Match Information (2024 W-L)
Navy (7-18 / 7-9 Patriot League) vs. Boise State (19-10 / 10-8 Mountain West Conference)
Friday, Aug. 29 • Noon ET / UCCU Center • Orem, Utah
Series - First Meeting / Last Match - None
Live Video - YouTube

Navy (7-18 / 7-9 Patriot League) at Utah Valley (21-11 / 10-6 Western Athletic Conference)
Friday, Aug. 29 • 9 p.m. ET / UCCU Center • Orem, Utah
* Utah Valley will play Montana (Friday) prior to playing Navy
Series - Navy leads, 1-0 / Last Match - Navy, 3-0 (Sept. 1, 2023 / Annapolis, Md.)
Live Video - ESPN+

Navy (7-18 / 7-9 Patriot League) vs. Montana (10-17 / 5-11 Big Sky Conference)
Saturday, Aug. 30 • 2 p.m. ET / UCCU Center • Orem, Utah
* Montana will play Utah Valley (Friday) and Boise State (Friday) prior to playing Navy
Series - First Meeting / Last Match - None
Live Video - YouTube

The Week Ahead
•    The Navy volleyball team opens its 2025 campaign this weekend when it plays three matches at the Utah Valley Invite in Orem, Utah.
•    The Mids will play Boise State Friday at noon ET, Utah Valley Friday at 9 p.m. ET and Montana Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.
•    The Navy-Utah Valley match will be streamed on ESPN+.  Navy's additional two matches will be streamed through YouTube with a single stationary camera.

A Look Back at 2024
•    Navy entered the 2024 season ranked either eighth or ninth among the nine Patriot League teams in returning sets played, kills, assists, aces, digs and blocks.  No Mid had totaled either 10 kills in a match or 100 kills in a season.
•    That inexperience played out early in the year as the Mids began the season with a 0-13 record, which included three five-set losses in which the margin of defeat in each of the fifth sets was two points.
•    Navy used 19 different starting lineups a year ago, with 16 players starting at least one match.
•    The Mids used 12 different starting lineups during the 2024 league season, with 16 different players starting at least one match.
•    Navy had nine players make the first start of their respective careers last season.
•    Navy rebounded and posted a 7-5 record over the remainder of the season, including victories in its last three matches to end the campaign with an overall record of 7-18 and a Patriot League mark of 7-9.

2025 Preview
•    Unlike 2024 when the Mids did not return a starter from 2023, this year Navy returns all six starters from its 2024 season.
•    The Mids finished in seventh place in the nine-team 2025 Patriot League Preseason Poll.

Program History
•    The 2025 campaign will be Navy's 49th as a varsity program.  
•    The Mids played the 1976 season –– the first year women were admitted to the USNA –– as a junior varsity team.  
•    Navy then competed on the AIAW / NCAA Division II level from 1977-90.  The Mids compiled a 377-211-6 record in those 14 seasons and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1987 and '88.
•    Navy was elevated to Division I starting with the 1991 season, which coincided with it joining the Patriot League.

Navy vs. Boise State
•    Friday's match will be the first between Navy and Boise State.
•    Navy has posted a 5-12 record against current Mountain West Conference teams (4-12 vs. Air Force; 1-0 vs. San Diego State).
•    The Mids will play host to MWC-member Air Force Sept. 5 in Annapolis.
•    Boise State posted an overall record of 19-10 last season and placed sixth in the Mountain West with a record of 10-8.
•    The Broncs placed fifth in the 12-team 2025 Mountain West Preseason Poll.

