Blamires’ career night fuels No. 24 BYU’s sweep at Weber State

The opposite hitter finished with a career-high 12 kills in the three-set match.

Author Cameron Muh
Blamires’ career night fuels No. 24 BYU’s sweep at Weber StateBlamires’ career night fuels No. 24 BYU’s sweep at Weber State
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Box Score

OGDEN, Utah — Opposite hitter Anna Blamires recorded a career-high 12 kills as No. 24 BYU women’s volleyball swept Weber State (25-18, 25-16, 25-17)at Swenson Gym on Thursday night.

BOX SCORE

The Cougars (7-1, 0-0 Big 12) hit .365 in the match while holding the Wildcats to a .171 clip. Despite being out blocked by Weber State (9-7), the Cougars had five aces to the WSU’s none. Both teams had 31 digs.

Blamires’ 12 kills came on a .526 clip. Elli Mortensen joined Blamires in double figures, tallying 10 kills on a match-high .692 hitting percentage.

Kaylie Kofe finished with 20 assists while Alex Bower added 17. Bower and Claire Little Chambers led the way with two service aces each. Lulu Po’uha (nine digs) and Kelli Jo Burgess (seven blocks) both carded match highs as well.

Set 1
Tied at five, a 4-0 BYU run, highlighted by a Little Chambers ace and Burgess-Mortensen double block, forced a Weber State timeout.

The Wildcats drew within three out of the break, but two kills apiece by Mortensen and Blamires made way for Little Chambers’ second ace of the night, forcing WSU’s second timeout at 17-11.

Weber State again drew within three before a Rachel Jepsen quick hitter and two more Blamires kills from the right side helped the Cougars close things out, 25-18.

Set 2
Trailing to start the second, three kills by Burgess put BYU in front, 6-4. A 4-0 Cougar run, capped off by a Kofe ace, brought up a Wildcat timeout with BYU leading 12-7.

Kills by Little Chambers, Blamires and Mortensen paced the Cougars to a 17-10 lead at WSU’s second timeout. Consecutive Burgess-Sophia Callahan double blocks made it 20-10, and Blamires wrapped it up with two more kills, 25-15.

Set 3
After taking the set’s opening point for the first time in the match, BYU saw a pair of Burgess-Little Chambers double blocks as well as kills by Mortensen and Jepsen, forcing a Weber State timeout in front 12-5.

Kills from six different Cougars made it 22-12 before a 3-0 Wildcat run made it 24-17, but Mortensen terminated out of the back row to complete the sweep, 25-17.

Up Next
BYU will head back to Provo for a matchup with Utah State on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. MDT on ESPN+.