Muoneke’s Career Day Propels Georgia to Five-Set Win in Baton Rouge

Sunday, October 18

Baton Rouge, La.

2:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

14-3,6-1SEC

LSU

8-9,3-5SEC

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Georgia	19	25	30	25	15	3
LSU	25	15	32	19	9	2

Muoneke’s Career Day Propels Georgia to Five-Set Win in Baton Rouge

October 18, 2026 | Volleyball

Box Score

Volleyball | at LSU | W, 3-2
Set scores: 19-25, 25-15, 30-32, 25-19, 15-9
Season Record: 14-3, 6-1 SEC

Muoneke's Career Day Propels Georgia to Five-Set Win in Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Georgia volleyball team beat the LSU Tigers in a five-set thriller (19-25, 25-15, 30-32, 25-19, 15-9) at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Sunday behind a career-high 30 kills from senior Bianna Muoneke, who recorded her 1,000^th kill as a Bulldog in the contest.

Georgia improves to 14-3 on the season and 6-1 in SEC play. The Bulldogs have won 11 of their last 12 matches.

FAST FACTS

Muoneke tallied a career-best 30 kills in the match on a .377 hitting percentage. It was her eighth 20-kill match of the season, and fifth in the last seven matches. She finished the match with 11 digs for her fifth double-double of the season. She's the first Bulldog to record 30 kills since Erykah Lovett at Arkansas in 2024 (33 kills).
Muoneke recorded the 1,000^th kill of her Georgia career in the fifth set. She is the 21^st member of Georgia's 1,000-Kill Club.
Freshman Gigi Artiles completed the match with nine kills and nine digs with four blocks. Senior Alyssa Worden finished with eight kills and eight digs.
Graduate Kendal Kemp put up a match-high seven blocks with eight kills.
In her second match back from injury, graduate libero Kate Yoshimoto tallied 12 digs to lead the team.
Sophomore setter Chloe Elarton tied a career-high 47 assists, just missing a double-double with nine digs.
Georgia served up 12 aces in the contest, led by four from Artiles, tying a career high. Tori Harper and Elarton each added three.
Georgia hit .433 in the second set en route to leveling the match. The Bulldogs used a late 7-1 run to draw set point, 24-13.
Another 7-1 run narrowed the LSU lead to two after being down eight points (11-3) in the third set. Georgia continued to battle and found its first lead of the set at 23-22. Georgia held set point five times, but LSU was able to hold on and take the set, 32-30. Muoneke tipped the 20-kill mark in the third with 11 kills, the most by a Bulldog in a single set ever. She hit .455 on 22 attempts in the frame.
A 5-0 run early in the fifth propelled Georgia out in front, 6-2. LSU tied it up at 7, but Georgia regrouped, winning eight of the final 10 points en route to taking the match.

UP NEXT
The Bulldogs return to Stegeman Coliseum next week to host No. 19 Texas A&M in Athens on Friday, Oct. 23. First serve is set for 7 p.m. live on SEC Network.

The match will be Game Show Night. The first 500 fans will receive a game show-themed t-shirt.

10K DAY SET FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 13
10K Day Presented by Buffalo Wild Wings will be on Friday, Nov. 13, when the Bulldogs host Tennessee at Stegeman Coliseum.

Georgia has set program and state NCAA volleyball attendance records each of the last two seasons on 10K Day. Last season's 10K Day set the current mark of 8,719 fans. The Bulldogs will look to break both records again in 2026 with the goal of welcoming 10 thousand fans this season.

General admission to every home Georgia volleyball match is free. First serve is set for 7 p.m. against the Lady Vols. Gates will open at 6 p.m. The first 1,000 University of Georgia students will receive a free long-sleeve t-shirt. The first 1,000 fans will receive a 10K Day t-shirt. The first 36 fans to enter through Gate A will sit courtside.