Upcoming Event: Volleyball at West Virginia on October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The University of Utah Athletics
Wednesday, October 22
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Utah Volleyball Travels to the Eastern Time Zone
10/21/2025 11:06 AM | Volleyball
Utes prepare for cross-country jaunt against Cincinnati and West Virginia
SALT LAKE CITY- Utah Volleyball goes cross-country in week nine to take on Cincinnati and West Virginia in the Eastern Time Zone.
Both games will be available for fans to watch on ESPN+.
On the road again this week ??#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/1HClrYGPAo
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) October 20, 2025
QUICK HITS
• Head Coach Beth Launiere is in her 36th season at the helm of the program, ranking as Utah Volleyball's winningest head coach, and currently holds a 683-434 record.
• Neea-Maria Joki set a career high in kills (18) off of 24 attempts for a .412 hitting percentage against No. 7 ASU last weekend.
• 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.
TOP OF THE CLASS
• Team leaders in kills: Gibadlo (264), Moea'i (179), Joki (128), Devyn Wiest (79), Allie Grossenbach (60).
•Team leaders in assists: Leah Wilton-LaBoy (349), Isabelle Marco (344), McKenna Payne (39), Levani Key-Powell (15), Grace Moss (12).
• Team leaders in service aces: Key-Powell (20), Wilton-LaBoy (16), Gibadlo (16), Moea'i (15), Lana Mijacic (7).
• Team leaders in digs: Gibadlo (163), Key-Powell (115), Payne (114), Iliana Linahan (85), Wilton-LaBoy (77).
• Team leaders in blocks: Moea'i (75), Field (38), Joki (32), Gibadlo (28), Mijacic (24).
SCOUTING Cincinnati
Utah vs. Cincinnati: 3-0
H: 2-0 | A: 0-0 | N: 1-0
Utah Volleyball's first stop on the road is at the University of Cincinnati, where Utah has never played a match. Last week, the Bearcats traveled to central Texas to take on two ranked Big 12 teams in #11 TCU and #20 Baylor. Both matches ended in 3-1 losses. Both teams hope to use this match as a booster with Utah and Cincinnati right next to each other in the conference standings around the 25th percentile.
SCOUTING West Virginia
Utah vs. West Virginia : 1-0
H: 1-0 | A: 0-0 | N: 0-0
The second leg of Utah's trip to the Eastern Time Zone is to Morgantown, W. Va. where Utah Volleyball takes on West Virginia for just the second time in history. In their first meeting last year, Utah got the best of the Mountaineers, winning 3-0. WVU is a solid 13-6 on the season, but all six of its losses come in conference play. Their lone conference victory came when #19 BYU visited Morgantown and lost in five-sets. Just last weekend, West Virginia nearly notched another top 25 upset, taking the Colorado Buffaloes to five-sets.
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).
• 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 come back home to celebrate Spooky SZN with their fans.
First up, Utah hosts Kansas State on Wed., Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. MT in their annual Dark Mode game.
The Utes will then welcome in UCF on Halloween, Fri., Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. MT with Trick-or-Treating taking place after the match.
Both games can be viewed on ESPN+.
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.
FOLLOW THE UTES
For an inside look at the Utah Volleyball program, including tournament, roster and news updates, fans can follow the Utes on social media (Twitter: @UtahVolleyball | Instagram: @utahvolleyball).
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