Friday, November 6
Bowling Green, Ky.
7:00 PM ET/6:00 PM CT
Liberty University
15-10,7-6CUSA
0
at
3
Western Kentucky
19-6,13-0CUSA
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 14 | 18 | 26 | 0 |
| Western Ky. | 25 | 25 | 28 | 3 |
11/6/2026 9:10:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Liberty battled CUSA-leading Western Kentucky all the way, but the Hilltoppers remained unbeaten in conference play with a 3-0 sweep (25-14, 25-18, 28-26), Friday at E.A. Diddle Arena.
With the win, its 14th in a row, WKU (19-6, 13-0) earns at least a share of the CUSA regular-season championship. The Lady Flames fall to 15-10, 7-6 in CUSA play.
Notable Numbers
The Lady Flames and Hilltoppers conclude this weekend's matches tomorrow at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.
With the win, its 14th in a row, WKU (19-6, 13-0) earns at least a share of the CUSA regular-season championship. The Lady Flames fall to 15-10, 7-6 in CUSA play.
Notable Numbers
- WKU outhit Liberty .303-.175 for the match. The Hilltoppers are just the third team to hit .300 or better in a match against Liberty this season. The hosts also led in kills (47-40), aces (7-3) and blocks (14-7), while Liberty led 53-48 in digs.
- Kaira Knox (.350) and Alivia Skidmore (.435) scored 10 kills each for WKU. Faith Young totaled seven kills and a match-high eight blocks, while Kate Rush recorded 34 assists, three aces, six digs, four kills and four blocks. Tayler Baron collected a match-high 17 digs.
- Jenna Otts led Liberty with 11 kills and tied her season high with four blocks, while Paige Overcash contributed 10 kills, seven digs and three blocks. Melis Ural collected 10 digs, while Laney Daniell posted four blocks and Layla Collins contributed three blocks. Alison Bierwagen dished out 15 assists and collected seven digs.
- WKU took a 2-0 lead into intermission, posting 10 blocks over the first two sets combined.
- The Lady Flames fought back in the third set. Trailing 17-13, the Lady Flames staged a 7-0 run. WKU quickly tied it at 20-20. Paige Overcash gave Liberty the lead with kills at 21-20, 22-21 and 23-22. After a pair of WKU points, Liberty fought off match point with a block. Ural's ace gave Liberty a 25-24 lead, which Skidmore erased with a kill. Skidmore's error gave Liberty another set-point try, 26-25, but WKU closed out the sweep with a 3-0 run, capped by a Faith Young/Kendall Meller block.
- WKU leads Liberty 8-0 all-time in volleyball, including 3-0 at E.A. Diddle Arena.
- The Lady Flames are 12-12 in sets decided by two points and 7-6 in extended sets this season.
- WKU entered the match ranked fourth in the nation with 2.11 aces per set and fifth nationally with a .291 team hitting percentage.
- Ural has posted double-digit digs in 22 out of the last 23 matches.
- Otts needs 20 more kills to reach 1,000 career kills, between her time at Gardner-Webb and Liberty.
- Overcash has scored 10 or more kills in each of the last six matches.
The Lady Flames and Hilltoppers conclude this weekend's matches tomorrow at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.
Players Mentioned
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DS/L
/ Women's VolleyballTeam Stats
Lib
WestKy
Kills
40
47
Errors
20
11
Attempts
114
119
Hitting %
.175
.303
Points
50.0
68.0
Assists
36
42
Aces
3
7
Blocks
7
14
Game Leaders
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
4
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