SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Seventeenth-ranked Utah defeated Arizona in four sets (20-25, 25-15, 25-15, 25-15) in Salt Lake City on Saturday night.

Devyn Cross had a career-high nine blocks and tied her season high with eight kills in the match. She was in on nine of UA's 12 blocks on the night.

Those 12 blocks to go along with 63 digs represented a solid defensive effort for UA, but its offense managed to hit just .075 in the loss.

Cross and Elizabeth Shelton led the way with eight kills apiece while freshmen Candice Denny and Paige Whipple had seven. Shelton also had five blocks in the match.

Setter Mackenzie Hernandez, in her second match filling in for injured starter Julia Patterson, posted her first career double-double in a UA uniform. She had 30 assists and 12 digs.

Hernandez was one of three Wildcats to post double-digit digs. Whipple led the team with 15 while Makenna Martin had 14.

Four blocks and 20 digs helped Arizona limit Utah to .023 hitting in the first set, as the Cats grabbed the opener, 25-20. Candice Denny had a match-high five kills.

The Utes awoke from their hitting woes in set one, hitting .483 on their way to a 25-15 victory in the second set.

Utah took the lead in the match with a 25-15 victory in the third.

The Utes won their third straight set 25-15 to close out Arizona in the fourth.

With the loss, UA fell to 10-17, 4-14 Pac-12 while the 17th-ranked Utes improved to 21-8, 12-6 Pac-12. Arizona now heads into the final week of the 2017 season. UA will face Washington in Seattle on Wednesday before returning home for senior day. McKenzie Jacobson, Jade Turner and Kimberly Gutierrez will be honored in Arizona's match vs. Arizona State on Saturday.