Top of their game: No. 11 BYU women’s volleyball takes down No. 8 Arizona State in four sets
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- BYU women’s volleyball players celebrate a point against Arizona State in a women’s college volleyball match at the Smith Fieldhouse on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
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- BYU’s KJ Burgess takes a swing against Arizona State in a Big 12 women’s college volleyball match at the Smith Fieldhouse on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
No. 11 BYU women’s volleyball extended its win streak to 14 matches, defeating No. 8 Arizona State in four sets (20-25, 25-14, 25-19, 25-23) at the Smith Fieldhouse on Saturday night.
After the two teams split Sets 1 and 2, BYU surged to a 25-19 win in Set 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the match. Set 4 was a classic, two ranked teams playing at their best. There were 15 ties and seven lead changes and BYU took an 18-14 lead on a Sun Devil attack error but Arizona State responded with a 5-0 run to go ahead 19-18. The Cougars trailed 21-20 but got a big kill from Sophia Callahan for a 22-22 tie. Eli Mortensen’s next serve found the floor for an ace to reach match point, followed by a combo block from Kate Prior and Brooke Hardy to end it at 25-23.
The Cougars finished with 55 kills, 58 digs and 10 blocks while hitting .261 as a team in their pink out match. BYU held the advantage in kills (55-50), digs (58-47) and blocks (10-9).
Mortensen recorded her second double-double in as many games with 12 kills and 14 digs, tying her career high in digs. Claire Little Chambers also posted 12 kills, while Sophia Callahan led BYU with 13 kills and a .476 hitting percentage.
Kelli Jo Burgess and Prior added seven kills apiece, with Burgess hitting .636 and tallying seven blocks, both match highs.
Setters Alex Bower and Kaylie Kofe recorded 23 and 22 assists, respectively, while Hardy finished with a career high seven digs.
After dropping the first set 25-20, the Cougars scored three consecutive points in Set 2 on kills from Callahan, Prior and Little Chambers to jumped to a 15-10 advantage. A 4-0 blitz that included a block by Burgess and Prior pushed BYU to a 21-12 lead. Little Chambers ended the set with a kill for the dominating 25-14 win.
In Set 3, BYU went on a 3-0 run to lead 18-15, getting a kill from Little Chambers. Arizona State cut the deficit to 23-19 but Hardy powered down a kill and and attack error by Arizona State gave the Cougars a 25-19 win.
Noeme Glover, last year’s Big 12 Player of the Year, topped Arizona State (16-4 overall, 7-2 Big 12) with 13 kills but had eight errors and hit just .116. BYU held the Sun Devils to a hitting percentage of .160.The Cougars (17-1, 9-0) return to the Smith Fieldhouse to host Utah on Friday, Oct. 30, at 6:30 p.m. MDT on ESPN+.
