Utah Volleyball Closes Out 2025 Home Slate

Wednesday, November 19

Salt Lake City, UT

7:00 PM

University of Utah

Kansas

Photo by: University of Utah Athletics

11/18/2025 1:29 PM | Volleyball

Week 13 Notes

Utes will host No. 13 Kansas and Arizona in Jon M. Huntsman Center season finales

SALT LAKE CITY- Utah Volleyball wraps up their 2025 home slate hosting No. 13 Kansas on Wed., Nov. 19 and Arizona for Senior Night on Fri., Nov. 21. Both matches will have first serve at 7 p.m. MT.

Fans that can't make it to the Huntsman Center this week can catch the action against the Jayhawks and Wildcats on ESPN+ with Krista Blunk and Linda Byington on the call.

FOR THE FANS
• Senior Night/Pajama Party against Arizona
• Stay after the match to help honor Utah Volleyball's four seniors: Ella Biggs, Iliana Linahan, Leah Wilton-LaBoy, and Emrie Moea'i.

CAREER MILESTONES ACHIEVED
• Senior middle blocker Moea'i earned her 1000th career kill against BYU on Nov. 14, 2025, and is 25 blocks away (475) from 500 career blocks.
• Junior outside hitter Kamryn Gibadlo reached 1000 career kills against TCU on Nov. 7, 2025.
• Senior setter Wilton-LaBoy hit 2000 career assists against TCU on Nov. 7, 2025.
• Sophomore setter Isabelle Marco hit 1000 assists for her career against Baylor on Nov. 9, 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 686-438 record.
•Utah set a new volleyball attendance record in the Huntsman Center last week as it hosted No. 23 BYU in front of 6,021 fans, smashing last year's record of 5,953 on Nov. 8, 2024, also against BYU.
• Gibadlo has 12 games this season where she has recorded double-digit kills and digs in the same match.
• Utah will have faced 10 total opponents this season in the AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll, including their exhibition against No. 2 Texas on Aug. 15.
• 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 (395), Moea'i (255), Joki (172), Levani Key-Powell (92), Devyn Wiest (79).
•Team leaders in assists: Leah Wilton-LaBoy (595), Isabelle Marco (395), McKenna Payne (56), Key-Powell (18), Grace Moss (17).
• Team leaders in service aces: Gibadlo (24), Moea'i (23), Key-Powell (22), Wilton-LaBoy (22), Joki (14).
• Team leaders in digs: Gibadlo (224), Key-Powell (179), Payne (154), Iliana Linahan (139), Wilton-LaBoy (136).
• Team leaders in blocks: Moea'i (103), Field (67), Joki (50), Wilton-LaBoy (39), Gibadlo (37).

SCOUTING Kansas
Utah vs. Kansas: 1-3
H: 0-1 | A: 1-1 | N: 0-1
The Kansas Jayhawks come to Salt Lake City for the first time as conference mates ranked as the No. 13 team in the latest AVCA Poll. Kansas has been dominant in conference play rolling out a five-match win-streak that has grown the Jayhawks' record to 11 wins and 3 losses. This past weekend, the Jayhawks traveled to Manhattan, Kan. to take on the Kansas State Wildcats in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. Kansas got the best of KSU, beating their rival in a 3-0 sweeping victory.

SCOUTING Arizona
Utah vs. Arizona: 18-30
H: 12-11 | A: 4-12 | N: 2-6
The Utes and Wildcats match-up for the second time this season, with the last match providing a Thursday night thriller, as Arizona got the best of Utah on national television in five sets. In the last match, three of the five sets came down to just two points, including a back-and-forth fifth set where Arizona ultimately got the 15-13 set win. Arizona has an 8-6 conference record, placing them sixth in the Big 12 conference standings. Fairly recently, the Wildcats strung a pair of upsets, one coming against the No. 13 TCU Horned Frogs and the next coming five days later versus the No. 21 BYU Cougars.

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. Gibadlo recently upped her kills career-high to 28 against West Virginia while locking in 12 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).
• 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 put a bow on 2025 on the road, first with a stop down in Provo to take on No. 25 BYU on Wed., Nov. 26 at 6 p.m. MT. Then Utah catches a flight to Lubbock, Texas, to finish the year against Texas Tech on Sat., Nov. 29 at 12 p.m. MT.

Both matches will air 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
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