SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco State volleyball team picked up its first conference victory of the season with a 3-0 win over Chico State at Art Acker Gymnasium. The Gators won two close sets 26-24 and 27-25 before winning set three convincingly 25-14.
- Gators improve to 5-6 and 1-3 in the CCAA. Wildcats fall to 3-8 and 1-3 in the CCAA
- SF State held the advantage in kills 48-37. Tamiya Wilson led the Gators with 14 kills while Josie Collier added a season high 13 kills.
- Chico State was limited to one service ace while the Gators had four.
- Kimberly DeBoer recorded a double-double with 36 assists and a game high 11 digs.
- The Gators' .256 hitting percentage is the highest since their season opener.
After starting the first set 5-1, the Wildcats slowly chipped away at the Gators lead to tie it up for the first time during set one at 11-11. Every time the Gators tried to pull away, the Wildcats came back to equalize. With the set tied 24-24, Wilson landed a kill to give the serve back to the Gators and a chance to end the set. Collier landed a kill on the ensuing serve to end it.
Down the majority of set two, the Gators offense started clicking to cut a six-point lead down to one. At 24-22, Chico had a chance to win the set, but back-to-back attack errors from Chico tied the set up and SF State connected on a pair of kills to end the set.
The Gators took the offensive momentum into the third set and hit at .414 percent for the set. A 6-2 start for the Gators forced Chico to burn a timeout. The two teams would trade kills one more time before the Gators put the pedal down on the attack to close things out.
San Francisco State returns home to start a five-game homestand. First match of the homestand is Friday, September 23 at 5:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased here. 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.
