Upcoming Event: Volleyball at #24 Colorado on October 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Photo by: Doribel Buenrostro/Utah Athletics
Utah Volleyball to Split Time on Road and Home
10/14/2025 10:30 AM | Volleyball
Utes head to No. 24 Colorado before hosting No. 7 Arizona State
SALT LAKE CITY- Utah Volleyball splits time on the road and at home in week eight, first heading out to Boulder, Colorado for a rematch against the No. 24 Buffaloes on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. MT, before coming back to the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 1 p.m. MT for a rematch with No. 7 Arizona State.
Both games will be available for fans to watch on ESPN+.
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Splitting a road and home match this week with two ranked conference opponents ??
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) October 14, 2025
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FOR THE FANS
• Saturday's match against the Sun Devils will be Alumni Night and a Celebration of 50 Years of Utah Volleyball. Fans are encouraged to wear red and be loud.
• Tickets for Saturday's matchup with the Sun Devils are just $5. Get yours today and fill the Huntsman Center.
• There will be a Kids Clinic available after the match for kids aged K-6th Grade. Registration is $5.
• 50 Year t-shirts, stickers, glasses, and mini flags are available to fans at the door.
• The 2017 and 2019 Sweet 16 teams will be honored between sets two and three.
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Hey fans! If you have kids aged K-6, please join us after our match against ASU on Saturday for a Kid's Clinic ?? Info to sign up is below.#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/RxykSggZsV
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) October 14, 2025
QUICK HITS
• Head Coach Beth Launiere is in her 36th season at the helm of the program, raking as Utah Volleyball's winningest head coach, and currently holds a 683-432 record.
• The Utes will celebrate 50 Years of the program against ASU with alumni in tow for Alumni Night. Special recognition will be given to Utah's most recent Sweet Sixteen teams ('17 & '19).
• Utah got back in the win column last week against Houston in a five-set battle, earning their first Big 12 Conference win.
• The Utes spent the first six weeks of the 2025 season ranked in the AVCA Top 25.
• Utah will face eight opponents that started the season on the AVCA Top-25 Coaches Poll, not including their exhibition against No. 2 Texas on Aug. 15, and will have faced 10 total ranked teams in 2025 after Colorado cracked the list after week five.
• Utah returns nine players from last season's team that stamped the program's ticket to its 19th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Three of those returners were 2025 All-Big 12 selections (Kamryn Gibadlo, Emrie Moea'i, and Isabelle Marco).
• The Utes welcome nine newcomers to their 2025 squad that include six freshmen, three transfers, and the addition of nine-year-old "Ultimate Ute" Briar Rose.Â
TOP OF THE CLASS
• Team leaders in kills: Gibadlo (235), Moea'i (158), Joki (100), Devyn Wiest (68), Allie Grossenbach (57).
•Team leaders in assists: Leah Wilton-LaBoy (339), Isabelle Marco (265), McKenna Payne (34), Levani Key-Powell (14), Grace Moss (10).
• Team leaders in service aces: Key-Powell (18), Wilton-LaBoy(15), Moea'i (14), Gibadlo (12) Lana Mijacic (7).
• Team leaders in digs: Gibadlo (149), Payne (103), Key-Powell (100), Wilton-LaBoy (75), Iliana Linahan (70).
• Team leaders in blocks: Moea'i (69), Field (31), Joki (29), Gibadlo (26), Mijacic (24).
SCOUTING Colorado
Utah vs. Colorado: 20-15
H: 13-4 | A: 6-11 | N: 1-0
After being picked to finish 10th in the Big 12 Conference in the preseason poll, the Colorado Buffaloes have exceeded expectations and risen to the top of the conference in 2025. Colorado entered the AVCA Top 25 earlier this season after taking down BYU and Utah on the road, both of whom were ranked. Since their last match against the Utes, the Buffaloes have gone 3-1. Last weekend, Colorado split their sleight in Arizona, defeating Arizona but dropping to the #8 ranked Arizona State Sun Devils.
SCOUTING Arizona State
Utah vs. Arizona State : 20-20
H: 10-7 | A: 9-11 | N: 1-2
ASU currently sits on a very strong 14-2 record. The Sun Devils travel to Utah this week undefeated in conference play to take on BYU Thursday night, and the Utes Saturday afternoon. The all-time series between the Utes and Sun Devils is at a perfect 20-20 record, with Utah looking to take the lead and a little revenge. Utah visited Tempe, Ariz. on Oct. 4, where they were swept 3-0. Since then, the Sun Devils have extended their eight-match win-streak by defeating Baylor and Colorado.
REIGNING RETURNERS
• Gibadlo returns to the Utes as an AVCA 2025 Division I Player of the Year to watch after becoming Utah's 24th AVCA All-American (honorable mention) in her sophomore year. Gibadlo was also an AVCA All-Region honoree, and was named an All-Big 12 First Team selection after leading the Utes in kills/set (3.43), kills (370), and aces (38). Over the summer, Gibadlo sharpened her skills competing with the U21 National Team, winning gold in the PanAm Cup. In her first season at Utah (2023), Gibadlo earned Pac-12 All-Freshman Team honors. Gibby wasted no time smashing some of her personal-bests, recording 21 kills twice, 54 attempts, 21 digs, and four blocks.
• Utah returns a strong defensive presence with Moea'i (formerly Satuala) who earned AVCA All-Region honors and a spot on the All-Big 12 Second Team for her solid junior year. In 2024, Moea'i posted double-digit kills in nine matches, setting her season-high against BYU (14) while tying her career-high in total blocks (11) against Utah State. So far this season, Moea'i notched a career best in aces (5) while matching career-bests in assists (1), and digs (4).
• Isabelle Marco made a splash in her first season at Utah in 2024, earning a spot on the All-Big 12 Rookie Team after leading the Utes in assists per set (5.74) and total assists (625). Marco has started 2025 where she left off in 2024 posting career-bests in kills (4), attempts (6), assists (50), and blocks (3).Â
• Levani Key-Powell is expected to make a bigger impact for the Utes in 2025 after getting her feet wet in 2024 as a freshman. So far, Key-Powell has met those expectations setting new career-highs in kills (13), attempts (27), assists (4), aces (5), and digs (23).
WELCOME TO UTAH
• Along with some seasoned vets, the Utes are welcoming a total of nine newcomers (six freshmen, three transfers, and one "Ultimate Ute") to their 2025 squad.
• Freshman Class of 2025: MB Mijacic, MB DyBorrah Johnson, L/DS Payne, MB Field, OH Devyn Wiest, and OPP Grossenbach.
• Transfer Class of 2025: S Wilton-LaBoy via Oklahoma and Utah State, OH Langley Griffin via Utah Beach Volleyball, and OH/OPP Joki.
• Wiest spent the summer competing with USA Volleyball's U19 Girls' National Team that took silver in the World Championship, while Joki, a reigning ACC All-Freshman Team selection at Clemson went home to Finland to compete with the Finish Senior National Team for the European Championship.
• Utah Volleyball made a last-minute move to sign nine-year-old Briar Rose to their "Ultimate Ute" position through Team IMPACT ahead of the 2025 season. Briar Rose will be with the Utes for two seasons, and will be responsible for teaching Swoop new cheers and keeping team morale high through the competitive year.
UP NEXT
The Utes hit the road, going cross-country to compete against Cincinnati on Wed., Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m. MT and West Virginia on Fri., Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. MT.
2025 Utah Volleyball Schedule, Roster, & Ticketing Information
View full schedule here. | Check out Utah Volleyball's full 2025 roster here.
Season tickets are available here. | Single game tickets are available here.
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