WVU Volleyball concluded its regular season on Saturday, Nov. 29. WVU (15–15, 3-15) fell to Arizona (15–12, 9–8) and Arizona State (26–3, 17–1). Read more: WVU Volleyball concludes regular season with losses to Arizona and Arizona State
Straight set loss to Arizona
West Virginia couldn’t get rolling on Wednesday, falling to Arizona in straight sets. The Mountaineers were held to under 25 points in all three sets, finishing 16–25, 22–25, and 12–25.
WVU showed spurts of offensive rhythm throughout the match, but never found the consistency needed to counter Arizona’s pace. The Mountaineers opened with 10 kills on 33 attempts in the first set, but the Wildcats were able to pull away quickly.
The second set was WVU’s closest push, with 11 kills on 45 swings. Despite their efforts, the comeback stalled before the Mountaineers could take the lead. Arizona closed the match in the third, holding WVU to just six kills on 31 swings to seal the match.
West Virginia closed the night with 27 kills on 109 total attempts, hitting .028 as a team. The Mountaineers totaled 24 assists, five aces, 34 digs and four blocks.
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Redshirt junior opposite Trinity Sheridan paced the offense with eight kills on 23 swings, adding three aces and three digs to finish with a team-best 11 points. Senior middle Laila Ibrahim followed with six kills and three total blocks, hitting .214 to total 7.5 points.
Junior middle Maddy McGath provided a steady presence at the net, finishing with five kills on 11 attempts (.273) and a block for 5.5 points. Maggie Elliott added four kills, while Nina Horning recorded three and redshirt senior Cassidy Tanton added another kill alongside three digs.
Junior Alexis Finnvold was the setter for the night, and she posted 21 assists with eight digs, an ace and a block. Sophomore Eily Painter chipped in three digs and a service ace, while senior libero LonDynn Betts anchored the back row with a match-high nine digs and two assists.
No. 9 Arizona State season finale
Four days later, the Mountaineers returned to the desert for one final match of the season, but came up short against No. 9 Arizona State, falling 15–25, 15–25, 25–18 and 16–25.
West Virginia struggled to settle in during the opening frames, posting nine kills on 30 swings in set one and 10 more in set two. Arizona State controlled the tempo early, while WVU worked to find rhythm offensively.
The breakthrough came in the third, where the Mountaineers hit .321 with 12 kills and extended the match behind their best execution of the weekend. The push wasn’t enough to extend the match further, as ASU tightened its defense. WVU closed the set with seven kills on 37 swings.
The Mountaineers finished with 38 kills on 123 attempts (.065), 33 assists, four aces, 31 digs, 11 total blocks, two solo blocks, and 18 assists.
Sheridan led with 13 kills (.267), four blocks, and five digs to finish with 15 points. McGath followed with eight kills and four blocks for 10.5 points, recording a career milestone with her 250th block.
Horning contributed seven kills, two aces, and three digs for 10 points, while Tanton added five kills and a block. Ibrahim closed her season with four kills on seven swings (.429) and a team-best seven blocks for eight points.
Finnvold recorded 27 assists, while also adding nine digs, an ace, and two blocks. Painter added five digs and an ace, and Betts chipped in five digs and three assists. Tally Grissom contributed a dig and an assist off the bench.
Regular season concluded
West Virginia officially closed its 2025 schedule at 15–15, and 3-15 in Big 12 Conference action. This marked the program’s winningest season since 2021 and matched its strongest Big 12 output over that span.
WVU opened the fall with the best start in program history. A 12–0 non-conference run and a home upset over No. 19 BYU highlighted the early season successes.
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