Springfield, Ore. — No. 6 BYU women’s cross country won the Bill Dellinger Invitational Friday afternoon.

The Cougars finished the race with 42 points in a showdown against No. 7 Oregon’s 78 points. BYU led the team score at every kilometer from the gun to the finish line

Lexy Halladay-Lowry was the first to cross the line for BYU finishing in fourth with a time of 20:01.5 for 6,000-meters. Aubrey Frentheway was four seconds behind Lowry in fifth place. Autumn Classic champion, Jenna Hutchins was the third Cougar to cross the line in eighth. Jacey Harkins-Farmer and Anastaysia Davis rounded out BYU’s scoring five finishing in 12th and 13th.

Three Cougars placed in the top 10 with seven in the top 15. Four BYU runner turned in personal-best 6,000 meter times: Jenna Hutchins, Jacey Harkins-Farmer, Lizzie Dildine and Julie Sumsion. Five runners (Destiny Everett, Allie Warner, Raygan Peterson, Vansessa Alder and Grace Hutchinson) were making their debuts at the 6,000-meter distance.

Tis was the the second time the Cougars have won the Dellinger Invitational since 2019.

BYU returns to action Oct. 14 with the XC-23 Pre-Nationals Invitational in Virginia.

BYU Top 10 at Dellinger Invitational

4th-Lexy Halladay-Lowry, 20:01.5

5th-Aubrey Frentheway, 20:05.6

8th-Jenna Hutchins, 20:18.5

12th-Jacey Harkins-Farmer, 20:37.7

13th-Anastaysia Davis, 20:37.9

14th-Sadie Sargent, 20:38.3

15th-Destiny Everett, 20:38.3

21st-Grace Hutchinson, 20:43.1

31st-Riley Chamberlain, 21:03.9

36th-Vanessa Alder, 21:16.3

No. 10 BYU women’s volleyball hosts another ranked opponent

PROVO, Utah — On a four-match win streak, No. 10 BYU women’s volleyball continues Big 12 Conference play on Saturday afternoon against No. 18 Baylor in a matinee match at 1 p.m. MDT.

It will be the Cougars’ fourth Top 25 matchup this season as they previously faced No. 5 Pitt and No. 13 Washington State earlier in the year before No. 20 Houston on Wednesday night.

Head coach Heather Olmstead is 28-21 (.571) against ranked opponents during her tenure, with a 15-4 (.789) record against Top 25 teams at the Smith Fieldhouse.

BYU (12-1, 1-0 Big 12) is in game two of a stretch of four-consecutive Top 25 games with No. 20 Houston, No. 18 Baylor, and a two-game set at No. 9 Texas next week.

The Cougars moved up two spots to No. 10 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll on Monday, marking 156-consecutive polls in the AVCA Top 25 and 147-straight in the top 18.

BYU earned a sweep of Houston to open league play this week, winning sets two and three, 25-13 and 25-18 after a back-and-forth 26-14 first set victory. The Cougars hit .253 with Houston’s .029, the sixth time this season that BYU has held opponents below .100 hitting.

Outside hitter Erin Livingston surpassed the 1,000-career kill mark midway through the match, finishing with a a game-high 12 kills on a .310 clip. Opposite hitter Kate Prior and middle blocker Whitney McEwan-Llarenas added six kills apiece, with McEwan-Llarenas’ eight total blocks a team-high.

As a team, BYU ranks No. 4 nationally in total blocks (136.5) and No. 8 in opponent hitting percentage (.133), both of which are good for No. 1 in conference. The Cougars are also No. 5 in the country in blocks per set (3.03), which ranks second in league.

On an individual scale, middle blocker Mia Lee is 24th in blocks per set (1.38) and 25th in total blocks (58). McEwan-Llarenas’ 54 total blocks rank No. 39, and libero Hannah Billeter’s 22 service aces rank No. 41.

BYU and Baylor have met just once previously, a five-setter in Hawai’i during the 2017 season.

The Bears swept Stephen F. Austin at home earlier in the week Baylor fell to then-No. 11 Washington State in four before beating then-No. 19 Ohio State in five sets last week. Head coach Ryan McGuyre is in his ninth season with the Bears, going 185-67 (.734) since 2015.. Baylor leads the all-time series between the two teams, 1-0.

After five-consecutive matches in the state of Utah, the Cougars will head out on their first Big 12 road trip for a pair of matches at No. 9 Texas on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 28-29. Game one will be televised on FS1, while game two will be streamed on the Longhorn Network.

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