SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco State volleyball team closed out its final game at home at Main Gym with a 3-1 win over Stanislaus State. After the Gators won set one 25-20, Stanislaus responded with a 25-21 set two victory. SF State took set three 25-21 before ending the match with a thrilling set four 30-28 win.
Prior to the start of the match, the Gators honored seniors
Morgan Spears and
Alexa Carreon.
- Gators improve to 14-9 and 10-6 in the CCAA. Warriors fall to 18-8 and 9-7 in the CCAA. The Gators currently sit ahead of the Warriors at sixth in the CCAA
- SF State will finish with a winning record in conference for a third straight season. They went 6-3 at home this season with all loses coming to teams that were ranked or receiving votes.
- The Gators finished with 64 kills. Alhana Velasquez had a career-high 20 to lead SF State. Tamiya Wilson was right behind with 20.
- With 56 assists today, Kimberly DeBoer has 1511 career assists, good for 10th all-time.
- The win marks Head Coach Matt Hoffman's 75th career victory.
Trailing most of set one, the Gators took their first lead of the set at 19-18 with an attack error from the Warriors'. Stanislaus tied it up on the following rally but the Gators recorded five straight points to get to match point and win the set.
In a back and forth set two, the Gators never could pull away by more than three points. Tied at 20-20, a service error by the Gators gave the Warriors the serve and an attack error gave them the two-point advantage. Josie Collier would land a kill to bring the Gators within one but back-to-back kills from the Warriors swung the momentum back to them.
Velasquez had a hand in three of the five points during a 5-0 run that put the Gators up 14-10. Stanislaus would come back to reclaim the lead a couple times during the set. Down 21-20, an attack error gave the Gators the serve and SF State rattled off four straight kills to take set three.
Facing set point down 24-21, the Gators landed three straight kills to tie the set. The Warriors would reach set point three more times before Collier and Velasquez landed kills to give the Gators a 30-28 set four win.
San Francisco State will finish the regular season on the road with two nationally ranked teams. The first match will be against Cal Poly Pomona on Friday, November 4 at 5 p.m. The match will be live streamed through the CCAA network and live stats are available at sfstategators.com/livestats_vb. Fans can follow along for updates on instagram and Twitter at SFstate_VB.
