Toledo Posts 3-0 Sweep Over Eastern Michigan on Career Celebration Night

Friday, November 6

Toledo, Ohio

6 p.m.

University of Toledo

20-4,12-2MAC

Eastern Michigan

10-16,4-10MAC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Eastern Mich.	17	6	22	0
Toledo	25	25	25	3

Toledo picked up its 20th win of the season with a 3-0 sweep over Eastern Michigan.

Photo by: Bree Bee

11/6/2026 8:27:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Rockets tally back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in program history

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's volleyball team swept Eastern Michigan 3-0 (25-17, 25-6, 25-22) on Friday night at Savage Arena.

The win moved Toledo to 20-4 (12-2 MAC) on the season, marking the first time in program history that the Rockets have won 20-plus matches in back-to-back seasons. Brian Wright also became the first head coach in Toledo volleyball history to lead the Rockets to two consecutive 20-win seasons. In addition, Toledo's 12 Mid-American Conference wins is tied for the most league victories in program history, a mark set by the 2013 squad.

Following the match, Toledo honored its four graduating student-athletes – Sophie Catalano, Gabbi LeBlanc, Brooke Naniseni and Caylee Sharkey.

Ava Siefke led the Rockets' offense with 13 kills on the night, including her 1,000th career termination. Kayla Ozanich poured in seven kills on a .500 clip to go along with a team-best seven blocks, while Sierra Pertzborn had six kills and five blocks.

Jessica Costlow led the squad with 17 digs and a career-best five service aces. Grace Freiberger had 15 digs for her 24th consecutive match with double-figure digs.

Maddy Bach had 19 assists to go along with six digs while Janelle Green poured in 11 helpers and five digs.

The Toledo defense held Eastern Michigan to a .009 hitting percentage, the lowest mark of a Rockets' opponent this season. This is the seventh time this season that UT's opponent has tallied a hitting percentage of .100 or lower.

Quoting Head Coach Brian Wright
"Really proud of the team's performance tonight after an emotional win on Tuesday. They had really good maturity on Wednesday and Thursday heading into today's match, especially with the extra emotions of Career Celebration Night. I am so proud of how the team came out and fought the whole time, and so excited to see Gabbi (LeBlanc), Caylee (Sharkey), Sophie (Catalano) and Brooke (Naniseni) have an impact on the match. Overall we had an amazing crowd and I am so proud of the way the city supports us. We cannot wait to be back home next Saturday and I hope that everybody within 100 miles of here ends up at Savage Arena."

Key Moments

Three kills from Ava Siefke gave the Rockets an early 11-7 lead in the first set. A block from Kayla Ozanich and Sophie Catalano extended UT's lead, 16-10. The Eagles used a quick 3-0 run to cut the lead to five, 21-16, before Toledo tallied three-straight points and Catalano secured the set victory with a kill.
Toledo opened up the second set with an 11-0 run thanks to three aces from Jessica Costlow, two blocks from Pertzborn and Ozanich, and kills from Siefke. A kill from Caylee Sharkey kept UT in front, 18-5, before Brooke Naniseni put the Rockets at set point, 24-6. Pertzborn and Ozanich combined for a block to take the set win.
The Rockets took an 11-9 lead in the third set behind back-to-back kills from Costlow and a block from Catalano and Ozanich. A kill from Siefke extended the advantage, 15-10, before EMU rallied and evened the set with a kill, 17-17. An ace from Lilly Merk and a Costlow kill gave Toledo the lead, 22-19, before the Rockets won the set with a pair of errors from the Eagles.