Oct. 9, 2008
Final Stats
SALT LAKE CITY - The UNLV Rebels (10-8 overall, 3-2 Mountain West) misfortunes in Salt Lake City continued with their 3-0 loss to the Utah Utes (12-4, 4-2) on Thursday night at the Crimson Court. Dating back to 1997, the Rebels have gone 0-11 in Utah's capital city. Utah took the match by set scores of 25-13, 25-14, 25-22. The loss snapped the Rebels' two-match winning streak, while the victory propelled Utah to five straight wins.
The Utes had a staggering .368 hitting efficiency in the match, while holding the Rebels to their lowest figure of the season with a .123. Utah racked up nine more kills (45-to-36) and amassed 13 less errors (23-to-10). The home squad came out on fire with a .393 hitting efficiency in the first set and one-upped themselves with a .531 in the second, but dropped to an even .200 in the third and final set. On the other hand, UNLV hit between .031 and .167 in the match.
Sara Nehf and Cursty Jackson led the Rebels in kills and hitting efficiency in the match. Nehf knocked down a team-high 11 kills and swung for a .389 figure. Jackson threw down eight kills, while hitting .316.
Melody Nua dished out 25 of UNLV's 31 assists.
Camille Cunningham led the Rebels in digs with 12.
Utah's offensive was led by Kathryn Haynie's 11 kills. Karolina Bartkowiak and Lori Baird were the top hitters in the match, as they smashed a .692 and .615 hitting efficiency, respectively.
Abby Simmons and Stephanie Shardlow split the setting duties for the Utes. Simmons led the way with 21 helpers, while Shardlow followed closely behind with 18 of her own.
Cinthia Silva notched 10 digs to lead the Utah defensive.
The Rebels return to action on Saturday (Oct. 11) evening with a match against the BYU Cougars at 6:00 pm PT.
