(St. George, Utah - Nov. 13, 2025) - The Trailblazers stayed perfect at home on the season on Thursday night sweeping Tarleton State at Burns Arena.

Utah Tech (18-5, 9-2 WAC), who is tied atop the WAC regular season standings with Utah Valley, took a wild opening set, 32-30, took a commanding second set, 25-16 and closed out the match with an exciting 28-26 win in the third set for their 11th sweep of the season.

For the second time this season, sophomore outside hitter Emery Harrison led the Trailblazers in kills with a career-high 12 while hitting .476.

Junior libero Mya Laufiso led the way with 17 digs while Tessa Treanor narrowly missed a double-double finishing with nine kills and 14 digs.

How It Happened
An back-and-forth opening opening set saw Tarleton State (14-9, 8-3 WAC) race out to an 8-5 lead only for the Trailblazers to answer back with a 9-0 run to jump ahead 14-8.

With the Trailblazers leading until the Texans tied the set at 21, UT was on the brin]k of set point leading 24-22 after a Tarleton attack error.

Staving off a Utah Tech set point five more times, Tarleton came back to tie the set at 30 before back-to-back kills by Treanor and Casidy Fried gave UT the marathon opening set.

A kill by Fried got the second set started and with the Trailblazers leading 8-7, a 5-0 run for the Trailblazers pushed UT ahead 13-7 after a block by Harrison.

A 6-0 run for UT later in the set extended their lead to 22-12 and they went on to take the set by nine after a Tarleton attack error.

Another wild set ensued in the third set with the Trailblazers getting out to a 15-13 lead, but a 7-2 run for the Texans pushed Tarleton up 20-17.

A kill by the Texans pushed Tarleton ahead 23-20, but a pair of kills and an attack error tied the set at 23.

After ties at 24, 25, 26, a service error and an attack error by the Texans sealed the victory for the Trailblazers.

Numbers to Know

• Utah Tech led Tarleton in kills (47-35), digs (61-57), assists (40-34) & hitting percentage (.146-.066) while the Texans led in blocks (15-8) and the match was tied in service aces (4-4).
• It was the fourth straight win for Utah Tech over Tarleton State and UT moves to 7-3 all-time against the Texans.
• The Trailblazers are 8-0 at home this season and go for their first perfect season at home in program history on Saturday against UT Arlington.
• Utah Tech has secured at least 18 wins for the sixth time in its 20 seasons in the NCAA.

Up Next
The Trailblazers close out the regular season on Saturday afternoon hosting UT Arlington (11-12, 3-8 WAC) for Senior Day at noon.