No. 17 BYU women’s volleyball sweeps Kansas State
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BYU's Suli Davis (25) celebrates a point with teammates during a Big 12 women's volleyball match against Kansas State at the Smith Fieldhouse on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.PROVO, Utah — Three hitters finished in double figures as No. 17 BYU women’s volleyball swept Kansas State (25-16, 25-18, 25-9) at the Smith Fieldhouse on Friday night.
Freshman Suli Davis led the Cougars (18-5, 6-5 Big 12) with 12 kills, hitting .250, while Claire Little Chambers tallied 11 kills and hit .293. Sophia Callahan contibuted 10 kills on a .643 hitting percentage in BYU’s fifth match this season where three or more Cougars with double-digit kills.
Brielle Kemavor added five kills and a match-high eight blocks, with Callahan pitching in five blocks of her own. Davis, Little Chambers and Hannah Billeter each recorded two aces. Alex Bower led the way with 31 assists. Davis, Little Chambers and Lulu Uluave all posted eight digs apiece.
BYU hit .372 as a team, holding K-State to a .033 clip on the match. The Cougars out-blocked the Wildcats’ nine to three, and also had five more (7-2) service aces than them.
A solo block from Kemavor, the 50th of her career, extended BYU’s lead to 9-2 in Set 1. The Cougars kept their momentum with a 4-1 stretch that included an ace by Little Chambers and another Davis kill, prompting a second K-State timeout with BYU up 13-5.
Davis stayed hot with four consecutive kills, fueling another Cougar run. Kansas State answered with a short 5-2 rally to trim the deficit, but service errors on both sides kept the pace even. Little Chambers closed out the set with a kill to secure the 25-16 win.
In Set 2, kills from Davis and Kemavor and an ace from Little Chambers forced a Wildcat timeout with the Cougars up 12-6. Out of the break, Bower scored on an overpass kill to make it 14-7. K-State briefly closed the gap with a 2-0 run, but the Cougars answered with a 5-1 stretch led by back-to-back kills from Callahan to take a 19-10 lead. The Wildcats managed a late 4-1 run, but Little Chambers finished strong with a kill that sparked a final 5-4 push to close the set, 25-18.
The Cougars pulled ahead in Set 3 with four straight kills from Little Chambers and Kemavor for a 9-4 lead. BYU closed the match on an 8-1 run that featured an overpass kill from Kemavor, an ace from Billeter, and a block by Kemavor and Callahan to finish the set 25-9 and complete the sweep.
BYU travels to Tucson, Arizona to face the Wildcats on Wednesday at 6 p.m. MST, with streaming on ESPN+.
