BERKELEY – The key to rebuilding Cal's volleyball program is to not focus on rebuilding it at all.

With each benchmark that demonstrates improvement, the Bears simply ignore it. It's how they have already equaled their win total from last season and amassed its most Pac-12 victories since 2013.

Cal climbed another rung on the ladder Friday night, completing its first season sweep of Utah since 2011 with a 25-21, 18-25, 25-23, 25-17 victory in front of 1,114 fans at Haas Pavilion.

"Our motto here the last few weeks has been to focus on what we need to do, not what it means," Cal first-year head coach Jennifer Dorr said. "We are winning some matches and beating ranked teams, and all those things can create too much pressure on us. We just need to pass the ball, set it and hit it. It's really that simple. We can't get caught up in what it means to the program. We just need to focus on what we need to do next."

The Bears (13-12, 5-9 Pac-12) are 5-4 since beginning conference play 0-5. That includes wins over No. 24 Utah, No. 21 Washington State and No. 20 UCLA. Sophomore Preslie Anderson and redshirt freshman Lauren have emerged as one of the top middle blocking tandem in the Pac-12, and sophomore Mima Mirkovic's all-around game can measure up to almost any player in the conference.

On Friday, Mirkovic had one of her top all-around performances of the season with 16 kills, 15 digs and a career-high four aces.

"I'm just really trying to incorporate everything I do in practice into the matches," Mirkovic said. "We've talked a lot in practice about being steady and consistent, and I felt like we were very consistent throughout this match."

Libero Kat Knop had a career-high 20 digs while junior outside hitter Maddie Haynes pitched in with a season-best 15 kills. Anderson, who entered the night leading the Pac-12 with a .403 hitting percentage, had nine kills at a whopping .643 clip. She and Forte each had three blocks.

"Our volleyball IQ has increased and that has allowed us to score more points tactically than we have in the past," Dorr said. "When we got that first win over Utah and they had that ranking in front of their name - that was enough to push us over the edge. It let us know that we can do it and repeat it. But we still have to grind it out. There is not an easy win in this conference."

The Bears raced out to a 14-7 lead in the first set and then held off a late charge by the Utes. Mirkovic dominated the set with seven kills and six digs. After suffering from some passing and defense breakdowns in the second set and part of the third, Cal reversed course and erased a 17-12 deficit to take the third set, with the final point coming when the Bears won a replay challenge on a kill by Mirkovic.

Cal dominated the fourth set, leading by as much as 10 at 23-13 before closing it out.

"I felt like the way we bounced back in the third and fourth sets is a testament to how gritty and how determined we are to win," Mirkovic said. "We played tough and together, which is our team motto. It was a great win because we deserved that win."

Cal's five Pac-12 wins are the most since the Bears went 10-10 in conference play in 2013. Cal went 13-18 last year. The Bears need one more victory to have their most overall wins since 2013, when they were 18-13.

The Bears have six matches remaining, with their final two home matches of the season taking place next week against Oregon State and Oregon.

"I think we are proving we can be a force," Mirkovic said. "We still have some inconsistencies and we need to find that level where we can bring our best every single match. But I'm proud of the way we are playing right now."