SAN FRANCISCO – The SF State women's volleyball team played its best match of the season on Friday night.  The Gators hit a season-high .340 on the attack and held Cal State L.A. to a .203 attack percentage as SF State earned a 3-1 win, 21-25, 25-18, 25-21, and 25-20. 
 
SF State (5-8/3-3 CCAA) had three players in double figures in kills and was led by the red-hot tandem of Taylor Brownlee and Jaclyn Clark.  Brownlee finished the night with 21 kills on 44 swings for a .341 attack percentage.  It marks her fifth-straight match with 14 kills or more.
 
Clark finished two digs shy of a double-double, as she pounded 19 kills on 47 swings for a .277 attack percentage while collecting eight digs.  She also tallied a service ace and two block assists.  Joining Brownlee and Clark in double figures in kills was Samantha Krakower who finished the night with 11 kills on 21 swings for a .429 attack percentage.
 
Running the highly efficient Gator attack was sophomore setter Catherine Feathers.  Feathers finished the night with a career-high 55 assists.  She also tallied two service aces and seven digs.  The back line trio of Jessica Nicerio, Krista Forte and Arianna Cruz once again shined.  All three players were in double figures in digs, led by Nicerio's 18.  Forte had 13 while Cruz finished with 10 digs.
 
Cal State L.A. (11-5/4-4 CCAA) had 50 kills on the night and was led by outside hitter Iona Lofrano's match-high 22 kills.  Outside of Lofrano, the Golden Eagles were not able to get anyone else involved with great regularity on the attack. 
 
Midway through the first set, the Gators found themselves trailing 14-11.  A series of kills by Brownlee, and an emphatic block by the outside hitter cut that lead to one, 15-14.  Two service aces by Feathers, sandwiched a kill by Brownlee, gave the Gators a lead, 16-15. With the set knotted up at 16-all, the frame featured four more ties.  The Golden Eagles eventually took a four lead and held it, taking the opening set 25-21.
 
In the second set the Gators jumped out to a 5-1 lead.  The Golden Eagles went on a 10-4 run to take an 11-9 lead.  The two sides tried to take advantage of the set as they battled to the tune of seven ties and four lead changes.  Clark's hot play in the set proved to be the difference as her eight kills helped put the Gators ahead, eventually taking the set 25-18.  The Gators hit .303 in the set meanwhile their defense held CSULA to a -.031 attack percentage.
 
To begin the third set, CSULA looked to retake the momentum from the first set, going up 5-2 early.  After a Gator timeout, SF State went on an 8-2 run to take a 10-7 lead.  The strong play continued by the Gators as they pushed their lead to six, 16-10, the Gators back row played exceptionally, extending long rallies allowing the Gators attack to take advantage.  A kill by Brownlee gave the SF State the set, 25-21 taking a 2-1 advantage into the fourth.
 
In the fourth set the Gators could not be stopped.  SF State recorded a match-high 19 kills on 39 swings with just two attack errors for a .436 attack percentage.  However, the Gators could not run away with the set, as the Golden Eagles hit .306 themselves.  Holding a six point lead, late, following a CSULA attack error, the Gators made it match point following a Clark kill, 24-17.  Brownlee eventually put the set and the match away with her 21^st kill of the night on a ball smashed through the defense up the middle.
 
Freshman opposite Chantelle Williams was a force for SF State off the bench.  She finished with nine kills on 19 swings without an error for a .474 attack percentage.  Christine Johnson finished with three kills and three total blocks.
 
The Gators return to action tomorrow evening when they host Cal State Dominguez Hills at 7:00 p.m. at the Main Gym.  Saturday night's match will be the Gators annual Dig Pink match.  

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