Provo • It should have been deja-vu when the BYU and Utah volleyball teams met for a second-round NCAA Tournament match on the Smith Fieldhouse court Saturday. The Cougars had a higher seed and a bigger crowd, just like last season, when those exact circumstances played out.
Utah charged at the Cougars from its opening serve, an ace, and never took its foot off the gas as the unseeded Utes shocked No. 14 BYU with a 25-15, 25-15, 25-15 victory.
The victory sends Utah into the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in program history and the second time in three years.