Upcoming Event: Volleyball versus Kansas State on October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The University of Utah Athletics
Wednesday, October 29
Salt Lake City, UT
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Utah Volleyball Hosts Kansas State, UCF in Final Week of October
10/28/2025 10:28 AM | Volleyball
Utes ready with some tricks and treats for Halloween
SALT LAKE CITY- Utah Volleyball comes home after a massive five-set win over West Virginia last weekend to celebrate Spooky Season with their fans against Kansas State and UCF.
Linda Byington and Mike Folta will be on the call for Wednesday's contest and on Friday, Byington will be rejoined by Krista Blunk. Both matches will air on ESPN+.
FOR THE FANS
- K-State is Utah's annual Dark Mode match- fans are encouraged to wear black and be loud! Beanies and bracelets will be given away at the doors.
- Join Utah Volleyball for Halloween against UCF- fans are encouraged to show up in costumes (no masks or weapons). Trick-or-Treating with the team will be available after the match!
CAREER STATS WATCH
- Senior middle blocker Emrie Moea'i is 44 kills away (956) from 1000 career kills and 43 blocks away (457) from 500 career blocks.
- Junior outside hitter Kamryn Gibadlo is 34 kills away (966) from 1000 career kills.
- Sophomore setter Isabelle Marco is 13 assists away (987) from 1000 career assists.
- Senior setter Leah Wilton-LaBoy is 107 assists away (1,893) from 2000 career assists.
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 684-435 record.
- After playing WVU last week, Gibadlo has 11 games this season where she has recorded double-digit kills and digs in the same match. She also recorded a career-high effort in kills (28) against the Mountaineers, crushing her previous record of 21 set against No. 24 Dayton earlier in the season.
- Utah recorded their 10th win of the 2025 season on the road last week against West Virginia.
- 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 (312), Moea'i (200), Joki (138), Devyn Wiest (79), Allie Grossenbach (68).
- Team leaders in assists: Leah Wilton-LaBoy (423), Isabelle Marco (362), McKenna Payne (46), Levani Key-Powell (15), Grace Moss (14).
- Team leaders in service aces: Key-Powell (21), Moea'i (19), WiltonLaBoy (18), Gibadlo (17), Joki (10).
- Team leaders in digs: Gibadlo (184), Key-Powell (144), Payne (128), Iliana Linahan (106), Wilton-LaBoy (94).
- Team leaders in blocks: Moea'i (85), Field (42), Joki (35), Gibadlo (30), Wilton-LaBoy (25).
SCOUTING Kansas State
Utah vs. Kansas State: 2-0
H: 0-0 | A: 1-0 | N: 1-0
Last Friday, the Kansas State Wildcats traveled to Lawrence, Kan. to take on their in-state rivals, the #14 ranked Kansas Jayhawks. K-State rocked the volleyball world, completing the upset over the ranked Jayhawks in a five-set battle. This Wildcats squad accounts for two of the three most kills in a match in the Big 12 this season. Notably in their match versus West Virginia on (10/1/2025), Kansas State recorded 77 kills, led by senior Outside Hitter Shaylee Myers with a league high 34 kill outing.
SCOUTING UCF
Utah vs. UCF : 1-1
H: 0-0 | A: 0-0 | N: 1-1
The UCF Knights head into this match with a 3-6 conference record, placing them side by side with Utah in the current Big 12 conference standings. The Knights shine most at the service line, where they lead the conference by a very wide margin with 145 serves (1.96/set). Fifth year OH Skylar English leads the charge from the service line for UCF, and leads the country with 55 service aces on the season.
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. Gibadlo recently upped her kills career-high to 28 against West Virginia while locking in 11 matches this season with double-digit kills and digs.
- 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).
- 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 head to Texas for two Top 25 matchups with No. 13 TCU on Friday, Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. MT and No. 18 Baylor on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. MT.
Utah's match against the Horned Frogs will be available on ESPN+ while the match against the Bears will air on ESPNU.
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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