Utah volleyball player Berkeley Oblad spent nearly 12 months rehabilitating from an elbow injury, and then worried for the past two weeks after how her right arm would respond when the season started.
Her anxiety was compounded Friday night when Utes were wobbling against No. 7 Kentucky, after having dominated the Wildcats. Oblad’s elbow remained strong, and so did her teammates. Utah completed the upset in a sweep: 25-19, 25-16, 25-23.
“I’ve never been part of a team that has fought through a match like that,” Oblad said after the first day of the season-opening Utah Classic at the Huntsman Center.