No. 23 Utah Volleyball Records 10th Sweep over Kansas State

Saturday, October 3

Manhattan, KS

5:30 PM

University of Utah

11-4,3-1Big 12

Kansas State

9-3,1-3Big 12

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Utah	25	25	25	3
Kansas St.	20	15	23	0

No. 23 Utah Volleyball Records 10th Sweep over Kansas State

10/3/2026 7:32 PM | Volleyball

Box Score Final Stats

Utes runaway with match against Wildcats aided by second set 15-0 scoring run

MANHATTAN, Kans.– No. 23 Utah Volleyball (11-4; 3-1) recorded its 10^th sweep (25-20, 25-15, 25-23) of 2026 over Kansas State (9-3; 1-3), rebounding nicely after a loss to No. 19 Kansas on Thursday night.

The Utes' convincing win was aided greatly by a 15-0 scoring run while outside hitter Kamryn Gibadlo womaned the service line in the middle of the second set, ripping off three of her six total aces on the night.

"I thought our servers did a really good job going at it from the in-line," head coach Alyssa D'Errico said. "We talked about playing with pace and trying to drive them deep. We just saw some numbers statistically that they struggle with deeper serves, and I thought our team did a really good job executing that part of the service plan."

SWEEP ALERT ????

Utah beats Kansas State ??

See you all back at the Huntsman THIS THURSDAY!!#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/IclrHB1vJ9
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) October 4, 2026

SET ONE
Utah jumped to a 3-2 lead off two Kansas State attack errors and a Lana Mijacic kill to start set one. The Utes made the match a 5-4 affair before the Wildcats went on a 7-0 scoring run to make things an 11-5 advantage in their favor.

After a timeout, the Utes closed the gap, going on a 7-1 run of their own, aided by kills from Devyn Wiest, Loryn Helgesn, Princess Atamah and an ace from Isabelle Marco to tie things up at 12.

Gibadlo entered the chat a little later to send the first set to the media timeout with the Utes leading, 15-14.

Utah and K-State continued to battle back-and-forth down the stretch with the Utes taking a 20-18 lead and forcing a Wildcat timeout.

Kansas State took one more timeout after Utah took a 22-19 advantage from a Helgesen hot ball, before a Wildcat attack error put the Utes in striking range, 24-19.

Atamah finished the job in the first set for Utah with a kill, 25-20.

SET TWO
Kansas State jumped to a healthy lead to start set two, 6-2, before Utah came storming back to get within one, 6-5.

An ace from Gibadlo gave the Utes the lead, 7-6, followed by a Wildcat error to make it 8-6.

Gibadlo secured one more ace to make it 10-6, followed by one more K-State error to make it an 11-6 set, and forcing a Wildcat timeout.

Utah built up a 12-0 scoring run over Kansas State with Wiest and Gibadlo rocketing kills for a 14-6 lead and Wildcat timeout ahead of the media timeout. Wiest made short work getting to the technical timeout out of K-State's timeout, 15-6, extending the run to 13-0.

A service error finally ended Utah's scoring run at 15, but the Utes kept full control of the set hitting a 20-10 lead.

Despite the Wildcats' best efforts, Gibadlo's third ace down the stretch for set point, followed by a Helgesen kill gave the Utes set two, 25-15.

SET THREE
K-State jumped to an early lead in set three, 3-1, but Utah adjusted and took control off a Mijacic ace, 7-5.

The Wildcats tied the match at nine a few plays later, but a Kansas State service error and Gibadlo kill put the Utes back on top, 11-9.

Utah took a 15-11 lead to trigger the media timeout off a Wiest kill and tightened its grip further out of the break, 16-13, off a Helgesen kill.

The Utes kept the pressure high on Kansas State, jumping to a 21-17 lead off back-to-back kills from Ashley West.

Helgesen and Mijacic teamed up for a block to set up match point, 24-18, before Kansas State made things interesting going on a 5-0 run to get within one of the Utes, 24-23.

Out of a timeout, Utah settled down and took the match, 25-23 off a final Gibadlo kill.

Satisfying ??#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/y0afUwQSyH
— Utah Volleyball (@UtahVolleyball) October 4, 2026

STANDOUT STATS

Utah recorded its 10th sweep and is 10-1 in three-set matches in 2026
The Utes logged 45 kills to the Wildcats' 33 and recorded an impressive .412 team hitting percentage compared to .211 for Kansas State
Utah posted 8 aces to KSU's 4, and had 32 digs to K-State's 24
Utah had five Utes record hitting percentages over .350 (Wiest- .625, Gibadlo- .375, Helgesen- .429, Atamah- .500, and West- .444)
Wiest and Gibadlo tied for first on the team in kills (11 each) with Helgesen (7), Atamah (6), and West (5) right behind them
Gibadlo owned six of Utah's eight aces with Mijacic and Marco adding one each
Isabella Mogridge led the team in assists (24) while Grizzle led the team in digs (14)
Helgesen, Atamah, and Mijacic had a three-way tie for team blocks (2 each)

UP NEXT
Utah comes home to the Huntsman Center to host West Virginia on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. MT.

The match will be available 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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