2017 Utah State Aggies volleyball team

American college volleyball season

2017 Utah State Aggies women's volleyball

Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	12–10 (4–6 MW)
Head coach	Grayson DuBose (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Taubi Palmer (11th season) Sammi Stuart (3rd season)
Home arena	Wayne Estes Center
Seasons← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Utah State Aggies volleyball team represented Utah State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Aggies were led by twelfth year head coach Grayson DuBose and played their home games at the Wayne Estes Center. The Aggies were members of the Mountain West.

Utah State came off a season where they finished 8–10 in conference, 14–16 overall, good for seventh in the conference. Coming into 2017 the Aggies were picked to finish sixth in the pre-season Mountain West poll.

2017 Mountain West Conference volleyball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 20 Colorado State ‍‍‍	11	–	0	1.000	21	–	2	.913
Wyoming ‍‍‍	7	–	4	.636	12	–	11	.522
San Jose State ‍‍‍	6	–	4	.600	14	–	7	.667
Boise State ‍‍‍	5	–	5	.500	12	–	10	.545
San Diego State ‍‍‍	5	–	5	.500	11	–	12	.478
Utah State ‍‍‍	4	–	6	.400	12	–	10	.545
Fresno State ‍‍‍	4	–	6	.400	9	–	13	.409
UNLV ‍‍‍	4	–	6	.400	8	–	15	.348
Nevada ‍‍‍	4	–	6	.400	6	–	16	.273
New Mexico ‍‍‍	3	–	7	.300	11	–	12	.478
Air Force ‍‍‍	3	–	7	.300	10	–	14	.417


† – Conference champion y- Invited to the NCAA volleyball tournament As of 2017-10-26 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

Season highlights will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2017 Utah State Aggies roster

Defensive Specialist/Libero

2 Tasia Taylor - Junior
8 Madi Olson - Freshman
3 Thamires Cavalcanti - Senior

Setters

5 Jaysa Funk - Freshman
6 Kassidy Johnson - Junior
10 Halle Evans - Sophomore

Outside hitters

3 Lauren Anderson - Senior
4 Ashlee Thornock - Freshman
7 Ally Packard - Junior
26 Rachel Gale-Hammond - Senior
39 Gabbi Shumway - Freshman

