Although Utah prepared as well as it could in the snowy conditions, the women's volleyball team took seventh out of eight teams in the fourth annual Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship held in Riverside, Calif., last weekend.

The Utes have been invited to compete in the fourth annual Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship in Riverside, Calif., along with seven other top programs from around the country.

After a few months of working on individual strength training and conditioning, the Utah women's volleyball team is back on the court.

After winning 19 of their last 20 games, Utah's win streak and hopes of getting to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history were crushed by No. 5 seed Washington Huskies as the Utes got swept for just the third time this season 25-16, 25-20, 25-16.

The Utah women's volleyball team is heading into uncharted territory as it travels to Seattle to take on the No. 5 seed Washington Huskies in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

Usually, playing sports adds to the stress of the already intense high school experience, but for Karolina Bartkowiak, sports were just the outlet she needed.

The Utah women's volleyball team extended its winning streak to 11 and kept its season alive as it swept both Furman and Clemson in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament to advance to the Sweet 16.

After winning the Mountain West Conference championship with a 14-2 conference record, the Utes had four team members selected to the all-MWC team, while head coach Beth Launiere was named MWC Coach of the Year.

The wait is over. After waiting for a week to find out where it would be traveling for the first and second rounds of the NCAA, the Utah women's volleyball team knows its fate.

The Utah women's volleyball team continued its streak by claiming its eighth and ninth consecutive victories in winning the 30th Annual Pacific Bankers Classic.