Erin Graybill recorded a match-high 15 kills to lead Utah State's women's volleyball team to a four-game win (30-27, 23-30, 30-9, 30-22) against Boise State here Saturday night. USU improves to 17-9 overall and 9-3 in the Western Athletic Conference with the win, while BSU falls to 6-14 overall and 2-11 in league play with the loss.
Utah State extended its winning streak to four matches and has won 11 of its last 14 contests.
Ingrid Roth added 13 kills and five blocks for Utah State and hit .400 in the match, while Amanda Orgill hit .455 and had 12 kills and three blocks. Cernianska also had 13 kills in the match to go along with 11 digs, while Dominique Arsenault and Kelsi Peterson each had 16 digs.
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Flunder led Boise State with 12 kills and five blocks, while Peterson had nine kills and 15 digs.
Utah State hit .251 in the match and held Boise State to a .114 hitting percentage. USU also recorded 23 more kills (68-45), 16 more digs (77-61), and two more team blocks (10-8), while both teams had 26 hitting errors.
The New Mexico State volleyball team completed the season sweep of San Jose State Saturday night as they dropped the Spartans 3-1 (30-14, 30-21, 22-30, 30-24) in the Pan American Center. The Aggies improve to 16-5 overall and 9-4 in WAC play while San Jose State falls to 11-13 on the season, 6-6 in WAC matches.
Tanya Allens led the Aggies as she recorded a double-double with a team high 16 kills and 10 digs. Amber Simpson hammered 15 kills and five block assists while Kim Oguhs and Alice Bordens each added 12 kills. Defensively, Jordan Bostics tallied 25 digs while Briana Akries notched 10 in the Aggie win.
Colleen Burke led San Jose State with 13 kills while two other Spartans had double figures in kills.
Hawai`i swept the Idaho 30-18, 30-23 and 30-23 in front of 7,566 at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Sarah Mason put away 12 kills and four digs with a .632 hitting percentage in just two games. Tara Hittle added 11 kills and eight digs while Victoria Prince had seven kills, seven blocks, three aces and five digs while hitting .500. Kanoe Kamana`o again played great all-around with 41 assists, eight digs and five blocks. Susie Boogaard posted a team-high 12 digs.
The Bulldogs finished off the week on the same note that they started, picking up their second win this week against Cal State Northridge, 28-30, 33-31, 30-28, 28-30, 15-13. The match was close throughout the night, as neither team was able to win a game by more than the minimum two points The Bulldogs earned the win as they out-hit the Matadors .226 to .208 and out-dug them 95-78, led by Yuko Mori who had 30 digs. Senior Robyn Keune had 65 assists in her final match at home, and Jessica Peterson, Alisha McKee and Kasie Spencer each had 16 kills for the Bulldogs.
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