OMAHA – Late in the third set of the their first-round NCAA tournament matchup on Friday, Kylie Murr decided the Gophers were going to sweep Utah State.
The Gophers were looking wobbly, trailing 22-17 and giving Utah State a surge of life in a match they had dominated for long stretches.
"I went back to the service line, was physically back there, and remember being like, 'I am going on a run here. I am not doing this anymore,'" Murr recalled.
The Gophers finished the match on an 8-1 run, completing a 25-17, 25-14, 25-23 victory.
Murr is a lot of things: one of the best defensive players in the nation, a trash-talking motivational speaker to teammates and referees, a tone setter.
"[Murr] made a ton of plays," Aggies coach Rob Neilson said. "Fearless plays."
She was not alone.
A fair question ahead of this match was which Gophers team would show up. For the bulk of the time, it was the team no one wants to play.