Utah Valley women’s volleyball earned a 3-1 victory over Sacramento State on Thursday, Oct. 22, at The Nest in Sacramento, Calif. The Wolverines won the match with set scores of 27-25, 25-22, 16-25, and 25-20.
UVU recorded a season-high 17 total blocks during the match. Alyvia Watkins posted a season-high 10 blocks, while Evalyn Medaris contributed seven blocks. In the first set, Watkins led with four blocks, and both Brielle Rueckert and Medaris added three blocks each. Olivia Gloeckner finished the match with a team-high 13 kills, including seven kills in the fourth set.
Senior libero Lani Toutai recorded 28 digs in the match, falling four shy of her career high of 32 set against Radford earlier this season. During the match, Toutai also became the fourth player in program history to reach 1,500 career digs, joining Seren Jardine, McKenna Tait, and Allyce Jones. The Wolverines also recorded a season-high nine service aces in the victory, with Miley Thunstrom tallying two and Toutai adding one.
Sacramento State was led by Victoria Marthaler, who recorded 23 kills. The Hornets finished the match with a 10-10 overall record and a 5-4 record in Big West play. While the Hornets won the third set 25-16, UVU responded in the fourth set to secure the win.
The two teams are scheduled to complete a home-and-home series on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. MT in Orem at Lockhart Arena.
Following the series in Orem, Utah Valley will travel for matches against California Baptist and UC Riverside.
