BOISE, Idaho
? No. 7 Hawai`i (20-3, 13-1 WAC) swept through Boise State
(7-17, 3-10) 25-15, 25-13, 25-17 at Bronco Gym Thursday.
Hawai?i bettered the
Broncos in every statistical category ? kills (47-18), hitting percentage (.352-.056),
assists (45-16), service aces (7-4), digs (48-25) and blocks (5-4).
Jamie
Houston finished with 11 kills on .556 hitting, posting
her fourth-straight match hitting at least .500 with double-digit kills. Kanani
Danielson added nine kills and a match-high 18 digs. Dani Mafua
set Hawai`i to a .352 hitting percentage, posting 38 assists and two blocks,
while Tara Hittle posted 11 digs in just two sets.
Sadie
Maughan and Alisha King led Boise
State with five kills
each.
RENO, Nev. ? New
Mexico State rallied from an
0-2 deficit to defeat Nevada
in five sets (19-25, 17-25, 25-13, 25-9, 15-10) Thursday. With the win, the
Aggies improve to 18-7 overall and 12-1 in the WAC. The Wolf Pack fall to 11-2
on the year and 6-7 in conference play.
NMSU out-hit Nevada .156 to .037 and had 19 more kills (57-38) on the match.
Lindsay Yon, Krista Altermatt, Amber Simpson and Kelli Goodan tallied 10 kills apiece for the Aggies. Yon also had 12 digs for a double-double, while simpson added eight blocks. Krystal Toress posted 20 digs.
Allison Hernandez had 12 kills to pace Nevada. Setter Sonnie Sei had 29 assists and 20 digs.
LOGAN, Utah ? Melissa Osterloh recorded her sixth
double-double of the season with 13 kills and a season-high-tying 13 digs to
lead Utah State to a four-set win (25-15, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22) over San Jose
State Thursday night.
Utah State
finished the match by hitting .280, while San Jose State
hit .090. USU also had 10 more team blocks (14-4), while SJSU had four more
digs, (58-54), one more service ace (4-3) and eight fewer service errors
(11-3).
Utah State, which has won four of
its last six matches, improves to 8-6 in the WAC and 10-15 on the season with
the win, while San Jose States falls to 5-8 in league play and 10-15 on the
season with the loss.
Emily Kortsen added 12
kills and a career-high seven block assists for the Aggies, while Kris Hymas had
12 kills to go along with a career-high three service aces.
Kelly Crow had 13 kills
and 10 digs to pace San Jose
State, while Kristal
Tsukano had seven kills and 14 digs.
MOSCOW, Idaho ?Idaho earned a 3-0 sweep (25-16, 25-13, 25-14) of
Louisiana Tech Thursday night. With the victory, Idaho remains in third place in the WAC with
a 16-8, 9-4 record. Louisiana Tech falls to 4-20, 0-13 on the season with its
24th-consecutive WAC loss.
As
a team, the Vandals hit .290 and held the Lady Techsters to just .028. They
also held a 57-40 advantage in digs and led in blocking 9.5-3.0.
Haley
Larsen recorded 11 kills to earn her 82nd career double-digit kills match and a
new Idaho
record. She bested the previous record of 81 set by Jessica Moore (1995-98).
Sarah
Conwell finished with nine kills and Sarah Loney had eight while Kelsey Taylor
notched a .750 hitting percentage with seven kills. Kelsey James dished out 33
assists and added 10 digs for her seventh double-double of the season, and
Kelsey Yonker totaled 18 digs.
Kara Jones led the
Techsters with nine kills on the night with a .231 attacking percentage. Senior
Debora Bolonhii added 10 digs, while sophomore setter Bianca Bin totaled 17
assists.