Saturday, November 7
Bowling Green, Ky.
2:00 PM ET/1:00 PM CT
Liberty University
15-11,7-7CUSA
0
at
3
Western Kentucky
20-6,14-0CUSA
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 22 | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| Western Ky. | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
11/7/2026 4:39:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Western Kentucky posted its 15th straight win, sweeping the visiting Liberty Lady Flames, 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-16), Saturday at E.A. Diddle Arena.
WKU (20-6) remains perfect in CUSA play, at 14-0, and wrapped up the CUSA regular-season championship and first seed in the 2026 CUSA Volleyball Championship. The Lady Flames fall to 15-11, 7-7 in conference play. Liberty enters the final week of the regular season in a three-way tie for fifth in the conference standings with FIU and New Mexico State.
Notable Numbers
The Lady Flames host Delaware next Thursday and Friday at Liberty Arena in their final two regular-season matches.
WKU (20-6) remains perfect in CUSA play, at 14-0, and wrapped up the CUSA regular-season championship and first seed in the 2026 CUSA Volleyball Championship. The Lady Flames fall to 15-11, 7-7 in conference play. Liberty enters the final week of the regular season in a three-way tie for fifth in the conference standings with FIU and New Mexico State.
Notable Numbers
- WKU outhit Liberty .368-.111 for the match. The Hilltoppers led in kills (45-34), digs (41-34) and blocks (10-5), while both teams served up three aces.
- Kaira Knox (.429) and Alivia Skidmore (.417) scored 11 kills each for WKU. Kendall Meller recorded nine kills, while Kate Rush contributed five kills and 33 assists. Izzy Van De Wiele contributed a match-high seven blocks, while Tyler Baron led all players with two aces and 12 digs.
- Paige Overcash scored a match-high 17 kills for Liberty, scoring at a .389 clip. Jenna Otts posted six kills and two blocks, while Alison Bierwagen totaled 16 assists and 11 digs. Laney Daneill posted a team-high four blocks.
- WKU led set one 22-19 before Liberty scored back-to-back points to narrow the gap to 22-21. After a Hilltopper kill, Overcash scored a kill to slice the deficit to 23-22. However, kills by Knox and Meller sealed the 25-22 set-one victory for WKU.
- The Hilltoppers won the second and third sets by a combined 19 points, outhitting the Lady Flames a combined .383-.062 in the last two sets.
- WKU leads Liberty 9-0 all-time in volleyball, including 4-0 at E.A. Diddle Arena.
- The Hilltoppers will host the 2026 CUSA Volleyball Championship, Nov. 20-22 at Diddle Arena.
- Otts needs 14 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 seven matches.
- Overcash's 17 kills tied for the most kills by a Lady Flame in a three-set match this season, as she scored 17 kills at FIU on Oct. 17.
The Lady Flames host Delaware next Thursday and Friday at Liberty Arena in their final two regular-season matches.
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's VolleyballTeam Stats
Lib
WestKy
Kills
34
45
Errors
22
10
Attempts
108
95
Hitting %
.111
.368
Points
42.0
58.0
Assists
32
44
Aces
3
3
Blocks
5
10
Game Leaders
Kills
17
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
2
Aces
1
Blocks
4
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