2017 Utah Valley Wolverines volleyball team

2017 Utah Valley Wolverines women's volleyball
2017 Utah Valley Wolverines women's volleyball
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	12–13 (7–3 WAC)
Head coach	Sam Atoa (19th season);
Assistant coaches	Dan Corotan (3rd season); Scott Lee (11th season);
Home arena	Lockhart Arena
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

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 Lockhart Arena. 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
v t e	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 y- Invited to the NCAA volleyball tournament As of 2017-09-30 Rankings from AVCA

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- Freshman
15 Alexis Davies - Junior
16 Kristen Allred - Freshman
17 Lexi Thompson - Senior

Middle Blockers

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

Schedule

Date Time	Opponent	Arena City (Tournament)	Television	Result	Attendance	Record (WAC Record)
8/25 3 p.m.	vs. Pepperdine	Spartan Gym 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	Lockhart Arena 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	University Recreation Center 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

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*-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

^ "Wolverines drop WAC Championship match to UT Rio Grand Valley, 3-0". Deseret News. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
^ "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.
^ http://gouvu.com/roster.aspx?path=wvball
^ "Utah Valley releases challenging 2017 schedule". Deseret News. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

[1] "Wolverines drop WAC Championship match to UT Rio Grand Valley, 3-0". Deseret News. 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] ttp://gouvu.com/roster.aspx?path=wvball

[4] "Utah Valley releases challenging 2017 schedule". Deseret News. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

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