SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco State volleyball swept Fresno Pacific on Tuesday night and moved to 3-0 on the young season. The Gators won 25-23, 25-18, 25-20.
- The Gators (3-0) hit a season-high .331 in the match and had three players in double digit kills (Drew Morris, 15; Jessica Haynie, 12; Trinity Barr, 10).
- Morris hit .433 and accounted for a season-high 15 kills.
- Haynie picked up a double-double with 15 digs to go with her dozen kills.
- Payton Jensen had the bulk of assists with a team-high 26. Fellow setter Kimberly DeBoer added 17.
- Libero Brianna DeBoer led all players with 20 digs, her second match with 20 digs.
- Lauren Wamsley had a team-high 12 kills for the Sunbirds (2-4).
SF State got off to a slow start thht saw the Gators aced twice but they quickly overcame a 6-1 deficit. Down five, Haynie put down a kill and an ace that kicked off a a five-point run that tied the set 8-8. FPU took the lead back but a rally that included kills from Haynie, Barr, and Chloe Henning put the Gators up 15-12. FPU again regained the lead at 18-17 but back-to-back Sunbirds errors swung the lead back to SF State. The Sunbirds led 23-21 but kills from Morris, Barr, and Haynie set up set point and the Gators won thanks to an FPU attack error.
Up four, Morris added two more kills in between a trio of FPU attack errors to take a 15-6 lead and the Gators' lead was never fewer than five after that.
Set three could have gone either way but the Gators took a slight edge with another kill by Morris, followed by one of Henning's four kills, and another FPU error. However, the Sunbirds answered with a couple of kills of their own and tied it at 16-16. Barr and Haynie notched kills, followed by yet another FPU error that made it 19-16. FPU pulled to within a point but a pair of emphatic kills from Izzy Isaak and a couple more FPU errors closed out the match.
"I'm glad we grinded out a win tonight." said SF State Head Coach Matt Hoffman. "Sometimes midweek matches can be a little challenging with short time to prepare but i was proud of the team for battling through it."
The Gators, in conjunction with Sonoma State, will host the Gator/Seawolf Classic on Friday and Saturday, September 10-11 with each institution hosting eight matches, four per day. All 16 matches will be broadcast free on the CCAA Network with live stats available at sfstategators.com. Updates for SF State's four matches will also be available on Twitter at @sfstate_vb.
