San Francisco - The San Francisco State volleyball team continued its hot start to 2018 on Saturday, sweeping Holy Names 25-22, 25-15, 25-13 at The Swamp. The win is SF State's fifth win all-time over the Hawks, and all contests have resulted in a 3-0 decision. 

It is the first time since 2012 the Golden Gators have started out the year a perfect 3-0.

Notables

• The Golden Gators (3-0) have yet to drop a set this season in their third-straight victory, and have held opponents to a sub-.150 hitting mark in every contest thus far.
• Drew Morris posted her second-straight double-double with ten kills and 13 digs. 
• Olivia Tabron notched a .588 attack percentage, which is the ninth-best in program history. She poured in 11 kills and a pair of block assists.
• Jessica Haynie recorded 12 kills and added three digs and three service aces. Vanessa Ditz added 19 digs, and Payton Jensen notched 39 assists.

Set One

Haynie began the contest with a service ace to start the scoring. Morris gave the hosts a 10-7 advantage on a kill off a dish from Jensen. The Hawks would later tie things up at 15-all on three-straight kills before Haynie put SF State back up. A Big block by Bailey Johnson and Tabron put the Golden Gators up 20-19 and SF State would go on a 5-2 run to fend off Holy Names in the first frame for the win.

Set Two

An 8-2 run to start the second promoted a Holy Names timeout, and the Gators added two more to push the lead to eight. Leading 13-5, the Hawks committed a service error to start a 5-0 Golden Gator run which ended with back-to-back Tabron kills. Haynie added another point, and the set ended on a Hawk service error as SF State rolled to a 25-15 set-two victory.

Set Three

Marlena Billings produced her first of three kills to make it a 3-1 SF State advantage. The victors would take a 8-7 lead after some Golden Gator miscues, however Haynie and Tabron accounted for the next five-straight kills to make it a 12-8 contest. Another streak, this time of four-straight points capped off by a pair of service aces from Haynie, gave SF State a 16-9 lead, forcing another Hawk timeout.  SF State continued to roll en route to the sweep, notching seven-straight to go up 24-11 which was highlighted by consecutive Kaitlyn Clemann kills off assists from Jensen. 

Up Next

The Golden Gators remain at the Swamp for the D2 West Region Showcase, which is hosted by the Academy of Art. SF State will take on Saint Martins on August 31 at 1 p.m. before going up against MSU Billings at 5:30 p.m.