SAN FRANCISCO - The #22 San Francisco State volleyball team defeated some inner demons and won a marque match-up against RV Cal State San Bernardino 3-2. The Gators, who were 1-32 against the Yotes since 2000, took the first two sets 25-22 and 25-15. They fell flat in the next two sets and lost with scores of 25-18 and 25-19 but took care of business in set five 15-13 for the first victory over Cal State San Bernardino in the Matt Hoffman era.

Tamiya Wilson's 29 kill night also helped her eclipse 1000 career kills. She becomes the eighth player in program history to reach this milestone.

Tamiya shined bright tonight and reach 1000 career kills! pic.twitter.com/hDiCIQl0EJ

— SF State Volleyball (@SFState_VB) October 18, 2024

By The Numbers

 
 

• The Gators win their eighth in a row and improve to 14-3 and 8-1 in the CCAA. At the halfway point of conference action, the Gators sit at second in the conference.
• Wilson's 29 kills is tied for third most in a single match. She also holds the record for most and second most in a match with 34 and 3o.
• Izzy Isaak tallied 20 kills marking the fourth time this season she had 20+ kills.
• As a team, the Gators had an attack percentage of .307. Wilson held a percentage of .448.
• The Gators landed seven aces and limited the Yotes to four. Asia Arbaugh added two and leads the CCAA with 35. 
• Ashley Robinson led the Yotes with 22 kills.

How It Happened

 

Issak and Wilson landed seven kills apiece in a tight first set. Tied at 22-22, Wilson bookened a 3-0 run with a pair of kills to pick up the set win.

Using some momentum from the first set, the Gators started set two up 8-2 before the Yotes called a timeout. A potent Gator offense finished the set with a .520 hitting percentage and held San Bernardino to six kills.

Tied 9-9, the Yotes landed three straight kills in a 6-1 run to lead 15-10. The Gators were able to come within four late in the set but four straight Gator miscues allowed the Yotes to take a comfortable lead the rest of the way.

Trailing 22-14 in set four, Issak provided a boost and landed three kills in a 4-0 run to make a comeback manageable. The Yotes called a timeout and made enough adjustments to close out the set.

Back-to-back blocks featuring four different Gators put SF State up 8-7 at the midway point of set five. Issak landed a kill to force a timeout and back-to-back errors from the Yotes caused them to call their second time-out. Up 14-9, the Gators need one more point for victory but the Yotes stayed in it and came within one. The Gators called a time-out and Wilson came up clutch once again to deliver the victory for the Gators.
 

Up Next

The Gators head down to Cal State San Bernardino and play them on the road on Oct 19 at 5 p.m. Live stats are available at sfstategators.com/livestats_vb and fans can watch on the FloNetwork.