(St. George, Utah - Oct. 30, 2026) - The Trailblazers extended their winning streak to 16 and remained perfect in Big Sky play on Friday night with their fifth straight sweep pushing past Montana State in Burns Arena.
Utah Tech (19-3, 12-0 Big Sky) completed their 12th sweep of the season winning sets over Montana State (15-8, 8-4), 25-19, 25-13, 26-24.
Senior outside hitter
Tessa Treanor and senior opposite hitter
Nana Asiata each tallied a team-leading nine kills while fifth year outside hitter
Kennedi Knudsen added six kills.
Setters
Tehanie Waters and
Marley Roe each totaled 11 assists apiece with Roe notching her 11th double-double of the season adding 13 digs.
Fifth year middle blocker
Casidy Fried led the way defensively with eight blocks, four solo, while senior libero
Mya Laufiso led the team with 14 digs.
How It Happened
With the Bobcats jumping out to a 6-3 lead in the opening set, an 8-1 run for the Trailblazers got the Trailblazers back the lead, 11-7 after a kill by Langi.
Utah Tech extended their lead to 18-9 with a 7-2 run, but a 9-3 run for the Bobcats cut the Trailblazer lead to 21-18.
After a MSU service error and an attack error, the Trailblazers closed out the set after another service & attack error by the Bobcats.
A 10-0 run early in the second set saw the Trailblazers take a 5-4 lead and extend it to 15-4 after blocks by Fried and
Sydney Reese.
MSU answered back midway through the set with a 7-2 run to cut UT's lead to 20-13, but the Trailblazers registered the final five points of the set with four kills and a MSU attack error.
An even start to the third set saw a 14-14 draw with the Trailblazers pulling ahead 18-15 after a Bobcat setting error.
The Bobcats answered back with a 6-3 run to knot the set at 21 and after each trading a pair of points, the set was tied at 23.
A kill by Treanor was answered by a kill for MSU to tie the set at 24 as a service error and a solo block by
Lusia Langi sealed the sweep.
Numbers to Know
- The Trailblazers improve to 2-1 against Montana State with their second win over the Bobcats in the last 15 days after downing MSU in five sets in Bozeman in Oct. 15.
- The 16-match winning streak continues Utah Tech's longest winning streak in the NCAA era.
- Utah Tech move to 9-0 at home this season winning their 18th straight home match & 22nd in their last 23 home contests.
- The Trailblazers led the Bobcats in hitting percentage (.187-.-.009), kills (36-27), blocks (12-6), digs (51-47) & assists (31-25) while the two teams tied in service aces (2-2).
- The Trailblazers' 12-0 start to Big Sky play is Utah Tech's best start to conference play in the NCAA era.
- It was only the second match of the season the Trailblazers held their opponent to a negative hitting percentage joining Chicago State (-.053) on Sept. 19.
Up Next
The Trailblazers head out on the road next week traveling to Idaho State (15-8, 7-4) on Thursday and Weber State (14-8, 7-5) on Saturday.
