Utah reserve Kinga Windisch’s serve hit the court and the Utes celebrated a second-set win over No. 2 Stanford.
The No. 24 Utes had momentum and the knowledge that they also could have won the first set Friday night at the Huntsman Center. That’s as good as it would get for Utah, even though coach Beth Launiere believed her team improved as the match went along. Stanford just asserted itself, winning in four sets: 28-26, 23-25, 25-19, 25-17.
“That’s the No. 2 team in the nation, and we were right there with them,” said Dani Drews, who led Utah with 13 kills.