Utah Volleyball Takes Down West Virginia in Sweep

Thursday, October 8

Salt Lake City, UT

7:00 PM

University of Utah

12-4,4-1Big 12

West Virginia

9-6,2-3Big 12

Team	1	2	3	Final F
West Virginia	13	25	20	0
Utah	25	27	25	3

Photo by: Evan Sosnowski/Utah Athletics

Utah Volleyball Takes Down West Virginia in Sweep

10/8/2026 9:07 PM | Volleyball

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Utes notched their 11th three-set win of the season along with 12 aces

SALT LAKE CITY– Utah Volleyball (12-4; 4-1) recorded its 11^th sweep (25-13, 27-25, 25-20) of 2026 over West Virginia (9-6; 2-3) and got hot on the service line.

The Utes are now 11-1 on the season in three-set matches with their only loss in three sets coming against No. 19 Kansas last week.

Utah was also close to matching a program record for aces in three sets (13) with 12 aces recorded through the match, led by Levani Falatea who accounted for four of them.

UTAH WINS! No better day to celebrate our eleventh sweep of the season?? See you NEXT THURSDAY where Utah takes on #17 BYU at HOME ??? #GoUtes https://t.co/LH5EdNHMzv
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) October 9, 2026

SET ONE
Utah took a 6-2 lead early against West Virginia off two kills from Katelynn Field, and kills from Loryn Helgesen, Kamryn Gibadlo, and Devyn Wiest.

Falatea checked into the match at the service line and got the Utes to a 12-6 lead off back-to-back aces, forcing the Mountaineers to take a timeout.

Ashley West got Utah to the technical timeout with a 15-8 lead. A few plays later, Langely Griffin checked into the match at the line for the Utes' third ace of the night and a 19-11 lead. Two plays later she got a second ace, giving Utah a 21-11 advantage over WVU.

LANGLEY GRIFFIN keeps the ace party going with two more to add ?? ??ESPN+ #GoUtes https://t.co/N8hea573BP
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) October 9, 2026

Helgeson got in on the ace action for Utah, extending its lead, 23-12.

Wiest leaped for the set point kill and Princess Atamah finished the job with a monster block, 25-13.

SET TWO
Set two started much closer with the Utes and Mountaineers tied at 3 before Gibadlo smashed a kill, sending Gibby to the line to secure the sixth ace of the night for the Utes and a 5-3 lead.

Isabelle Marco took her turn at the service line, resulting in an ace to make it a 9-7 set in Utah's favor.

WVU went on a 5-0 run to take a 14-11 lead that was ended by a service error. Utah went on to close the gap, tying the match again at 14 before West Virginia reached 15 for the media timeout.

Falatea earned her third ace of the night, tying the set for an eighth time at 20. A few plays later, Isabella Mogridge got in on the ace action, logging Utah's 10^th of the match to go up 23-22 over West Virginia.

Utah hit set point off a Gibadlo kill, but West Virginia tied things up, forcing extra points.

Helgesen set up set point at 26 with Wiest giving the Utes the 27-25 set two win.

A down-to-the-wire finish for the set win ?? ??ESPN+ #GoUtes https://t.co/UYYdbPHagU
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) October 9, 2026

SET THREE
The Utes took a 5-1 lead to start set three featuring kills from Gibadlo and Helgesen. Utah kept the pressure on, building a 10-6 advantage with Wiest delivering the kill.

Field and West teamed up on a key block to take a 13-8 lead and forcing West Virginia to take a timeout. Gibadlo and and Helgesen each took a turn laying the heat, putting the Utes up 15-11.

Falatea ripped off her fourth ace of the night to give Utah a 21-16 lead down the stretch. A second Falatea ace set up match point, allowing Gibadlo to give the Utes their 11^th sweep of the season, 25-20.

Levani wants the ace party to go on?? Her FOURTH ace of the match! ??ESPN+ #GoUtes https://t.co/byYaQzRdm5
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) October 9, 2026

STANDOUT STATS

Utah recorded its 11th sweep and is 11-1 in three-set matches in 2026
The Utes were one kill shy (12) of their team record in a three-set match (13)
Utah logged 47 kills, a .347 hitting percentage, 36 digs, and six blocks against WVU
The Utes had four athletes hitting over .300 (Gibadlo- .481, Helgesen- .316, Wiest- .353, and Field- .667)
Gibadlo had a season-high hitting percentage (.481) while Falatea had a season-high in aces (4)
Sierra Grizzle led the Utes in digs (10) with Gibadlo and Mogridge tying for second (7)
Mogridge led Utah in assists (27) and Field led the Utes in blocks (4)

UP NEXT
Utah stays home to host BYU in round one of the Rivalry on Thursday, Oct. 15 with first serve at 7 p.m. MT. The Utes then hit the road on Saturday, Oct. 17 to take on Iowa State with first serve at 1 p.m. MT.

Both matches can be viewed on ESPN+.

Utah Volleyball's full 2026 slate can be viewed here.

Single game and season tickets for Utah Volleyball's 2026 season are available for purchase.

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