Provo • Dani Drews posted 18 kills and 12 digs to lead Utah past Denver 3-0 on Friday afternoon in an NCAA women’s volleyball tournament first-round match at BYU’s Smith Fieldhouse.
“We tried to stop her,” Denver coach Tom Hogan said of Drews, who had eight kills in the third set alone. “I don’t think you can really stop someone like her, though.”
The Utes improved to 19-13 and will play the winner of the late BYU-Stony Brook match on Saturday night in a second-round match at Smith Fieldhouse.
Megan Yett added 11 kills and Kenzie Koerber had 10 for the Utes, who were pushed to five sets by Denver the first week of the season in Salt Lake City.