Utah Volleyball Falls to No. 8 ASU in Four Sets

Thursday, October 22

Salt Lake City, UT

7:00 PM

University of Utah

12-7,4-4Big 12

Arizona State

16-3,7-1Big 12

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Arizona St.	25	25	25	25	3
Utah	27	19	21	21	1

Photo by: Emma Corona/Utah Athletics

10/22/2026 9:42 PM | Volleyball

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Arizona native Devyn Wiest has career night against the Sun Devils

SALT LAKE CITY– Utah Volleyball (12-7; 4-4) fell to No. 8 ASU (16-3; 7-1) at home in a four-set competition (27-25, 19-25, 21-25, 21-25).

Arizona native Devyn Wiest had a career night against the Sun Devils posting 20 kills for a .250 hitting percentage, two aces, seven digs, and three blocks.

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SET ONE
Set one started tight between the Utes and Sun Devils, with both teams tying things up at 3 early on.

Wiest helped the Utes to a 5-3 lead on back-to-back kills. ASU tied things up again at 5 before Wiest hit another kill to put Utah up 6-5.

Utah continued to stave off the Sun Devils, 13-11, before an attack error from ASU gave the Utes a 14-11 lead and forced them to take a timeout. Two plays later, Wiest activated the media timeout, getting Utah to a 15-13 lead.

The Utes stayed relentless, causing ASU to call its last timeout of the set, taking a 20-17 lead off a block from Wiest and Lana Mijacic.

ASU got within one of the Utes, 22-21 before tying the match at 22 off a Utah attack error.

Princess Atamah hit the set point kill for the Utes, 24-23, but a service error tied the match one more time and forced extra points.

Utah and ASU went back-and-forth a few times before the Utes took the set, 27-25, after a Sun Devil attack error.

SET TWO
ASU jumped out to the early lead in set two, going up 4-1 on the Utes before Loryn Helgesen had back-to-back kills to make it a 4-3 game.

Despite Utah's best efforts, the Sun Devils kept their lead and reached the media timeout first, 15-9.

Wiest aimed an ace, to make it a 20-13 set in favor of ASU before Atamah added a kill to make it 21-14. A few plays later, Kamryn Gibadlo entered the chat with a kill, inching Utah closer to Arizona State, 22-16.

Mijacic and Helgesen combined for a monster block to get Utah within four of the Sun Devils, 22-18, and prompted ASU to call its final timeout of set two.

Arizona State stayed strong in the face of Utah's surge and took set two, 25-19.

SET THREE
The Utes and Sun Devils started set three tight with a tie at 5 before ASU pushed ahead, 8-5.

Atamah and Ashley West teamed up for a block followed by a solo Atamah block that got the Utes within two of ASU, 10-8.

Utah kept battling and crept within one of Arizona State, 13-12, forcing a Sun Devils timeout. ASU pushed ahead, 15-12, and triggered the media timeout.

ASU built up a 20-13 lead before two kills from Wiest, and a Sun Devil attack error got the Utes back in the set, 20-16.

Gibadlo launched a big kill down the stretch to make the set a 22-18 affair, but the Sun Devils quickly reached set point after. The Utes were not intimidated and went on a 3-0 run to make it 24-21, however, ASU collected themselves and took the set, 25-21.

SET FOUR
Isabella Mogridge helped start the Utes on the right foot in set four with an ace to give Utah a 3-2 lead over the Sun Devils.

Mijacic and Helgesen teamed up for a big block to give Utah a 7-6 advantage, but ASU settled and went on a 4-0 run to take a 10-7 lead a few plays later.
Weist earned an ace and later helped set up a Gibadlo kill to get Utah within two of Arizona State, 14-12 before the Sun Devils reached 15 to prompt the midway media timeout.

West got hot for the Utes posting back-to-back kills to make the set a two-point difference again, 16-14 before Gibadlo got Utah within one of ASU, 16-15.

Utah tied the set at 17 after an ASU service error and a Wiest/Katelynn Field block, setting up a Wiest kill to take the lead, 18-17.

The Sun Devils and Utes battled down the stretch with ASU taking match point, 24-21 before ending the game with the win, 25-21.

STANDOUT STATS

Utah and ASU tied in kills with 55 a piece on the night
Wiest recorded a career night in kills (20) and tied her career-high in blocks (3)
Mijacic tied her career-high in kills (7) and digs (5)
Gibadlo was second on the team in kills behind Wiest with (11) and earned a double-double with 11 digs
Wiest and Gibadlo led the team in aces with two a piece
Mogridge and Isabelle Marco each recorded 22 assists on the night
Sierra Grizzle led the team in digs (18)

UP NEXT
The Utes face the No. 25 Buffaloes on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 1 p.m. for Alumni Day and a celebration for legendary head coach Beth Launiere who retired after 36 years at the conclusion of the 2025 season.

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