SALT LAKE CITY — The NCAA Tournament ride comes to an end for Utah women’s volleyball team, who fell to the higher-seeded Texas in the fifth and final set of the Sweet 16 matchup.
Utah (24-10) took a 2-1 set lead before the Longhorns rallied back in the final two sets of the match to beat the Utes and advance to the Elite 8 round of the tournament. Utah used a 3-0 run after Texas took its largest lead of the set, 10-7, to claw back. The two teams traded points in a highly competitive final set that ended with a 16-14 Texas win on a kill by Texas’ Yaazie Bedart-Ghani.