Monday, December 14, 2009
Happy Holidays!
Also, CONGRATS to Karolina Bartkowiak for being named to the AVCA All-West Region Honarable Mention. You can read about that by clicking here
AND, Click here to read about Yiting Cao being named Two Year Colleges National Player of the Year 2009 .
Monday, December 7, 2009
Sandbery and Bartkowiak make MWC All-Conference
Read the press release here:
http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/112409aaa.html
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
UTES SIGN 4 TO 2010 CLASS
Charlee Dyroff (L, 5-6,
Launiere on Dyroff: "Charlee is a tremendous athlete who comes from a club program that trains well. She will bring tremendous defensive skills into the gym and will add to our team’s ability to stop opponents."
Served as team captain at Boulder High School … set high school record with 401 digs during senior season … posted career-high with 41 digs in five-set match against Horizon H.S. … three-year letterwinner … played club for Juggernaut Volleyball … served as team captain for four years … was named MVP during 15’s year … honor roll student during all four years of high school … carries a 4.2 GPA … started club for environment and community called ClassAction that spread to three other high schools ... mother, Wendi Hill, was an NCAA Women’s Skiing champion at Colorado University … father, Matt Dyroff, played semi-pro hockey for the Dayton Bombers.
Erin Redd (MB, 6-2, Spanish Fork,
Launiere on Redd: "
4A State All-Tournament, Academic All-State, and First-Team All-Region team in 2009 … 2008 second-team all-region … hit .388 during her career at Spanish Fork … hit .410 with 54 service aces and 1.5 digs per set during senior season … Four-time Academic All-Region selection … voted Varsity Rookie of the Year during freshman season … Female Athlete of the Year during sophomore and junior years … three-time volleyball MVP … four-year letterwinner … played club volleyball for the Utah Thunder … four-year honor roll student … member of Lettermen’s Club and Spirit Club … also was a two-time honorable mention all-state and 2008 all-region first-team selection as a four-year letterwinner in basketball … finished fourth in the state in 2008 in the javelin and was a 2008 regional champion as a two-year letterwinner in track & field.
Yiting Cao (OH/OPP, 6-0, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Institute,
Launiere on Cao: "Yiting joins us from one of the top junior college programs in the country (
Member of the Chinese Junior National team … team won the 2007 World Junior Championship … helped Chinese Junior National team to a third-place at the 2007 Asia Junior Championship … 2008 NJCAA First-Team All-American and National All-Tournament Team selection … was an AVCA Second Team All-American in 2008 … two-time First-Team All-Region … hitting .370 with 3.7 kills and 2.7 digs per set at Illinois Central College … has 12 double-doubles, 23-double-figure-kill matches, and 14 double-digit-dig performances this season at ICC … member of third-place team at the 2007-2008 Chinese National Championship … recognized on the Dean’s List at Illinois Central College and a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
Morgan Odale (OH, 6-1, Eagle,
Launiere on Odale: "Morgan comes to
Helped Eagle High School win four state championships … two-time Idaho State Gatorade Player of the Year … three-time first-team all-conference selection … second-team all-conference selection during freshman season … hit .431 with a .518 kill percentage during senior year … member of the USA Junior A2 Team as a junior … member of the Idaho Stars Club Team … team qualified for junior nationals five times … recognized as an honor student for three years … intends to major in dentistry … sister Morgan is currently a freshman on the Utah volleyball team.
Welcome to the UTAH FAMILY!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Fun Fun Fun
Thanks Corinne for providing the entertainment.
Utah volleyball has their last 2 home matches this week(end). Thursday the Utes take on 1st place Colorado State at 7:30 pm. The match will be televised live on The Mtn. Saturday the Utes will play Wyoming at 1 pm, which is also senior night. Come say goodbye to Cinthia Silva and Chelsey Sandberg. See you at Crimson Court!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
UTES win BIG over Byu 3-2
Utah picked up 3 more points for the Deseret First Duel on Friday by beating BYU after being down 0-2. Utah is now 7-2 in the Mountain West Conference w/ a home match on Saturday 1 pm vs. UNLV.
Here are a few pictures of the celebration after the match. We received the Deseret First Duel trophy in our locker room. Thanks to all the fans who traveled down south for the match. It was great to see so much RED!!!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Beth Launiere 400 Wins
Utah is back in action with a match vs conference opponent TCU on Thursday, October 8th at Crimson Court, 7 pm. Utah plays again vs. UNM on Saturday, October 10th at 1 pm. That match is our Breast Cancer awareness match so wear pink! Hope to see you there.
Go Utes!!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
UTAH wins 3-0 over UNLV
Also, we thought we would give you a sneak peak into what exactly the University of Utah Volleyball team does on the road. Fun times for sure!
More photos and video to come.... stay tuned.
GO UTES!!!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Utah Volleyball Wins UTAH CLASSIC Tournament
Sandberg was unstoppable and landed herself on the All-tournament team, good job Chelsey!
Fisher was named best libero.
And here is your MVP for the Utah Classic, Karolina Bartkowiak. She's relieaved it's over. :)
Team celebration! Good crowd there this weekend at Crimson Court, thanks to everyone who came!
Would you believe that 6 hands were not enough to stop this girl? She was unbelievable, great player for sure.
Monday, August 24, 2009
# 17 Utah opens up this weekend in the Utah Classic vs. Arizona State on Friday, August 28th at Crimson Court. Saturday's matches are at 10 am vs. UC Riverside and 7 pm vs. Cincinnati. Please come watch the Utes in action and check out the new surprise in Crimson Court.
The team spent a week in St. George getting ready for the season. The scenery was beautiful and the conversations had were even better. Go UTES! (thanks Jane!)
Sometimes the girls do things that we just take pictures of and laugh about, this is one of those moments for sure!!! You'll have to ask them what this is all about....