back to take a 15-14 lead ...
UVU: Women's Volleyball vs Santa Clara 2011
130.25 min. | 0 user rating
Lindsay Barker, Chelsey Heaps, and Sarah Clement each registered double digits in kills as Utah Valley stormed back from two sets down to steal a win against Big East foe Syracuse (20-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-18, 15-13). "It was a great win," said Wolverine head coach Sam Atoa. "We got off to a slow start for whatever reason, but it's not always how you start it's how you finish. We started serving the ball very well and that got us going." After Syracuse (5-2) jumped out a commanding 2-0 set lead, UVU (5-2) took over the match after a dominant third set. Behind three kills from Barker, a kill from Heaps and a block from Erica Nish, UVU raced out to an 11-3 lead, forcing a timeout from the Syracuse bench. The break didn't slow the UVU attack, though, as it ripped off seven of the next ten points to build the lead to 18-6. The Orange battled back to keep the score respectable, but the outcome was never in doubt as UVU took the third set 25-19. Despite falling behind 9-7 in the fourth set, UVU pieced together another extensive run. Powered by two kills from Barker, two more from Heaps, and two combined block assists from Jaicee Kuresa and Nish, the Wolverines raced out to an 18-11 advantage. UVU never looked back from there, taking the set 25-18. Barker, Heaps, and Clement posted three kills apiece in the frame. A dramatic, back-and-forth fifth set featured four ties and four lead changes. Syracuse had the early advantage with a 6-3 lead, but UVU responded with a 5-2 run to ...
UVU: KJZZ Features UVU's Women's Volleyball
25.37 min. | 5.0 user rating
UVU's volleyball team left to New Zealand on May 3 and then traveled on to Samoa on May 11, where they then spent six days. While the first leg of the trip was focused mostly on volleyball, the team's stop in Samoa was more of a humanitarian visit. While in Samoa, the volleyball team was able to help give aid to those who were still feeling the effects from last fall's tsunami. The players helped distribute much needed supplies that they had collected prior to the trip to the people who had been hit the hardest by the disaster. Head Coach Sam Atoa, who was born in Samoa and lived there until he graduated from high school, had numerous connections to help make the trip possible.
UVU Women's Volleyball 2010
3.37 min. | 5.0 user rating
Highlight video of the 2010 Utah Valley University Women's Volleyball Team