SEASIDE – The San Francisco State volleyball team swept Cal State Monterey Bay 3-0 at the Kelp Bed to sweep the Otters on the season. The Gators picked up set wins of 25-12, 25-23 and 25-18 to win their third match in a row.
- Gators improve to 10-7 and 6-4 in the CCAA. Currently the Gators sit in a three-way tie for fifth in the CCAA. Otters fall to 7-10 and 3-7 in conference action.
- SF State had the advantage a big advantage on kills, landing 44 compared to Monterey Bay's 27.
- After the Otters landed 15 blocks two days ago, the Gators only hit into the block three times.
- Tamiya Wilson had 16 kills followed by Rebecca Rendahl with 10.
- SF State had 60 digs on the evening with Kimberly DeBoer notching a career-high 16
The Gators attack was on point in set one as they scored 11 of their first 12 points off kills and finished the set with a .405 attack percentage.
SF State found itself playing from behind the majority of the second set. The Otters took their largest lead of the set at 19-13, forcing the Gators to call a timeout. A couple of miscues from the Otters brought the Gators within one and back-to-back kills by Chloe Henning and Tamiya Wilson tied things up at 22-22. Wilson landed a kill to get the Gators to set point and another error from the Otters gave the Gators the second set victory.
The Gators continued to take advantage of errors in the third set as the Otters had nine attack errors and four setter errors. A Monterey Bay kill and a pair of errors from the Gators cut into the lead at 17-14, but a kill by Wilson stopped the run and the Gators kept their cushion the rest of the set.
San Francisco State will stay local for its next road match and play Cal State East Bay October for a 5:00 p.m. match. 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.
