(St. George, Utah - Oct. 22, 2026) - The Trailblazers extended their winning streak to 13 and remained perfect in Big Sky play on Thursday night with a sweep at home over Idaho in Burns Arena.
Utah Tech (16-3, 9-0 Big Sky) completed their second straight sweep and ninth sweep of the season winning sets over Idaho (11-10, 2-7), 25-22, 25-17, 25-14.
Fifth year outside hitter
Kennedi Knudsen led the Trailblazers with eight kills adding four digs while hitting .227.
Seniors
Tessa Treanor and
Nana Asiata tallied seven kills apiece while Treanor led the Trailblazers with four service aces.
Fifth year middle blocker
Casidy Fried and junior
Sydney Reese led the team with three blocks apiece while senior libero
Mya Laufiso led the team with 14 digs.
Setters
Marley Roe and
Tehanie Waters almost equally split assists with Roe leading the team with 16 followed by 14 from Waters.
How It Happened
The Trailblazers jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the opening set before four straight points for the Vandals locked up the set at six.
Idaho continued to lead in the first set, 20-17 after a kill, but an 8-2 run for the Trailblazers closed out the set with back-to-back kills by Asiata & Knudsen finishing out the set.
UT raced out to an 8-5 lead in the second set and they extended it to 16-12 after a quick 3-0 run for the Trailblazers was capped off by a kill by Knudsen.
Closing out the set on a 9-5 run, the Trailblazers took the set, 25-17 with a kill & service by Treanor capping off the set.
Staying close in the third set, the Vandals and Trailblazers were tied 8-8 in the early going before UT ripped off an 8-2 run to push ahead, 16-10.
After a service error, the Trailblazers closed out the match on a 9-3 run to complete the sweep of the Vandals.
Numbers to Know
- The Trailblazers improve to 2-0 against Idaho joining a win against the Vandals in 2023.
- The 13-match winning streak continues Utah Tech's longest winning streak in the NCAA era.
- Utah Tech won their 16th straight home match and 20th in their last 21 home contests.
- The Trailblazers led the Vandals in hitting percentage (.355-.132), service aces (7-0) & blocks (8-1) while Idaho led in assists (37-36) & digs (41-31) and the pair tied in kills (39-39).
- The Trailblazers 9-0 start to Big Sky play is Utah Tech's best start to conference play since starting PacWest play 9-0 in 2014.
- Utah Tech hit .355 as a team, fourth-highest on the season, and tops in Big Sky play.
- Knudsen led the Trailblazers in kills for the second time in her third match of the season and Treanor led in service aces for a team-leading ninth time.
Up Next
The Trailblazers head out on the road on Saturday afternoon to face Eastern Washington (9-12, 3-6) at 3 p.m. MT.
