| Sport: | women's volleyball |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Team: | Utah Utes |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
| Record: | 17–6 |
| Conf Record: | 8–4 |
| Head Coach: | Beth Launiere |
| Hc Year: | 28th |
| Asst Coach1: | JJ Van Niel |
| Ac1 Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach2: | Malia Shoji |
| Ac2 Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Huntsman Center |
The 2017 Utah Utes volleyball team will represent the University of Utah in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Utes are led by twenty-eighth year head coach Beth Launiere and play their home games at the Huntsman Center. The Utes are members of the Pac-12 Conference.
Utah comes off a season where they went 20–12, 11–9 in conference. They earned an at-large NCAA Tournament at-large slot where they lost to UNLV in the first round.[1] The Utes enter the season having been picked to finish fourth in the 2017 pre-season Pac-12 poll.[2]
Season highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.
2017 Utah Utes Roster[3] | |||||||
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| style= scope="col" | Date Time | style= scope="col" | Opponent | style= scope="col" | Rank | style= scope="col" | Arena City (Tournament) | style= scope="col" | Television | style= scope="col" | Result | style= scope="col" | Attendance | style= scope="col" | Record (Pac-12 Record) |
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| 8/25 11 a.m. | vs. Cincinnati |
| Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY (Bluegrass Battle) | W 3–0 (25–10, 25–18, 25–17) | 1,642 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| 8/25 7 p.m. | @ #14 Kentucky |
| Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY (Bluegrass Battle) | SEC | L 3–2 (25–23, 29–27, 13–25, 20–25, 15–12) | 1,642 | 1–1 | ||||||||
| 8/26 7 p.m. | vs. Arkansas State |
| Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY (Bluegrass Battle) | W 3–0 (26–24, 25–23, 25–20) | 1,772 | 2–1 | |||||||||
| 8/31 8:45 p.m. | vs. South Dakota |
| Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Rainbow Wahine Classic) | W 3–0 (25–22, 25–10, 25–15) | 250 | 3–1 | |||||||||
| 9/01 8:45 p.m. | vs. Western Carolina |
| Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Rainbow Wahine Classic) | W 3–0 (25–20, 25–18, 25–22) | 5,001 | 4–1 | |||||||||
| 9/03 8 p.m. | @ Hawai'i |
| Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI (Rainbow Wahine Classic) | SPEC HI | W 3–1 (20–25, 26–24, 25–15, 25–23) | 6,948 | 5–1 | ||||||||
| 9/08 7 p.m. |
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| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT (Utah Volleyball Classic) | W 3–2 (25–22, 17–25, 25–19, 22–25, 16–14) | 1,046 | 6–1 | |||||||||
| 9/09 7:45 p.m. | Green Bay |
| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT (Utah Volleyball Classic) | W 3–0 (25–9, 25–16, 25–15) | 333 | 7–1 | |||||||||
| 9/09 7 p.m. | Missouri |
| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT (Utah Volleyball Classic) | W 3–0 (25–20, 27–25, 25–19) | 847 | 8–1 | |||||||||
| 9/14 7 p.m. |
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| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT (Deseret First Duel) | P12 | L 3–2 (16–25, 25–13, 25–17, 20–25, 18–16) | 4,637 | 8–2 | ||||||||
| 9/15 7 p.m. | @ Utah Valley |
| Lockhart Arena Orem, UT | WAC DN | W 3–1 (19–25, 25–18, 25–16, 25–22) | 1,081 | 9–2 | ||||||||
| 9/22 7 p.m. |
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| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 | W 3–1 (25–14, 16–25, 25–20, 25–17) | 1,480 | 10–2 (1–0) | ||||||||
| 9/24 2 p.m. | Cal |
| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 | W 3–0 (25–19, 25–21, 25–12) | 1,218 | 11–2 (2–0) | ||||||||
| 9/29 6 p.m. |
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| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 | L 3–2 (25–16, 25–13, 16–25, 17–25, 21–19) | 1,923 | 11–3 (2–1) | ||||||||
| 9/30 8 p.m. | Oregon State |
| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 | W 3–0 (27–25, 25–16, 25–17) | 1,523 | 12–3 (3–1) | ||||||||
| 10/6 9 p.m. | @ #9 Washington* |
| Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA | P12 | W 3–2 (27–25, 26–24, 21–25, 23–25, 16–14) | 3,019 | 13–3 (4–1) | ||||||||
| 10/08 12 p.m. | @ Washington State* |
| Bohler Gym Pullman, WA | P12 | W 3–1 (25–21, 25–19, 21–25, 25–21) | 675 | 14–3 (5–1) | ||||||||
| 10/13 7 p.m. | @ Arizona* |
| McKale Center Tucson, AZ | P12 AZ DN | W 3–1 (25–18, 25–23, 23–25, 25–23) | 1,781 | 15–3 (6–1) | ||||||||
| 10/15 2 p.m. | @ Arizona State* |
| Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ | P12 | W 3–1 (24–26, 25–17, 31–29, 28–26) | 892 | 16–3 (7–1) | ||||||||
| 10/20 6 p.m. |
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| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 | W 3–1 (25–20, 22–25, 25–21, 25–19) | 3,179 | 17–3 (8–1) | ||||||||
| 10/22 1 p.m. |
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| Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 | L 3–2 (25–21, 26–28, 25–20, 21–25, 15–9) | 2,004 | 17–4 (8–2) | ||||||||
| 10/25 8 p.m. | @ #15 Oregon* |
| Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR | P12 | L 3–1 (25–18, 21–25, 25–23, 25–22) | 1,250 | 17–5 (8–3) | ||||||||
| 10/27 7 p.m. | @ Oregon State* |
| Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | P12 OSU DN | L 3–1 (16–25, 25–16, 25–20, 25–20) | 1,142 | 17–6 (8–4) | ||||||||
| 11/02 7 p.m. | Washington State* | Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 UTAH DN | ||||||||||||
| 11/04 7 p.m. | Washington* | Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 UTAH DN | ||||||||||||
| 11/09 7 p.m. | @ USC* | Galen Center Los Angeles, CA | P12 | ||||||||||||
| 11/10 9 p.m. | @ UCLA* | John Wooden Center Los Angeles, CA | P12 UCLA DN | ||||||||||||
| 11/17 TBA | Arizona State* | Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 UTAH DN | ||||||||||||
| 11/18 7 p.m. | Arizona* | Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | P12 UTAH DN | ||||||||||||
| 11/22 TBD | @ Stanford* | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12 | ||||||||||||
| 11/24 8 p.m. | @ Colorado* | Coors Events Center Boulder, CO | P12 | ||||||||||||
*-Indicates Conference Opponent
y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs
Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.
All home conference games will be on Pac-12 Networks or P12 Digital Network. All Pac-12 Network games will be on the National Feed and Mountain Feed unless noted otherwise. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.