(Cheney, Wash. - Oct. 24, 2026) - The Trailblazers extended their winning streak to 14 and remained perfect in Big Sky play on Saturday afternoon with a sweep on the road at Eastern Washington on Reese Court.
Utah Tech (17-3, 10-0 Big Sky) completed their third straight sweep and 10th sweep of the season winning sets over Eastern Washington (9-13, 3-7), 25-13, 25-22, 25-21.
Junior middle blocker
Lusia Langi led the Trailblazers offensively with eight kills hitting .889 while making no errors.
Seven other Trailblazers tallied at least two kills apiece with senior
Tessa Treanor adding seven kills, two service aces and nine digs.
Fifth year middle blocker
Casidy Fried led the Trailblazers defensively with four blocks, two solo, while
Mya Laufiso had a team-leading 15 digs.
Setters
Marley Roe and
Tehanie Waters each totaled double figures in assists with Roe leading the team with 16 and Waters adding 10.
How It Happened
Racing out to an 11-6 lead in the opening set after blocks by
Sydney Reese &
Annalyse Shimada, a kill by Reese, service ace by Roe and attack error by the Eagles pushed UT ahead, 14-7.
A 4-0 run for the Trailblazers extended their lead to 18-9 after a kill by
Nana Asiata and after the Eagles answered back with three straight points, the Trailblazers closed out the set on a 7-1 run finished out after a pair of attack errors by Eastern Washington.
With the Eagles getting out to a 10-8 lead to start to the second set, the Trailblazers reeled off five straight points to take back a 13-10 lead before three quick points for EWU locked up the set at 13.
A kill by Langi got the lead back for UT, but a 7-4 run for the Eagles gave EWU a 20-18 lead to force a Trailblazer timeout.
Out of the break, a EWU service error and an Eagle attack error tied up the set at 20 and the Trailblazers finished out the set scoring five of the final seven points closing out the set with a kill by Langi.
Jumping out to a 7-2 lead to the third set, the Eagles raced back into the contest with a 7-4 run of their own to make it 11-9 in favor of UT.
With the Eagles keeping the Trailblazers lead at a pair (17-15), a kill by Reese started a string of seven straight Utah Tech points by kills before finishing out the sweep on an Eagle attack error.
Numbers to Know
- The Trailblazers won their first-ever meeting against Eastern Washington.
- The 14-match winning streak continues Utah Tech's longest winning streak in the NCAA era.
- Utah Tech improves to 7-1 on the road this season and won their sixth straight road contest.
- The Trailblazers led the Eagles in hitting percentage (.191-.000), kills (34-26), service aces (6-5), blocks (7-4) & assists (30-24) while EWU led in digs (58-46).
- The Trailblazers 10-0 start to Big Sky play is Utah Tech's best-ever start to conference play in the NCAA era surpassing its previous best start of 9-0 in 2014 while members of the PacWest.
- Langi led the Trailblazers in kills for the first time this season and came one shy of her season high of nine and two shy of her career high.
Up Next
The Trailblazers return home next week to host Montana (6-15, 2-8) on Thursday night and Montana State (13-7, 6-3) on Friday night in Burns Arena.
