Women's Volleyball | 10/30/2025 11:00:00 AM
Match #21
Who | Southern Utah (2-16, 1-6 WAC) at Utah Tech (15-5, 6-2 WAC)
When | Saturday, Nov. 1 – 7 p.m.
Where | Burns Arena - St. George, Utah
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OPENING SERVE
The Trailblazers open the month of November on Saturday night hosting Southern Utah at Burns Arena after the Utah Tech vs. North Alabama football contest.
LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEK
The Trailblazers are coming off a 1-1 showing last week earning a four-set win over Abilene Christian on Thursday before falling in three sets at Utah Valley on Saturday.
Led by back-to-back standout performances from redshirt sophomore
Nana Asiata, the Weber State transfer tallied a team-leading 19 kills in both contests.
Overcoming an opening set loss to ACU, the Trailblazers raced back to take sets, 25-22, 25-14, 25-23 against the Wildcats while leading ACU in hitting percentage (.196-.054) and notched a season-best 18.0 blocks (32 block assists), marks that are each tied for third-most in a single match.
Unfortunately, the Trailblazers were not as fortunate on Saturday at UVU falling in straight sets for only the second time in 2025.
Led again by Asiata with 19 kills,
Marley Roe led the team with 27 assists and
Mya Laufiso had a team-best 15 digs.
GLANCE AT THE SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS
Southern Utah is 2-16 on the season with its pair of victories coming in four sets over UC San Diego and in five sets against California Baptist.
The Thunderbirds, who play at Utah Valley tonight, have dropped five matches in five sets with narrow losses to Nevada, UC Riverside, Charleston Southern, Texas Tech & Abilene Christian.
SUU went 10-18 in 2024 tying for sixth in the WAC with a 6-10 mark and fell to Utah Valley in the WAC Tournament.
The Thunderbirds rank fifth in the WAC in blocks per set (2.00) & attacks per set (32.33) while checking in sixth in aces per set (1.26) & service aces (88).
Individually, junior middle blockers Amaya Tobias and Kaitlyn Aleshire are tied for ninth in the conference in blocks per set (0.90).
Junior setter Asya Akbulut and freshman setter Swayzee Mason rank seventh and 10th, respectively in assists per set and libero Aleeya Jones checks in seventh in digs per set (2.44).
SERIES HISTORY VS. SOUTHERN UTAH
The Trailblazers have won the last two meetings against the Thunderbirds to tie the all-time series at 5-5.
UT swept Southern Utah to open WAC play on Sept. 25 taking sets, 25-13, 25-17 & 25-16 over the Thunderbirds
The Trailblazers are 3-1 at home against the Thunderbirds with wins in 2021, 2023 and 2024 while falling in five sets in 2022.
WHERE UTAH TECH RANKS IN THE WAC IN 2025
As a team, the Trailblazers lead the WAC in assists per set (12.10), hitting percentage (.224), kills per set (13.32), attacks per set (35.76), opponent hitting percentage (.154 - 9th nationally) & digs per set (14.46).
UT ranks second in blocks per set (2.85 - 9th nationally), total blocks (205.0 - 39th nationally) & kills (959) and checks in third in assists (871), digs (1,041) and total attacks (2,575).
Casidy Fried ranks third in the WAC in blocks (94) and fourth in blocks per set (1.31). Taylor Snow checks in fourth in the WAC in blocks (90) and fifth in blocks per set (1.29).
Mya Laufiso ranks fourth in the WAC in total digs (264) and Marley Roe checks in fifth in assists per set (5.86). Fried ranks second in the WAC in hitting percentage (.323) while Snow is seventh posting a .266 mark.
BLOCKS
The Trailblazers have notched 16 matches with more blocks than their opponents this season and are 13-3 when leading holding an advantage in blocks.
Utah Tech tallied a season-high 18 blocks last Thursday at home against Abilene Christian tallying two solo blocks and 32 block assists.
The 18.0 total blocks and 32 block assists are both tied for the third-most in a single match in program history.
HOME COOKING
The Trailblazers are off to their first-ever 6-0 home start and with wins in their final three home matches, it will be the seventh time in program history Utah Tech has won nine or more home matches and first time going undefeated at home.
UT tallied nine wins apiece for four straight seasons from 2013-16, 12 wins in 2018 & 14 victories in 2019.
FRIED & SNOW CLIMBING THE CAREER BLOCK CHARTS
Both Fried and Snow continue to climb the career block charts as Fried enters Saturday seventh all-time with 236.0 blocks and Snow sits eighth with 219.0 blocks.
Snow is fifth in solo blocks with 37 while Fried is sixth with 33. Fried is seventh all-time in block assists (203) and Snow ranks 10th (182).=
HITTING 1K
Junior setter Marley Roe became the eight Trailblazer in the NCAA era to hit the 1,000-career assist mark in a sweep over San Francisco on Sept. 13.
She has recorded 1,245 career assists in 70 career matches and currently ranks sixth in program history.
RPI RANKINGS
The Trailblazers enter action on Thursday (Oct. 30) as the top-ranked team from the WAC in the RPI checking in at 113.
The remaining WAC programs see Utah Valley (144), Tarleton State (230), UT Arlington (236), Abilene Christian (274), California Baptist (282) and Southern Utah (318).
WINNING WAYS
With their win over Abilene Christian last Thursday, the Trailblazers have reached 15 wins for the 10th time in Utah Tech's 20 seasons in the NCAA era.
It is the second straight season the Trailblazers have reached the 15-win plateau and joins 2009 (18), 2010 (15), 2013 (17), 2014 (22), 2015 (19), 2016 (17), 2018 (22) & 2019 (20).
With victories in their final four regular season matches, it will only be the fifth season with 19 or more wins.
SWEEPS ON SWEEPS
The Trailblazers have already matched their sweep total from 2024 after completing their ninth sweep of the season at Abilene Christian on Oct. 11.
It is tied for the fourth-most sweeps in a season as the Trailblazers notched 13 in both 2016 & 2018 and a record 14 in 2011.
WINS PILING UP
Entering action on Thursday (Oct. 30), 73 Division I teams have posted 15 or more wins this season.
Towson, Xavier and Nebraska lead the nation with 20 victories.
OFF TO A HOT WAC START
The Trailblazers closed out the first half of WAC play on Oct. 18 at UT Arlington with a 5-1 mark and the 6-2 start is Utah Tech's best start to conference play since starting RMAC play 7-1 in 2018.
UP NEXT
The Trailblazers play their final regular season road contest next Saturday (Nov. 8) at California Baptist (6-14, 2-6 WAC) at 2 p.m. MT.
