2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team

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2017
Wolverines wordmark.png
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
2017 record12–13 (7–3 WAC)
Head coach
  • (19th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Dan Corotan (3rd season)
  • Scott Lee (11th season)
Home arena
Seasons
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The 2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team will represent Utah Valley University in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Wolverines are led by nineteenth year head coach Sam Atoa and play their home games at . The Wolverines are members of the WAC.

Utah Valley comes off a season where they finished second in the WAC.[1] For 2017 the Wolverines were picked to finish third in the pre-season WAC poll behind New Mexico State and UTRGV.[2]


2017 Western Athletic Conference volleyball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 2   .800 17 – 7   .708
UTRGV  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 13 – 10   .565
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍ 7 – 3   .700 12 – 13   .480
CSU Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 7 – 4   .636 14 – 12   .538
Seattle  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5   .500 9 – 14   .391
Kansas City  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7   .364 8 – 16   .333
Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 3 – 8   .273 8 – 15   .348
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 10   .091 10 – 17   .370
† – Conference champion

Season highlights[]

Season highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster[]

2017 Utah Valley Wolverines Roster[3]
 

Defensive Specialist/Libero

  • 3 Lindsey Tagge - Junior
  • 4 Brynnly Ward - Freshman
  • 6 Seren Merrill - Freshman

Setters

  • 2 Sierra Starley - Senior
  • 7 Madi Wardle - Sophomore

Right Side Hitter

  • 11 Izzie Hinton - Sophomore
  

Outside Hitters

  • 8 Marija Martinovic- Senior
  • 10 Bailey Nixon- Redshirt Freshman
  • 15 Alexis Davies - Junior
  • 16 Kristen Allred - Freshman
  • 17 Lexi Thompson - Senior
  

Middle Blockers

  • 1 Makayla Pollard - Freshman
  • 5 Megan Boudreaux- Redshirt Sophomore
  • 9 Brighton Taylor - Senior
  • 12 Jasmine Niutupuivaha - Sophomore
  • 18 Madison Dennison - Senior
  

Schedule[]