Middle blockers

9 Bailey Downing - Freshman
10 Lauren O'Brien - Junior
13 Carly Lenzen - Senior
14 Ashley Wesenberg - Sophomore

Opposite hitter

11 Kayla DeCoursey - Senior

Schedule

Date Time	Opponent	Arena City (Tournament)	Television	Result	Attendance	Record (MWC Record)
8/25 3 p.m.	vs. UL Monroe	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, AR (Arkansas Classic)		W 3–0 (25–17, 25–15, 25–20)	175	1–0
8/26 11:00 a.m.	vs. CS Bakersfield	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, AR (Arkansas Classic)		W 3–1 (25–16, 21–25, 25–20, 26–24)	563	2–0
8/26 6 p.m.	@ Arkansas	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, AR (Arkansas Classic)	SEC+	L 3–0 (25–23, 25–15, 25–19)	832	2–1
9/01 7 p.m.	Pacific	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT (Utah State Invitational)	MW Net	W 3–2 (23–25, 25–19, 25–20, 22–25, 15–10)	562	3–1
9/02 12 p.m.	Montana State	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT (Utah State Invitational)	MW Net	L 3–1 (25–20, 25–18, 27–29, 25–19)	480	3–2
9/02 7 p.m.	UC Santa Barbara	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT (Utah State Invitational)	MW Net	W 3–0 (25–20, 25–15, 25–19)	550	4–2
9/05 7 p.m.	Utah Valley	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT (Utah State Invitational)	MW Net	L 3–1 (18–25, 25–18, 26–24, 25–15)	718	4–3
9/08 1 p.m.	@ Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (Lumberjack Classic)	Pluto TV Ch. 239	W 3–1 (23–25, 25–18, 25–23, 25–18)	302	5–3
9/08 5 p.m.	vs. CS Bakersfield	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (Lumberjack Classic)		W 3–0 (25–23, 25–22, 25–18)	125	6–3
9/09 11 a.m.	Arizona State	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (Lumberjack Classic)		L 3–0 (28–26, 25–20, 25–15)	153	6–4
9/12 7 p.m.	@ Weber State	Swenson Gym Ogden, UT	Pluto TV Ch. 235	W 3–0 (25–21, 25–20, 25–16)	436	7–4
9/15 7 p.m.	@ Southern Utah	Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT	Pluto TV Ch. 236	W 3–1 (26–24, 25–18, 29–25, 25–17)	1,447	8–4
9/21 7 p.m.	San Diego State*	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT	MW Net	W 3–1 (25–21, 23–25, 25–14, 25–19)	815	9–4 (1–0)
9/23 1 p.m.	Fresno State*	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT	MW Net	W 3–1 (25–21, 19–25, 25–18, 25–16)	901	10–4 (2–0)
9/28 7 p.m.	@ UNLV*	Cox Pavilion Las Vegas, NV	MW Net	W 3–1 (25–18, 25–17, 24–26, 25–18)	366	11–4 (3–0)
9/30 2 p.m.	@ New Mexico*	Johnson Gymnasium Albuquerque, NM	MW Net	L 3–0 (25–20, 25–22, 25–17)	825	11–5 (3–1)
10/05 7 p.m.	Wyoming*	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT	MW Net	L 3–0 (25–20, 25–18, 25–12)	832	11–6 (3–2)
10/07 8 p.m.	#23 Colorado State*	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT	MW Net	L 3–0 (25–19, 25–19, 26–24)	646	11–7 (3–3)
10/10 7 p.m.	Boise State*	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT	MW Net	W 3–0 (25–17, 25–19, 25–19)	809	12–7 (4–3)
10/12 6:30 p.m.	@ Air Force*	Cadet East Gym Colorado Springs, CO		L 3–1 (26–24, 25–21, 24–26, 25–17)	319	12–8 (4–4)
10/19 8 p.m.	@ Fresno State*	Save Mart Center Fresno, CA	MW Net	L 3–1 (25–17, 18–25, 25–23, 25–17)	712	12–9 (4–5)
10/21 2 p.m.	@ San Diego State*	Peterson Gym San Diego, CA	MW Net	L 3–1 (25–24, 25–23, 21–25, 25–14)	279	12–10 (4–6)
10/26 7 p.m.	New Mexico*	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT	MW Net
10/28 12 p.m.	UNLV*	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT	MW Net
11/02 7 p.m.	@ Colorado State*	Moby Arena Ft. Collins, CO	MW Net
11/04 7 p.m.	@ Wyoming*	Uniwyo Sports Complex Laramie, WY	MW Net
11/07 7:30 p.m.	@ Boise State*	Bronco Gym Boise, ID	MW Net
11/11 7 p.m.	Air Force*	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT	MW Net
11/16 7 p.m.	Nevada*	Wayne Estes Center Logan, UT	MW Net
11/18 3 p.m.	@ San Jose State*	Spartan Gym San Jose, CA	MW Net

*-Indicates Conference Opponent

y-Indicates NCAA Playoffs

Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

All home games will be on the MW Network powered by Stadium. Select road games will also be televised or streamed.

Arkansas: Brett Dolan & Caitlin Donahoe
Pacific: Daniel Hansen & Meagan Nelson
Montana State: Daniel Hansen & Meagan Nelson
UC Santa Barbara: Braden Clark & Trevor Porath
Utah Valley: Daniel Hansen & Meagan Nelson
Northern Arizona: Zach Lorhap?
Weber State: Kylee Young
Southern Utah: Bryson Lester
San Diego State: Braden Clark & Trevor Porath
Fresno State: Daniel Hansen & Meagan Nelson
UNLV: Wyatt Tomchek & Elli Woinowsky
New Mexico: Adam Diehl
Wyoming: Daniel Hansen & Meagan Nelson
Colorado State: Braden Clark & Trevor Porath
Boise State: Braden Clark & Jaden Johnson
Fresno State: Stephen Trembley
San Diego State: Chris Ello
New Mexico:
UNLV:
Colorado State:
Wyoming:
Boise State:
Air Force:
Nevada:
San Jose State:

References

"COLORADO STATE SELECTED AS FAVORITE TO WIN 2017 MOUNTAIN WEST WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TITLE". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
"2017 Utah State Volleyball Roster". utahstateaggies.com.
"Utah State announces 2017 schedule". Deseret News. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.

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