Saturday, October 31
Kennesaw, Ga.
2:00 PM ET
Liberty University
15-9,7-5CUSA
3
at
1
Kennesaw State
10-14,4-8CUSA
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Kennesaw St. | 15 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 1 |
10/31/2026 8:04:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
KENNESAW, Ga. – Liberty bounced back from a Friday-night loss at Kennesaw State, defeating the host Owls 3-1 (25-15, 25-21, 25-27, 25-23), Saturday at VyStar Arena.
The Lady Flames improve to 15-9, 7-5 in CUSA play after splitting this weekend's matches at KSU. The Owls fall to 10-14, 4-8 with their fifth loss in the last six contests. With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, Liberty is tied with Middle Tennessee and Sam Houston for third in CUSA standings behind both Western Kentucky (12-0) and Missouri State (9-3), while KSU is eighth.
Notable Numbers
The Lady Flames travel to Bowling Green, Ky., to take on CUSA-leading Western Kentucky, Friday and Saturday.
The Lady Flames improve to 15-9, 7-5 in CUSA play after splitting this weekend's matches at KSU. The Owls fall to 10-14, 4-8 with their fifth loss in the last six contests. With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, Liberty is tied with Middle Tennessee and Sam Houston for third in CUSA standings behind both Western Kentucky (12-0) and Missouri State (9-3), while KSU is eighth.
Notable Numbers
- Liberty outhit KSU .246-.164 for the match, while the Owls led in kills (56-44), assists (53-41) and digs (58-51). The Lady Flames held a 10-8 advantage in blocks and 9-5 in aces. KSU served up 15 service errors, compared to 11 service errors by Liberty.
- Jenna Otts scored a team-high 13 kills for the Lady Flames, while Paige Overcash totaled 11 kills, three aces, six digs and three blocks. Kennesaw native Laney Daniell posted 11 kills (.556) and tied her career high with seven blocks. Melis Ural collected a team-high 18 digs, while Addison Hart posted a career-high four blocks. Alison Bierwagen and Charli Crowson dished out 19 assists each, with Bierwagen adding three aces and eight digs and Crowson posting one ace and five digs.
- KSU's Olivia Burrage (.400, five blocks) and Haley Patterson tied for the match high with 14 kills apiece, followed by 12 kills from Ashlyn Anderson. Kaeley Walz dished out a match-high 39 assists, while Gracie Pynes served up a match-high five aces. Alexis Sowers led all players with 21 digs.
- Liberty built double-digit leads in both the first (23-11) and second (17-7) sets before KSU earned late momentum in both sets, although the Lady Flames won by 25-15 and 25-21 scores, respectively.
- The Owls led set three 14-9 before the Lady Flames rallied ahead, gaining two match-point tries at 24-22. KSU fought off both attempts, and rallied to win the set, 27-25.
- The Lady Flames led the fourth set 24-21 after and Overcash kill. However, Kennesaw State fought off two match-point tries, with Burrage scoring a kill and then assisting Anderson on a block. However, an Owl service error gave Liberty the 25-23 win.
- KSU leads Liberty 17-3 in the all-time series in volleyball. Today marked Liberty's first win over the Owls in VyStar Arena, as KSU won each of the first 10 home meetings with the Lady Flames. Prior to today, Liberty's last win at VyStar Arena came over Stetson in the quarterfinals of the 2018 ASUN Championship.
- The Lady Flames are 12-11 in sets decided by two points this season. Seven out of Liberty's last 13 sets have been decided by two points each.
- Daniell averages 1.73 blocks per set over the last three matches.
- Ural has posted double-digit digs in 21 out of the last 22 matches.
- Otts needs 31 more kills to reach 1,000 career kills, between her time at Gardner-Webb and Liberty.
The Lady Flames travel to Bowling Green, Ky., to take on CUSA-leading Western Kentucky, Friday and Saturday.
Players Mentioned
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DS/L
/ Women's VolleyballTeam Stats
Lib
KennSt
Kills
44
56
Errors
14
31
Attempts
122
152
Hitting %
.246
.164
Points
63.0
69.0
Assists
41
53
Aces
9
5
Blocks
10
8
Game Leaders
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
11
Aces
3
Blocks
3
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
7
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
3
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