CHARLESTON – Friday, Charleston Southern traveled across the country to compete in the 2025 Utah Tech Volleyball Tournament. Their Friday opponents would include Weber State and Utah Tech – two programs that CSU has never played against on a volleyball court. CSU would lose a tight five-set match to Weber State to begin the day, and would fall to the hosting Utah Tech Trailblazers later that same evening.

The highlight of Friday's first match against Weber State would be the fourth set. A 27-25 finish, in favor of the Bucs, would send the match to a fifth and final set. Neither team had a lead larger than three points at any point in the period. After being all tied up at 20-20, the Buccaneer offensive attack was so versatile, multiple players scored or assisted the set's winning points. The 20-20 tie would be broken via a Faith Burch kill, assisted by Cara McLean. Tying the match at 23-23, a kill by Emily Struckmeyer assisted by Tristin Sutton. Sutton would dish out the final assists of the set as well, connecting with Struckmeyer and Skylar Yates for the final points (27-25). CSU would fall by the minimum margin of two points in set number five, 13-15.

Their Friday night match-up against the home team Utah Tech would finish in sweeping fashion (0-3), not in favor of the Bucs. CSU would once again be led offensively by Skylar Yates who would pick up her second double-figure performance (10) of the day in the kill column.

Notables:

• Skylar Yates is now 20th all-time in CSU All-Time Career Digs (854).

• Yates' 16 kills against Weber State is a new season-high on the team.

• Yates also recorded back-to-back double-figure performances in kills for the first time this season.

• Emily Struckmeyer recorded her 300th career kill against Weber State.

• Cara McLean's 29 assists against Weber State is a new season-high on the team.

• Emma Bednarek's 9 total blocks against Weber State is a new season-high on the team and a new career-high for herself.

• Faith Burch's 5 total blocks against Weber State is a new career-high.

• Tristin Sutton picked up her 300th career assist against Weber State.

Charleston Southern would be granted one representative on the 2025 Utah Tech Tournament Team, and Head Coach Carry Brown elected to choose the player who, on the day, led the team in kills (26), hitting percentage (0.261), service aces (3), points (30.5), and ranked second in digs (21). That player being senior outside hitter, Skylar Yates.

Up Next:

Saturday, September 6th, Charleston Southern will travel nearly 60 miles to play Southern Utah (3 PM EST). The match will be streamed on ESPN+.

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