Wichita, Kan. – The Wichita State volleyball team fell in five sets to Temple on Friday night in the final home contest of the season at Koch Arena.
Prior to the match, Wichita State honored its five graduating seniors playing in their final home match:
Trinity Luckett,
Elinor Engel,
Jordan Heatherly,
Maddie Wilson and
Gabi Maas.
The teams split the first two sets with Temple taking set one 25-21 before the Shockers responded with a 25-22 win in set two to tie things up at intermission. Wichita State scored eight of the first 12 points in the second set to claim an early 8-4 lead. The Shockers held the lead through the remainder of the set. Temple closed to within one at 18-17, but the Shockers held strong and finished on top 25-22.
Temple scored the first seven points of set three to take an early lead, and the Owls took the third set 25-21. Wichita State responded with a 6-0 run of its own to start set four and force a Temple timeout.
Jenna Cubbage tallied multiple kills to lead the Shocker rally and give WSU a lead it would hold throughout the set. The Shockers claimed set four 25-21 to force a deciding fifth set.
In set five the Owls took an early 6-3 lead and widened the margin as high as six, taking the final set 15-9.
Cohee (12) and Cubbage (11) posted double-digit kill efforts for the Shockers. Maas led the way with 27 digs and Wilson nearly had a double-double finishing with the team lead in blocks with 10 and eight kills.
Wichita State is back in action on Sunday as the Shockers travel to UAB for the final game of the 2026 regular season. Action begins in Birmingham at 1:00 p.m. CT.
