(St. George, Utah - Oct. 4, 2025) - The Trailblazer volleyball team continued its strong start to WAC play defeating Utah Valley in four sets on Saturday afternoon at Burns Arena.

Utah Tech (12-3, 3-0 WAC) extended its winning streak to four matches and overcame an opening set loss to take the final three sets, 25-16, 25-19, 25-19 over Utah Valley (6-9, 2-1 WAC).

Senior outside hitter Kennedi Knudsen was one of three Trailblazers to tally double-digit kills leading the way with 17 followed by 11 kills from Tessa Treanor and 10 by Taylor Snow.

Freshman setter Tehanie Waters notched a double-double leading the team with 20 assists and added 11 digs.

Mya Laufiso led the way with 13 digs and the duo of Casidy Fried and Sydney Reese each had a team-high six blocks.

How It Happened
After dropping the opening set, the Trailblazers broke through in the second set jumping out to an 11-8 lead.

A 5-0 run for the Trailblazers pushed UT in front, 16-8. A kill by Knudsen kept the Blazers ahead by eight (22-14) and a kill by Nana Asiata, ace by Waters and a service error by UVU sealed the set win for UT.

Taking another early lead in the third set, the Trailblazers led 11-6 after a kill by Snow and pushed their lead to 10 (21-11) after blocks by Reese and Snow.

A 7-2 run by the Wolverines cut UT's lead down to five (23-18), but kills from Reese and Fried sealed the set win for a 2-1 lead.

Looking to close out the match in four sets, the Wolverines led 4-3 in the early going, but a 6-0 run for the Trailblazers put UT up 9-4 after a kill by Treanor.

Four straight points for UVU cut UT's lead down to one, but the Trailblazers continued to lead in the set by four (16-12) on a kill by Snow.

Back-to-back attack errors by UVU put UT in front, 19-14 and a kill by Knudsen kept the Trailblazers in front by five (23-18).

One final point went to UVU as the final two points of the match went to the Trailblazers thanks to a kill by Knudsen and an ace by Waters.

Numbers to Know

• The Trailblazers extend their winning streak over Utah Valley to three.
• Utah Tech is off to its second straight 3-0 start to WAC play after also starting 2024 with a 3-0 mark.
• The Trailblazers led the match in kills (56-45) & hitting percentage (.231-.146) with UVU leading UT in service aces (4-2), blocks (13-12) & digs (54-52).
• UT is off to only its second-ever 5-0 start at home in the NCAA era joining 2014. The Trailblazers have five home matches remaining.

Up Next
The Trailblazers head out on the road next week to take on Tarleton State (8-7, 2-1 WAC) on Thursday and Abilene Christian (7-11, 1-2 WAC) on Saturday.