(St. George, Utah - Oct. 8, 2026) - The Trailblazers extended their winning streak to nine matches on Thursday night defeating Weber State in four sets in Burns Arena.
Utah Tech (12-3, 5-0 Big Sky) dropped the opening set, 23-25 before coming back to win the next three sets, 25-22, 25-12 & 25-20.
Junior opposite hitter
Sydney Reese led the Trailblazers with a season-high 17 kills, three shy of her career high set in 2023, while hitting .378 and tied her career high with three solo blocks.
Sophomore
Cale Torgerson tallied a season-best 13 kills and recorded her second straight double-double adding 10 digs.
Senior
Tessa Treanor registered her fourth straight double-double notching 11 kills & 14 digs and senior setter
Marley Roe posted season highs in assists (29) and service aces (3).
Sophomore setter
Tehanie Waters also set a career high with 22 assists surpassing her previous high of 20 set in a pair of matchesin 2025 and added seven digs.
Defensively, Big Sky Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Annalyse Shimada led the team with six blocks and libero
Mya Laufiso led the team with 17 digs in her first match since Sept. 26 at Northern Arizona.
How It Happened
Weber State (9-6, 2-3) jumped out to a 13-10 lead in the opening set, but the Trailblazers quickly answered back with a 6-1 run after a kill by Treanor that pushed Utah Tech ahead to a 16-14 lead.
After the Wildcats tied the set at 17, three straight points for UT, including kills by Shimada and Torgerson, helped the Blazers move in front 20-17 and held a 23-21 edge after a kill by Reese.
The Wildcats scored the final four points to take the set 25-23 as the Trailblazers dropped the opening set for only the fifth time this season.
The Trailblazers raced out to a 7-2 lead in the second set, pairing early kills from Laufiso,
Nana Asiata and Treanor with blocks by
Lusia Langi and Reese during a three-point push.
The Wildcats pulled within 9-8, but the Blazers moved back ahead 13-9 with blocks involving Shimada and Torgerson.
After three straight points by the Wildcats, the Trailblazers answered with four straight points, including kills by Asiata & Torgerson and a service ace by Shimada, to go up 17-12.
A 6-2 run by WSU cut UT's lead to 19-18, but Treanor had three kills down the stretch, and Asiata closed out the set with a kill for a 25-22 win.
The third set saw the Trailblazers get out to a 12-9 lead, and after a pair of Wildcat points, a kill by Reese ignited an 8-0 run for the Trailblazers to push UT ahead 20-11.
After a kill by the Wildcats ended the run, Treanor put down a kill for a 21-12 lead and the Trailblazers served out the set with a Torgerson kill, Shimada kill and two Weber State attack errors for a 25-12 win.
The Blazers edged ahead early in the fourth set, using a Reese kill, a Langi block and a Weber State set error to lead 7-4.
With the set tied at 13, a 7-3 run for the Trailblazers pushed UT up 20-16 and after the Wildcats got within three (22-19), a pair of kills by Torgerson and a solo block by Reese sealed the victory for the Trailblazers.
Numbers to Know
- The Trailblazers move to 2-3 all-time against Weber State winning their second straight against the Wildcats.
- Utah Tech won their 14th straight home match and 18th in their last 19 home contests.
- The nine-match winning streak is Utah Tech's longest winning streak since winning 10 in a row in 2016.
- The Trailblazers led the Wildcats in kills (59-46), hitting percentage (.258-.132), service aces (8-2), digs (68-63), assists (55-43) and the two teams tied in blocks (12-12).
- Reese led the Trailblazers in kills for the second time this season and topped her previous season high of 13 set in a pair of matches.
- Both the Trailblazers and Idaho State remain perfect in the Big Sky with 5-0 records in conference.
Up Next
The Trailblazers close out their four-match homestand on Saturday afternoon in a battle for first place in the Big Sky hosting Idaho State (13-4, 5-0) at noon in Burns Arena.
