BOISE, Idaho
- Utah State's swept past Boise State
Saturday, 25-10, 25-20, 26-24.
Utah State, who snaps a two-match losing
streak with the victory, improves to 4-3 in the Western Athletic Conference and
6-12 overall. Boise
State falls to 2-5 in
league play and 5-12 on the season with the loss.
Senior Kris Hymas had a career-high 11 digs to go along with
nine kills. Melissa Osterloh also had nine kills and added eight digs, while Lori
Wilson notched a career-best three service aces. Freshman Emily Kortsen posted
a career-high eight kills and hit .353 (8-2-17).
Jeanette Jenkins had 10 kills and two blocks to lead Boise State,
while Sadie Maughan had seven kills and three blocks.
Utah State opened the match by scoring the
first six points and quickly led by double-digits at 13-3 as it coasted to the
15-point win. In the first set, USU hit .370 (12-2-27) and held Boise State
to a negative .031 (6-7-32) hitting percentage.
Boise State
began the second set with back-to-back points and held an 18-15 advantage
before Utah State stormed back and scored 10 of the
final 12 points to go up two games to none.
Osterloh recorded six kills for USU in the second set and
Hymas added five as the Aggies hit .276 (13-5-29) and held the Broncos to a
.000 (11-11-34) hitting percentage.
The third and final set was back and forth as USU opened
with a quick 5-1 lead before BSU scored four straight points. The Broncos
eventually took a 20-18 lead only to see the Aggies score four straight points
and lead, 22-20. BSU quickly tied the set at 22-all and it was later tied at
24-all before Kortsen recorded back-to-back kills to secure the USU win.
Kortsen finished with four kills in the set as Utah State
hit .225 (15-6-40). Boise
State hit .200 (15-6-45)
in the set.
Utah State
finished the match by hitting a season-high .281 (40-13-96) and limited Boise State
to a .072 (32-24-111) hitting percentage. USU also had 11 more digs (45-34) and
five more service aces in the match (7-2), while BSU had 4.5 more team blocks
(9.0-4.5) and one fewer service errors (5-4).
FRESNO, Calif. ? Nevada (8-9, 2-4 WAC) won its
second WAC match of the season Saturday, defeating Fresno State
(5-11, 2-5 WAC) by scores of 25-27, 31-29, 25-21 and 25-19 on the road.
The Wolf Pack, winners of their last three
matches, improved to 8-9 on the season and is now 2-4 in the WAC while the
Bulldogs dropped to 5-11 overall and 2-5 in conference play.
The Pack looked in control of the first set
leading 24-19 and needed just one point to claim victory but Fresno State
scored next five points to tie the set at 24-24. Nevada went on top 25-24 and again needed
just one point but the Bulldogs scored the final three points to take the first
set 27-25. The Pack hit .250 in the first set and FS .267.
There were 13 ties and seven lead changes before
the Pack won the close second set 31-29. With the scored tied a 29-29
Nevada got a kill from Sage
Aune and the final point scored on a Fresno State attack error to give the Pack
the victory. Nevada
hit .094 in set two and FS .109.
Leading set three 21-20, Nevada used a 4-1 run to close out the set
25-21 and take a 2-1 lead in the match. Kylie
Harrington’s kill gave the Pack the final point of the set. Nevada hit .122 and held
the Bulldogs to a .043 attack percentage.
In the final set, the Pack again led by one
point late 18-17 and outscored the Bulldogs 7-2 down the stretch to win 25-19
to take the match 3-1. Freshman Erin
Garvey’s kill off an assist from setter Sonnie
Sei ended the match. Nevada
recorded its best hitting set of the night at .286 and FS hit .082 in set four.
Harrington led Nevada with 18 kills and Aune tied her
career high with 10. Harrington added 12 digs to post her team-leading sixth
double-double of the season. Sei dished out 39 assists and finished with
14 digs to post her third double-double of the season. Nicole
Link (29), Allison
Hernandez (15) and Lauren
Kelly (12) all reached double figures in digs. Link’s match-high 29 digs were
also a career high.
Baylee Platt posted a double-double for the
Bulldogs with a match-high 22 kills and a team-high 15 digs. Brianna
Clarke contributed 13 kills to the Fresno
State effort. Setter
Allanah Munson posted a match-high 52 assists and added 12 digs to post a
double-double. Meghan Moss and Kasey van Grouw tallied 14 and 13 digs,
respectively.
Nevada hit .173 in the match
compared to .122 for the Bulldogs. The Wolf Pack won the blocking battle (14-11)
and were led by Lindsay
Baldwin’s eight. Kelly Leonardo topped Fresno State
with seven blocks in the match.
MOSCOW, Idaho ? Idaho
(12-6, 5-2) won its fifth-straight match with a 3-1 (25-16, 25-21, 21-25, 25-15)
victory over San Jose
State (8-11, 4-5) at
Memorial Gym Saturday.
Haley
Larsen led Idaho
with 14 kills and added 17 digs. Kelsey Yonker added 21 digs and Sarah Loney
was in double figures with 11 digs. Kelsey James tallied 41 assists. Kelsey
Taylor saw significant time and made good with a career-high eight kills and
seven blocks.
Brianna
Amian led the Spartans with 13 kills and eight digs. Kelly
Crow recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 11 kills and 15 digs.
Emily
Burke recorded 41 assists, eight digs, two kills and two service aces. Courtney
Zellmer added nine digs, one assist and one ace. Kristal
Tsukano led the Spartans with 17 digs in the match.
As
a team, Idaho held San Jose State
to a .072 hitting percentage. The Vandals held the advantage in digs at 71-70
and blocks at 15-5.