SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco State volleyball team padded their postseason resume with a four-set victory over Sonoma State (25-21, 23-25, 25-18, 25-18). Tamiya Wilson led the way with 18 kills as the Gators picked up a win over a foe ranked in the Western Region.
- The Gators improve to 16-9 and 12-5 in the conference and sit in third heading into their final match. SF State finishes the regular season with a split against the Seawolves. Sonoma falls to 16-8 and 11-6 in the conference.
- SF State was ranked sixth in the latest West Region Ranking while Sonoma was ranked ninth. One more ranking will come out next Wednesday before the selection is announced on November 20.
- Three Gators posted double-digit kills: Wilson (18), Aidan Goodrich (14) and Izzy Issak (10). Issak also had 11 digs and posted her third double-double of the season.
- Kimberly DeBoer stuffed the stat sheet with 46 assists, four aces and three blocks.
- Asia Arbaugh had 15 digs, one shy of her career-high.
The Gators offense clicked early and recorded a .361 hitting percentage in set one. The potent offense only slowed down due to self-inflicted wounds as the Gators recorded six service errors in the set. The Seawolves came within two at 22-20 but kills from Wilson and Issak clinched the set.
After leading by as much as six points, the Gators slowly saw the Seawolves chip away in set two. Sonoma used a 5-0 scoring run to take its biggest lead of the match at 22-20. A ball handling error gave the Gators the serve back down 24-23 but Sonoma landed a kill on the ensuing rally to clinch the set.
A service error gave the Gators the lead at 4-3 and led to a 7-0 run with several errors from the Seawovles. The Seawovles came within four down 22-18 but back-to-back kills from Wilson and a block from Kimberly DeBoer and Rebecca Rendahl delivered the set three win.
In a close set four, the Gators finally started to pull away with a 5-1 run to go up 20-15. Kimberly DeBoer had a hand in four of the five points, recording a kill, ace, block and assist. With the lead 20-18, the Gators closed the match out with a pair of aces from Issak and three kills from Wilson.
The Gators play their final match of the regular season on Saturday, November 11 at 1 pm against Cal Poly Humboldt. A win over the Lumberjacks will clinch the third seed for the Gators. Prior to the start of the match at 1 pm, the Gators will honor seniors Trinity Yates, Rebecca Rendahl and Josie Collier. The match will be broadcast on the CCAA Network with live stats available at sfstategators.com. Updates will also be available on X at @sfstate_vb.
