Idaho 3, New Mexico State 0
The Vandals swept New Mexico State (25-22, 31-29, 25-19) in WAC action Thursday at the Pan American Center. With the win, Idaho improves to 15-13 overall and 13-5 in WAC play. NM State falls to 19-10 on the season and 12-6 in the WAC.
The Vandals out-hit the Aggies .257 to .156 and out-blocked NM State 13-8. The Aggies had more kills (48), assists (43-39) and digs (43-40).
Allison (Walker) Baker led Idaho with 12 kills and 10 digs, while Alyssa Schultz had a match-high nine blocks.
Meredith Hays paced the Aggies with 17 kills, while Madison Hardy had a match-high 13 digs.
UTSA 3, San Jose State 0
McKenzie Adams posted her 19th double-double of the season with 17 kills on .424 hitting and 12 digs in a sweep of San Jose State (25-19, 25-19, 25-15) Thursday. With the win, the Roadrunners improve to 20-8 on the season and 13-5 in WAC play, good for a tie for second place. The Spartans fall to 14-15 on the year and 9-9 in the WAC.
Both UTSA and Idaho finished with 13-5 WAC marks and were tied through all three tiebreakers, so the Conference Office conducted a draw. Idaho was selected first and thus earned the No. 2 seed in the tournament. UTSA is the No. 3 seed.
UTSA out-hit SJSU .360 to .196. The Roadrunners had more kills (51-36), assists (48-35), aces (4-1), digs (49-42) and blocks (6-5).
Whitney Walls added 12 kills, while Brandy Huskey had 42 assists and nine digs. Annie Kunes had a match-high 16 digs.
Hanah Blume led the Spartans with nine kills.
Denver 3, Seattle U 0
Denver swept Seattle U (25-14, 27-25, 25-19) in its final regular-season match of the year Thursday. With the win, the Pioneers improve to 17-12 on the season and 10-8 in WAC play. Seattle U concludes the season at 9-19 overall and 4-14 in teh WAC.
Denver hit a blazing .402 on the match, compared to the .125 of the Redhawks. The Pioneers also had more kills (46-33), assists (44-28), digs (42-33) and blocks (11.5-5). Seattle U had four service aces to Denver's two.
Michele Swope led the Pioneers with 11 kills to go along with seven digs. Lyndi Johnson had a match-high 12 digs.
Kaytlyn Dill led the Redhawks with nine kills.
UT Arlington 3, Louisiana Tech 0
UT Arlington punched its ticket to the WAC Tournament with a sweep of Louisiana Tech (25-15, 25-14, 25-21) Thursday night. With the win, the Mavericks improve to 9-21 overall and 5-13 in the WAC. LA Tech closes the season 3-27 overall and 0-18 in WAC play.
UTA out-hit LA Tech .289 to -.043. The Mavs also had more kills (39-27), assists (33-27), digs (47) and blocks (12-3). The Lady Techsters had six service aces in the loss.
Taylor Gross led UTA with 13 kolls, while Megan Casey had a match-high 14 digs.
LA Tech was paced by Caitlin Germany with 12 kills, while Stephany Salas had 12 digs.