TEMPE – Led by strong performances from juniors Noemie Glover and Ella Lomigora, No. 8 Sun Devil Volleyball swept Texas Tech (25-6, 25-20, 25-16) in a dominant win Wednesday night back at Desert Financial Arena.
Notable stats
- Arizona State (19-3, 10-1 Big 12) swept Texas Tech (10-13, 2-9 Big 12) to reach 10 conference wins on the year. It’s the 12th time in program history reaching double-digit conference wins (third in a row). This is the third time in team history having 10 or more conference wins in three-consecutive seasons.
- ASU is now 10-0 at home. This also was the 10th sweep of the year, first since Oct. 8.
- Arizona State held Texas Tech to a .000 clip compared to a .363 hitting percentage (third-best this season) for the Sun Devils. For ASU, that is the second-lowest opponent hitting percentage of the year and the lowest in Big 12 play.
- With 10 blocks tonight, this was the 13th match with double-digit blocks this season. The Sun Devils have had double-digit blocks in eight of the 11 Big 12 matches.
- Junior middle blocker Ella Lomigora notched a season-high eight blocks in the win, leading all players. She also added five kills.
- Leading all players in kills was junior opposite Noemie Glover with 17 on a blistering .696 clip, a career high in hitting percentage. This was her 11th match in a row reaching double figures, 17th time this season. She also had five blocks and five digs.
- Another Sun Devil with double-digit kills was senior outside hitter Bailey Miller with 10. It was her seventh match in a row in double figures.
Set One: ASU 25, TTU 6
Arizona State started set one off strong with a 4-1 lead, capitalizing on Texas Tech’s hitting errors. A push from TTU brought it back to 4-3. Kills from Lomigoria and Glover helped push the Sun Devils to a 9-4 lead, forcing the Red Raiders to call their first timeout of the night. Coming out of the timeout, Glover wasn’t done just yet with an immediate kill followed by an ace from Miller. The Devils’ defense was on fire as Lomigoria refused to let much past with three-straight blocks extending the lead to 15-4. The offense kept the flame ablaze with kills from Glover and an ace from Miller that left Texas Tech struggling to stay in the game. ASU had a 14-point unanswered run, sitting strong at 20-4. A Kiylah Presley kill swiftly ended the first set, 25-6.
Set Two: ASU 25, TTU 20
Some early errors kept the second set close to start. Texas Tech earned some kills but not before a block from Presley and Colby Neal upped the lead to 7-5. The Red Raiders were able to get back on top at 9-7, but it wasn’t long before two kills from Presley tied things back up 9-9. A pair of kills from Miller gave ASU the push to lead 13-10, with Sydney Henry’s ace and another kill from Glover furthering it to 16-11. A few hitting errors from ASU allowed Texas Tech to trail not too far behind, 19-16. Kills from Presley and Miller were quick to help strengthen ASU’s lead to 22-18, with Texas Tech calling a timeout. A block from Lomigoria and Glover ended the second set with a 25-20 win for the Sun Devils.
Set Three: ASU 25, TTU 16
Despite its 2-0 match lead, ASU came out hungry in the third set, immediately establishing a 5-1 lead headed by three kills from Miller. Texas Tech’s offense rallied, only sitting behind at 7-5. Glover’s two kills and Lomigoria’s back-to-back block and kill brought the Sun Devils to 11-5, forcing a Red Raider timeout. The visitors’ regroup helped them to stay in the game, cutting the deficit to 14-11. A kill from Miller and Texas Tech errors pushed ASU’s lead to 18-12. Kills from Glover and Presley extended to 20-13 with the Red Raiders calling their final timeout. Kills from Miller and Glover sealed the sweep for the Sun Devils, 25-16.
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— Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) November 6, 2025
Up next
Arizona State is back home on Friday to host No. 21 BYU at 7 p.m. MST, live on ESPN+.
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Quotes
Head coach JJ Van Niel
Opening Statement:
“Really fun environment. It was nice to see our team respond after a tough loss. We played out and probably played one of our more consistent matches. I thought my coaches did a really, really nice job on the scouting report. And the players did a really good job executing it, so good match.”
On Ella Lomigora blocking with Noemie Glover:
“We flipped Ella and Colby in this match. There's just some things systematically that we thought would help us a little better if we did that. Colby didn't have as many opportunities because she wasn't on the floor quite as much as Lom was. But the nice thing about both of them is we can switch them back and forth based on matchups and whatever we want to do. So it's nice to have that flexibility, and it worked for us tonight.”
On starting strong in the opening set:
“We've been pretty good in our opening sets. I was actually happier with how we responded in the second set. It was a little sloppy at the start, and then we kind of cleaned it up. I think our last three matches at home, we've crushed them in the first set and then laid an egg in the second, so it was nice to see us kind of maintain the mental toughness to keep pushing.”
Junior Middle Blocker Ella Lomigora
On the teams performance tonight:
“I just feel like we were really aggressive on the service line and I think that that contributed a lot to us being really strong defensively and contributed to blocks. We were really good on scouting and knowing our rotations. They were changing a lot of their lineups, but we just stayed calm and we're constantly communicating on the front row, which just brought a lot of confidence to each other. It just made it really easy to execute.”
On staying focused throughout the week ahead of Friday’s matchup versus BYU:
“I think just taking each day at a time, one game at a time. We focused tonight, we took care of business and now it's a quick turnaround. But tomorrow we're going to come in ready to work and just be really intentional with every rep that we take so that we can be prepared for Friday.”
Junior Opposite Noemie Glover
On tonight’s win:
“Obviously we have a plan that’s set. Our coaches did a great job this week of coming out strong and I know last week didn’t go how we wanted, so that lit a fire under us. In that halfway point of the season, there’s only two ways you can go and it’s either taking it meekly or coming in strong and aggressive. That’s what we did and it really paid off.”
On her dominant offensive game:
“It’s just about being a versatile attacker, being able to hit all the shots in the court, tip around the court, keeping the defenders guessing. They don’t know where you’re going to swing. You can swing, you can hit, being all over the board is important. Obviously if one shot is working you can do it a couple of times, but eventually teams are going to pick up on that so just being unscoutable is the goal.”