Western Washington University Athletics

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Western Washington University volleyball team celebrated Senior Night with a memorable 3-1 victory over Montana State Billings Saturday evening in GNAC play on WECU Court in Carver Gym.

The Vikings shook off a 25-15 first-set loss to down the Yellowjackets in four sets with set victories of 25-17, 25-15, 25-15 to improve to 12-10 overall and 9-7 in conference matches. Western has won five of its last seven matches and are in fifth place in the GNAC standings heading into the final week of the regular season.

WWU's four-player senior class of outside hitter Delaney Speer, middle Emily Vossenkuhl, libero Finnley Claeys and setter Caroline Hansen took center stage playing their final home match of their five year careers at WWU.

"This was a great way to send our seniors out," said WWU head coach Diane Flick-Williams. "These four have given so much to our program and all the adoration and love is very deserved! It was a special night for some special people."

Speer led all players with her 16th double-double of the season notching 19 kills and recording 18 digs. She also had a pair of service aces and one block assist for 19.5 points.

Hansen led the Vikings with 20 assists, Vossenkuhl had a team-best five blocks and Claeys recorded 19 digs.

"Delaney was her usual unreal self with another double-double. Finnley dug a lot of balls to make rallies run long. Caroline ran the offense well and was her offensive herself. And Voss was huge at the net," added Flick-Williams. "Our seniors went out the way they wanted to and I'm so proud of them."

Sophomore Aly Skagen and freshman Jasmine Terry both recorded nine kills to contributed to the Vikings balanced offensive attack. Freshman setter Maya Quitiquit served up four aces while also recording 19 assists and eight digs.

MSUB (5-21, 1-15 GNAC) were led by eight blocks and three service aces from Laina Whitney and seven kills by Izzy Ping.

The Vikings (12-10, 9-7 GNAC) close out the regular season next week on the road traveling to play No. 17 Central Washington on Thursday in Ellensburg (7 pm) and Northwest Nazarene on Saturday in Nampa, Idaho (5 pm MT). Both road matches will feature a live webcast on the GNAC Network (pay-per-view).

Kills –   Speer (19), Skagen (9), Terry (9)

Aces – Quitiquit (4), Flick-Williams (2), Claeys (1)

Blocks – Vossenkuhl (5), Zaddack (4), Terry (4)

Assists – Hansen (20), Quitiquit (19), Claeys (6)

Digs – Claeys (19), Speer (18), Flick-Williams (17)

Points – Speer (19.5), Terry (11.0), Skagen (10.0), Vossenkuhl (8.0)

Here is a look at the statistical comparison between WWU and Montana State Billings:

Here is a look at Western's record breakdown for the 2026 season:

Here is a look at the updated GNAC Volleyball standings and results following Saturday's matches to close out the penultimate week of conference play. Updated conference standings, results, schedule and statistics can be found online at GNACSports.com.

Here is a match-by-match look at the 2026 season with current results and the schedule: