The Utah women’s volleyball team hopes to earn one of the 16 host berths in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, after last season’s experience of having to play BYU in Provo in the second round. The No. 18 Utes could help themselves by beating No. 12 BYU at the Huntsman Center.
Utah (8-2) will conclude nonconference play Thursday night against the Cougars (7-2), after dropping slightly in the AVCA rankings with losses to No. 6 Pittsburgh and Cal Poly in Pepperdine’s tournament last weekend at Malibu, Calif. BYU will visit No. 2 Stanford on Saturday before moving into West Coast Conference play.