SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco State volleyball team closed out the weekend with its first home sweep over Cal Poly Humboldt at Main Gym. The Gators won sets with scores of 25-8, 25-15 and 25-14 to move back to .500 in conference play.
- Gators improve to 7-6 and 3-3 in the CCAA. Lumberjacks fell to 1-8 and 0-6 in the CCAA
- The team held Humboldt to a .013 attack percentage and only allowed 14 kills, the fewest by an opponent this season.
- Set one's 25-8 victory marked the first time the Gators held an opponent under double-digits in a set this season.
- Rebecca Rendahl had a team high 10 kills.
- The Gators finished with 10 service aces, Cynthia Beall had a game high three.
- SF State had 13 attack errors, tied for the lowest number of errors on the season.
It was all SF State in set one as the Gators finished the set with a perfect sideout percentage. A balanced attack combined with errors from the Lumberjacks led to an easy set one victory.
Down by two early in the second set, the Gators connected on four kills during a 6-0 run to take a 9-5 lead and force a timeout by the Lumberjacks. Humboldt came back within two, but the Gators continued to widen the lead and put the set out of reach for the Lumberjacks.
Four different Gators landed kills to race out to a 8-2 lead in the third set. Humboldt came with two of the Gator's lead. With the lead down to two, the Gators elected to call a timeout. Coming out of the timeout, SF State expanded its lead thanks to a couple of service aces and bad sets from Humboldt. The Gators finished the set with five service aces.
San Francisco State will remain home next weekend and host Cal State LA Friday, September 30 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.
