Sunday, November 8
Lubbock, Texas
12:00 p.m.
Texas Tech Athletics
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vs
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Arizona
November 08, 2026 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball takes the first set but falls to Wildcats
LUBBOCK, Texas โย Texas Tech volleyball fell to Arizona 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at United Supermarkets Arena.
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The Wildcats (7-17, 2-11) were led by Marina Vosloo who ended the match with 14 kills and seven blocks while hitting .571. Arizona's libero Gigi Whann led the match with 21 digs as she held down the backrow.
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Tech (8-16, 0-12) was led by Elia Dinsmore who recorded her fifth double-double on the season notching 14 kills and 12 digs while getting in on a pair of blocks. Tatum Johnson and Shelby Ignash both recorded nine kills while Johnson added a pair of aces and four blocks to her stat line. Gretchen Sigman had six kills and a pair of blocks while Faith Jordan, Sara Bowcutt and Katelyn Cochran combined for nine kills.
Cochran also recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 42 assists and 14 digs while adding an ace and a block. Aviya Russo had four kills but made an impact with three aces and a career-high 13 digs. Emily Contreras led the team with 20 digs and picked up five assists.
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The Red Raiders looked strong in the first set, jumping out to a 4-1 lead and pushed that to a 9-4 lead to force an early Wildcats timeout. Arizona cut it to 17-16, but Tech closed out the set on an 8-3 run to take it 25-19.
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Arizona fought back and took a late 18-12 set two lead before the Red Raiders climbed back into the set. They went on an 11-4 run, capped by an ace from Cochran, to take a 23-22 lead. A few plays later a success challenge from Alisa Blair gave Tech a 24-23 lead with a chance to jump out in front 2-0 in the match. The Wildcats, however, would take four of the next six points to tie the match 1-1.
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The Wildcats built off that set two momentum and took a 15-7 lead in the third set. From there both teams traded runs as Arizona maintained its lead and took the set 25-16.
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Tech delivered the first blow in the fourth set, going up 14-8 before the Wildcats rattled off six straight points to tie it.ย They would take the lead at 16-15 and not relinquish it, despite Tech's scrappiness, and win 25-22 to close out the match.
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UP NEXT: Tech will travel to Utah next weekend to take on the Utes and BYU.
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The Wildcats (7-17, 2-11) were led by Marina Vosloo who ended the match with 14 kills and seven blocks while hitting .571. Arizona's libero Gigi Whann led the match with 21 digs as she held down the backrow.
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Tech (8-16, 0-12) was led by Elia Dinsmore who recorded her fifth double-double on the season notching 14 kills and 12 digs while getting in on a pair of blocks. Tatum Johnson and Shelby Ignash both recorded nine kills while Johnson added a pair of aces and four blocks to her stat line. Gretchen Sigman had six kills and a pair of blocks while Faith Jordan, Sara Bowcutt and Katelyn Cochran combined for nine kills.
Cochran also recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 42 assists and 14 digs while adding an ace and a block. Aviya Russo had four kills but made an impact with three aces and a career-high 13 digs. Emily Contreras led the team with 20 digs and picked up five assists.
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The Red Raiders looked strong in the first set, jumping out to a 4-1 lead and pushed that to a 9-4 lead to force an early Wildcats timeout. Arizona cut it to 17-16, but Tech closed out the set on an 8-3 run to take it 25-19.
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Arizona fought back and took a late 18-12 set two lead before the Red Raiders climbed back into the set. They went on an 11-4 run, capped by an ace from Cochran, to take a 23-22 lead. A few plays later a success challenge from Alisa Blair gave Tech a 24-23 lead with a chance to jump out in front 2-0 in the match. The Wildcats, however, would take four of the next six points to tie the match 1-1.
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The Wildcats built off that set two momentum and took a 15-7 lead in the third set. From there both teams traded runs as Arizona maintained its lead and took the set 25-16.
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Tech delivered the first blow in the fourth set, going up 14-8 before the Wildcats rattled off six straight points to tie it.ย They would take the lead at 16-15 and not relinquish it, despite Tech's scrappiness, and win 25-22 to close out the match.
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UP NEXT: Tech will travel to Utah next weekend to take on the Utes and BYU.
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