volleyball showed fight in the first set in Thursday’s match versus BYU, but the Cougars were able to come away with a 3-0 sweep in the first of two Holy War matchups this season. The Cougars took the first set 25-20, which was the closest set of the entire match.
“You get what you give in volleyball is what I told the team. And if we’re not putting pressure on them with our serve or with what we’re doing attacking-wise, it just allows the other team, if you’re a really good team, to be in rhythm and barreling downhill at you offensively. And it’s just really hard to defend that time and time again. And so I think we just misexecuted on some balls, didn’t put enough pressure on them, and then they got some opportunities to convert and transition kills some balls that I think are just too easy when you’re that good of an offensive team,” head coach Alyssa D’Errico said post-match.
The Utes were all out of sorts after that first set, finishing the game hitting at .244. Utah had some moments where they looked like they were going to be able to go blow for blow with the Cougs, but the top 15 team performed as just that tonight…