Thursday, October 8
Salt Lake City, Utah
9 p.m.
West Virginia University
at
Utah
Mountaineers Head to Utah for the First of Two Road Matches
October 07, 2026 12:44 PM | Volleyball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University volleyball team (9-5, 2-2 Big 12) travels to Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday, Oct. 8, to face Utah at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. First serve is set for 9 p.m. ET.
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The Mountaineers are looking for their best five-game start to Big 12 play in program history with a win.
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WVU is coming off a 1-1 week after a reverse sweep at Texas Tech on Friday and dropping a four-set contest to Houston on Sunday.
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Heading into Thursday's match, West Virginia ranks No. 2 in the Big 12 in total assists and No. 4 in team kills. Senior outside hitter Nina Horning leads the Mountaineers with 207 kills, which ranks No. 7 in the league. Senior setter Alexis Finnvold leads the Mountaineers with 422 assists on the season, while freshman setter Lauren Duncan has added 205.
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Defensively, WVU ranks No. 3 in the Big 12 in total blocks and No. 4 in team digs. Freshman defensive specialist/libero Reagan Turk leads the Mountaineers with 209 digs, while senior middle blocker Maddy McGath ranks No. 3 in the league with a team-best 68 blocks. Freshman middle blocker Mirjam Karoliine Kask follows with 58 blocks.
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Turk ranks No. 1 among Big 12 freshmen and No. 4 among Power Four freshmen in total digs. Kask ranks No. 4 among Power Four freshmen in total blocks.
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Utah (11-4, 3-1 Big 12) is coming off a 1-1 week, dropping its only Big 12 contest to No. 19 Kansas last Thursday. The Utes followed up the loss with a sweep at Kansas State on Saturday.
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Utah leads the Big 12 in kills per set this season and ranks No. 3 nationally with 14.5. Freshman middle blocker Princess Atamah sports a .360 hitting percentage, ranking No. 3 in the league. Senior outside hitter Kamryn Gibadlo sits in the top 10 of the Big 12 in kills per set, averaging 3.82 on the season.
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The Utes' offense runs through sophomore setter Isabella Mogridge, who leads the team with 377 assists. Junior setter Isabelle Marco has contributed 205 assists this year.
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Defensively, sophomore middle blocker Katelynn Field ranks No. 58 nationally and No. 5 in the Big 12 with 1.26 blocks per set. Senior libero Sierra Grizzle anchors the Utes' back row with 4.1 digs per set, the second-most in the Big 12.
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Thursday's match marks the third all-time meeting between West Virginia and Utah. The Utes lead the series, 2-0. WVU head coach Jen Greeny brings plenty of experience against Utah from her Pac-12 days, sporting an 11-14 record against the Utes all-time.
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Utah's Alyssa D'Errico is in her first season as a head coach, collecting an 11-4 record to this point.
Krista Blunk, Linda Byington and Sammy Miller have the call for Thursday's match on ESPN+, and live stats are available at WVUsports.com.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUVolleyball on Facebook, Instagram and X.
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The Mountaineers are looking for their best five-game start to Big 12 play in program history with a win.
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WVU is coming off a 1-1 week after a reverse sweep at Texas Tech on Friday and dropping a four-set contest to Houston on Sunday.
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Heading into Thursday's match, West Virginia ranks No. 2 in the Big 12 in total assists and No. 4 in team kills. Senior outside hitter Nina Horning leads the Mountaineers with 207 kills, which ranks No. 7 in the league. Senior setter Alexis Finnvold leads the Mountaineers with 422 assists on the season, while freshman setter Lauren Duncan has added 205.
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Defensively, WVU ranks No. 3 in the Big 12 in total blocks and No. 4 in team digs. Freshman defensive specialist/libero Reagan Turk leads the Mountaineers with 209 digs, while senior middle blocker Maddy McGath ranks No. 3 in the league with a team-best 68 blocks. Freshman middle blocker Mirjam Karoliine Kask follows with 58 blocks.
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Turk ranks No. 1 among Big 12 freshmen and No. 4 among Power Four freshmen in total digs. Kask ranks No. 4 among Power Four freshmen in total blocks.
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Utah (11-4, 3-1 Big 12) is coming off a 1-1 week, dropping its only Big 12 contest to No. 19 Kansas last Thursday. The Utes followed up the loss with a sweep at Kansas State on Saturday.
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Utah leads the Big 12 in kills per set this season and ranks No. 3 nationally with 14.5. Freshman middle blocker Princess Atamah sports a .360 hitting percentage, ranking No. 3 in the league. Senior outside hitter Kamryn Gibadlo sits in the top 10 of the Big 12 in kills per set, averaging 3.82 on the season.
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The Utes' offense runs through sophomore setter Isabella Mogridge, who leads the team with 377 assists. Junior setter Isabelle Marco has contributed 205 assists this year.
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Defensively, sophomore middle blocker Katelynn Field ranks No. 58 nationally and No. 5 in the Big 12 with 1.26 blocks per set. Senior libero Sierra Grizzle anchors the Utes' back row with 4.1 digs per set, the second-most in the Big 12.
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Thursday's match marks the third all-time meeting between West Virginia and Utah. The Utes lead the series, 2-0. WVU head coach Jen Greeny brings plenty of experience against Utah from her Pac-12 days, sporting an 11-14 record against the Utes all-time.
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Utah's Alyssa D'Errico is in her first season as a head coach, collecting an 11-4 record to this point.
Krista Blunk, Linda Byington and Sammy Miller have the call for Thursday's match on ESPN+, and live stats are available at WVUsports.com.
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For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUVolleyball on Facebook, Instagram and X.
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