Navy vs. Utah Valley
•    Navy defeated Utah Valley in the lone prior match played between the teams.  The Mids recorded a three-set victory (25-20, 25-22, 25-19) over the Wolverines on Sept. 1, 2023, in Annapolis.
•    Navy has three players on its roster who faced Utah Valley two years ago:
-- Ally Alessio - 3 sets, 1 dig
-- Paige Buzzerio - 2 sets, 0 kills
-- Arleigh Hanson - 1 set, 0 assists
•    Utah Valley also returns three players who faced Navy:
-- Lani Matavao - 3 sets, 8 digs
-- Evalyn Chism - 3 sets, 9 assists, 2 digs
-- Madi Standifird - 1 set
•    The only other match Navy has played against a current Western Athletic Conference team is Southern Utah.  The Thunderbirds defeated the Mids in 2014 in Annapolis.
•    The Wolverines tallied a 21-11 overall record last season and placed third in the WAC with a 10-6 record.
•    Utah Valley finished in first place in the seven-team 2025 Western Athletic Conference Preseason Poll.

Navy vs. Montana
•    Saturday's match will be the first between Navy and Montana.  
•    The Mids have dropped all three prior matches they have played against teams currently in the Big Sky Conference (Sacramento State, 1993; Montana State, 1999; Northern Arizona, 2008).
•    Montana put together an overall record of 10-7 a year ago and finished Big Sky Conference play in ninth place with a 5-11 record.
•    The Grizzles placed ninth in the 10-team 2025 Big Sky Preseason Poll.

Up Next
•    Navy returns to Annapolis for the next three weekends of competition.
•    The Mids will play host to Air Force, George Mason and Wake Forest Sept. 5-7 during the 14th edition of the Kristen Dickmann Invitational.
•    Navy returns to the Wesley A. Brown Field House Sept. 12-13 when it welcomes Gardner-Webb, Hampton and Le Moyne.
•    The Mids then open Patriot League play at home Sept. 19 against Army in the Star Match and Sept. 20 against Holy Cross.

Navy Out West a Rarity
•    The Mids do not venture west of the Mississippi River too often.
•    This will be Navy's ninth trip west of the Mighty Miss.  Four of those previous trips were to Air Force.

Navy's Match Sites West of the Mississippi River
1984, 1997, 2003, 2005 - Colorado Springs, Colo.
2001 - Fairbanks, Alaska
2008 - Flagstaff, Ariz.
2018 - Denver, Colo.
2023 - La Jolla, Calif.
2025 - Orem, Utah

First Set Key
•    Navy has posted a 46-4 match record when it wins the first set and an 8-49 record when it loses the opening frame since the start of the 2021 season.

Defense Wins
•    Navy has compiled a 37-13 record when it snares more digs than its opponents since the start of the 2021 season.  The Mids have tallied a 14-36 record when being outdug and a 3-3 record when they tie their foes in digs in this span.
 
Five-Set Matches
•    Navy played 20 five-set matches during the 2022 (8), 2023 (7) and 2024 (5) seasons.  This includes 16 such matches against Patriot League foes during the regular season.
•    During the rally scoring era (since 2001), Navy also played 20 five-set matches over the 2005-07 and 2017-19 seasons.
•    The Mids have played 38 five-set matches under Paco Labrador (2018-24).

Navy in Wes B.
•    The Wesley A. Brown Field House has served as the primary home for the Navy volleyball team since the start of the 2008 season.
•    The Mids have compiled a 91-80 record in the facility, which includes a 42-25 record under head coach Paco Labrador.  
•    Additionally, Navy has registered a 73-48 record in Patriot League regular season matches played in the facility.  The Mids have posted a 34-15 league regular season record under Labrador in the building.
•    The late Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown ('49) was the first African-American graduate of the USNA.

Double-Doubles
•    Arleigh Hanson registered 10 assist-dig double-doubles during the 2024 season.  That tied her for sixth place for the most by a Mid during a rally scoring season.

Eike as Freshman
•    Farrah Eike earned Second-Team All-Patriot League accolades as a freshman during the 2024 season when she led the Mids in both kills (168) and kills per set (2.67 kps).
•    She became the fifth freshman to lead Navy in both statistical categories on the Division I level and just the third to do so during the rally scoring era.

Freshmen to Lead Navy in Kills and Kills Per Set (Since 1991)
1992 - Jennifer Meininger
1996 - Rachel Shropa
2001 - Ashley Van Hartesvelt
2010 - Erin Fortner
2024 - Farrah Eike