With a powerful team returning, Utah volleyball coach Beth Launiere has upped the scheduling ante

If her players ever need a compliment, all Utah women's volleyball coach Beth Launiere has to do is point to the team's schedule.Launiere delivered a demanding nonconference schedule in her 30th season, all designed to test — and, theoretically, reward — a team she expects to contend for one of the 16 hosting berths in the NCAA Tournament. So the Utes will welcome No. 7 Kentucky and No. 23 Cal Poly (plus Saint Mary’s) to the Huntsman Center for this weekend’s Utah Classic