Utah Valley Tops Sacramento State Behind Season-High 17 Blocks

Ellie Mitchell / Utah Valley Athletics

Box Score

Utah Valley UVU 6-15,4-5 Big West

Sacramento St. SacSt 10-10,5-4 Big West

Utah Valley UVU

6-15,4-5 Big West

Final

Oct. 22, 2026

Sacramento St. SacSt

10-10,5-4 Big West

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Utah Valley UVU	27	25	16	25	(3)
Sacramento St. SacSt	25	22	25	20	(1)

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Sacramento State

10/24/2026 | 1pm MT

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Oct. 24 (Sat) / 1pm MT

Sacramento State

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Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/22/2026 11:14:00 PM

Utah Valley Tops Sacramento State Behind Season-High 17 Blocks

Next Match:

Sacramento State

10/24/2026 | 1pm MT

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Oct. 24 (Sat) / 1pm MT

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats	UVU	SacSt
Kills	42	57
Errors	15	27
Attempts	137	167
Hitting %	.197	.180
Points	68.0	69.0
Assists	40	50
Aces	9	5
Blocks	17	7

Kills

UVU

SacSt

Errors

UVU

SacSt

Attempts

UVU

137

SacSt

167

Hitting %

UVU

.197

SacSt

.180

Points

UVU

68.0

SacSt

69.0

Assists

UVU

SacSt

Aces

UVU

SacSt

Blocks

UVU

SacSt

Game Leaders

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/olivia-gloeckner/11478' class='boxscore_player_link'>Gloeckner, Olivia</a>

#17 Gloeckner, Olivia

Kills

13
Aces

0
Blocks

5

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/miley-thunstrom/11486' class='boxscore_player_link'>Thunstrom, Miley</a>

#4 Thunstrom, Miley

Kills

9
Aces

4
Blocks

1

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/chloe-hansen/11487' class='boxscore_player_link'>Hansen, Chloe</a>

#5 Hansen, Chloe

Kills

8
Aces

1
Blocks

3

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/brielle-rueckert/11549' class='boxscore_player_link'>Rueckert, Brielle</a>

#18 Rueckert, Brielle

Kills

6
Aces

0
Blocks

6

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/evalyn-medaris/11476' class='boxscore_player_link'>Medaris, Evalyn </a>

#11 Medaris, Evalyn

Assists

36
E

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/lani-toutai/11480' class='boxscore_player_link'>Toutai, Lani</a>

#8 Toutai, Lani

Assists

3
E

0

#4 Thunstrom, Miley

Assists

1
E

0

#8 Toutai, Lani

Digs

28
RE

1

#11 Medaris, Evalyn

Digs

11
RE

0

#5 Hansen, Chloe

Digs

9
RE

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/madi-standifird/11483' class='boxscore_player_link'>Standifird, Madi</a>

#3 Standifird, Madi

Digs

8
RE

2

Kills

#17

Aces

Blocks

Assists

#11

Medaris, Evalyn

Toutai, Lani

Thunstrom, Miley

Digs

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Utah Valley women's volleyball earned a 3-1 (27-25, 25-22, 16-25, 25-20) victory over Sacramento State on Thursday night at The Nest. UVU (6-15, 4-5) recorded a season-high 17 total blocks, with Alyvia Watkins posting a season-high 10 blocks and Evalyn Medaris adding seven. Victoria Marthaler led the Hornets (10-10, 5-4) with 23 kills.

Lani Toutai had 28 digs in the match, four shy of her career high of 32 set against Radford earlier this season. The senior libero also reached a career milestone, becoming the fourth player in program history to record 1,500 career digs. She joins Seren Jardine, McKenna Tait and Allyce Jones in the exclusive club.

The Wolverine block party started early as Utah Valley recorded eight total blocks in the first set. Watkins led the way with four blocks, while Brielle Rueckert and Medaris each added three. Olivia Gloeckner finished with a team-high 13 kills in the match, but it was her defense that helped spark the comeback in the opening frame. Gloeckner and Rueckert combined for a block before Gloeckner added a solo block to cut the deficit to 12-11.

The Hornets jumped in front 20-15 before UVU rallied, starting with a kill from Miley Thunstrom and a service ace from Toutai. Gloeckner gave the Wolverines a 22-21 lead with a kill before helping lead a 3-0 run with a block assist alongside Watkins. Utah Valley secured the set, 27-25.

Utah Valley got out to a 6-2 lead in the second set with Medaris serving back-to-back aces. UVU recorded five service aces in the set, with Thunstrom tallying two and Toutai adding one to help the Wolverines reach a season-high nine aces in the victory. The set was tied at 16-16 when UVU used a 4-0 run behind kills from Gloeckner and Thunstrom. A second ace from Thunstrom made it 20-16. Utah Valley held off a late Hornet rally as Chloe Hansen and Watkins finished off key points to secure the set.

Sacramento State answered in the third set, erasing an early 6-2 deficit to take a 7-6 lead before using a 12-3 run to build a 20-10 advantage. Utah Valley had its toughest set of the night, hitting .000, as the Hornets forced a fourth set.

The Wolverines quickly bounced back from the challenging third set as the pin hitters of Gloeckner, Hansen and Thunstrom helped the team race out to a 7-1 lead in the fourth. The Hornets chipped away at the UVU lead and got back within two points multiple times, but Utah Valley answered each challenge. Gloeckner finished with seven of her 13 kills in the fourth set to help the Wolverines close out the match.

Utah Valley improved to 3-0 all-time against Sacramento State, and Thursday's victory marked the first win in the series on either team's home court.

UP NEXT
The two teams will travel to Orem and wrap up the home-and-home series on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. MT inside Lockhart Arena. The Wolverines will then hit the road again next week for matches against California Baptist and UC Riverside.

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