Date
Time 		Opponent Rank Arena
City
(Tournament) 		Television Result Attendance Record
(WAC Record)
8/25
3 p.m. 		vs. Pepperdine
San Jose, CA
(SJSU/USF Invitational) 		L 3–1
(25–19, 23–25, 25–20, 29–27) 		104 0–1
8/25
5:30 p.m. 		vs. Fresno State Spartan Gym
San Jose, CA
(SJSU/USF Invitational) 		MW Net L 3–1
(25–16, 25–17, 24–26, 25–22) 		107 0–2
8/26
3 p.m. 		vs. Nevada The Sobrato Center
San Francisco, CA
(SJSU/USF Invitational) 		L 3–1
(25–17, 20–25, 25–14, 25–19) 		96 0–3
8/29
6 p.m. 		@ Southern Utah Centrum Arena
Cedar City, UT 		Pluto TV Ch. 236 W 3–0
(25–18, 25–15, 25–22) 		1,156 1–3
8/31
5:30 p.m. 		#9 Kansas
Orem, UT
(Wolverine Invitational) 		Flo Volleyball
WAC DN 		L 3–0
(25–20, 25–19, 25–23) 		1,048 1–4
9/01
12 p.m. 		Montana Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(Wolverine Invitational) 		Flo Volleyball
WAC DN 		W 3–0
(25–15, 26–24, 25–16) 		491 2–4
9/02
12 p.m. 		Long Beach State Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(Wolverine Invitational) 		Flo Volleyball
WAC DN 		W 3–1
(25–21, 12–25, 27–25, 25–18) 		459 3–4
9/04
6 p.m. 		@ Idaho State Holt Arena
Pocatello, ID 		Pluto TV Ch. 243 W 3–1
(26–24, 21–25, 25–22, 25–20) 		561 4–4
9/05
6 p.m. 		@ Utah State Wayne Estes Center
Logan, UT 		MW Net W 3–1
(18–25, 25–18, 26–24, 25–15) 		718 5–4
9/08
2 p.m. 		vs. Lehigh
Fort Worth, TX
(TCU Fight in the Fort) 		L 3–0
(25–20, 25–17, 25–19) 		1,298 5–5
9/09
10 a.m. 		vs. Duke University Recreation Center
Fort Worth, TX
(TCU Fight in the Fort) 		L 3–2
(21–25, 25–19, 15–25, 25–23, 15–4) 		1,169 5–6
9/09
6 p.m. 		@ TCU University Recreation Center
Fort Worth, TX
(TCU Fight in the Fort) 		Frog Vision L 3–0
(25–22, 25–16, 25–21) 		1,169 5–7
9/13
8 p.m. 		@ Weber State Swenson Gym
Ogden, UT 		Pluto TV Ch. 235 L 3–1
(26–24, 25–20, 14–25, 25–23) 		478 5–8
9/15
5 p.m. 		#16 Utah Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT 		WAC DN L 3–1
(19–25, 25–18, 25–16, 25–22) 		1,081 5–9
9/16
7 p.m. 		#14 BYU Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT
(UCCU Crosstown Clash) 		UVUtv
WAC DN 		L 3–1
(25–21, 22–25, 26–24, 25–17) 		1,726 5–10
9/23
4 p.m. 		@ Seattle* Connolly Center
Seattle, WA 		WAC DN W 3–0
(25–17, 25–21, 25–21) 		257 6–10
(1–0)
9/28
7 p.m. 		@ Grand Canyon* GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ 		GCU TV
WAC DN 		W 3–1
(25–15, 25–18, 25–27, 25–22) 		959 7–10
(2–0)
9/30
1 p.m. 		@ CSU Bakersfield* Icardo Center
Bakersfield, CA 		WAC DN L 3–2
(28–26, 22–25, 23–25, 25–16, 17–15) 		439 7–11
(2–1)
10/05
7 p.m. 		UTRGV* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT 		WAC DN L 3–1
(24–26, 25–21, 25–12, 25–21) 		602 7–12
(2–2)
10/07
1 p.m. 		New Mexico State* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT 		WAC DN W 3–2
(22–25, 25–17, 22–25, 25–20, 15–10) 		487 8–12
(3–2)
10/12
6 p.m. 		@ Chicago State* Dickens Athletic Center
Chicago, IL 		WAC DN W 3–0
(25–21, 25–22, 25–19) 		52 9–12
(4–2)
10/14
12 p.m. 		@ Kansas City* Swinney Recreation Center
Kansas City ,MO 		WAC DN W 3–1
(27–29, 25–14, 25–21, 25–18) 		179 10–12
(5–2)
10/21
1 p.m. 		Seattle* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT 		WAC DN L 3–2
(22–25, 25–22, 25–22, 20–25, 15–10) 		527 10–13
(5–3)
10/26
7 p.m. 		CSU Bakersfield* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT 		WAC DN W 3–0
(25–14, 27–25, 25–16) 		692 11–13
(6–3)
10/28
1 p.m. 		Grand Canyon* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT 		WAC DN W 3–0
(25–19, 25–17, 25–18) 		459 12–13
(7–3)
11/02
7 p.m. 		@ New Mexico State* Pan American Center
Las Cruces, NM 		WAC DN
11/04
11 a.m. 		@ UTRGV* UTRGV Fieldhouse
Edinburg, TX 		WAC DN
11/09
7 p.m. 		Kansas City* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT 		WAC DN
11/11
1 p.m. 		Chicago State* Lockhart Arena
Orem, UT 		WAC DN
11/16
TBA 		UTRGV Fieldhouse
Edinburg, TX
(WAC Volleyball Tournament) 		WAC DN

[4]

*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games[]

All home games will be on the WAC Digital Network. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.

  • Fresno State: No commentary
  • Southern Utah: No commentary
  • Kansas: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Montana: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Long Beach State: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Idaho State: Cade Vance & Matt Steuart
  • Utah State: Daniel Hansen & Meagan Nelson
  • TCU: Jeff Williams
  • Weber State: Kylee Young
  • Utah: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • BYU: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Seattle: No commentary
  • Grand Canyon: Alex Larson & JP Sar
  • CSU Bakersfield: Randy Rosenbloom
  • UTRGV: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • New Mexico State: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Chicago State: No commentary
  • Kansas City: TJ Jackson
  • Seattle: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • CSU Bakersfield: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Grand Canyon: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • New Mexico State:
  • UTRGV:
  • Kansas City: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer
  • Chicago State: Matthew Baiamonte & Kyle Bruderer

References[]

  1. ^ "Wolverines drop WAC Championship match to UT Rio Grand Valley, 3-0". Deseret News. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  2. ^ "NM State Favored by Coaches to Win 2017 WAC Volleyball Title". WAC Sports. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  3. ^ "2021 Women's Volleyball Roster".
  4. ^ "Utah Valley releases challenging 2017 schedule". Deseret News. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
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