HAYWARD, Calif. — The #19 San Francisco State volleyball team took care of business Thursday evening and beat Cal State East Bay in four sets. After a strong 25-12 win to open the match, the Gators stumbled in set two and lost 25-20. They rebounded and picked up the next two sets with scores of 25-20 and 25-17.
- The Gators improve to 19-4 and 13-2 in the CCAA. With three games remain, the Gators are guaranteed a bye in the first round of the CCAA Tournament. The Gators sit three games ahead of third place Cal State LA and hold the tie breaker. Cal State East Bay falls to 12-11 and is tied for sixth with a record of 7-8.
- Izzy Issak led all players with 19 kills, followed by Anastacia Garza with 14 and Tamiya Wilson with 13. Garza hit .650 percent, tied for tenth best in a match in school history.
- The Gators landed eight aces compared to the Pioneers' two. Brianna DeBoer led the way with three aces.
- Kimberly DeBoer added 49 assists to her season total.
- East Bay's Lexi Pagani had a team-high 14 kills.
The Gators went up 12-4 before the first set and never looked back. SF State held the Pioneers to a -.08 hitting percentage. Seven of the 12 points from East Bay came from errors by the Gators.
A 5-0 start by East Bay derailed the Gators in set two. The Gators came within one of the Pioneer's lead down 18-17. The Pioneers called a time-out and landed a pair of kills coming out of the timeout and the Gators would not make up the deficit the rest of the way.
Tied 15-15 in set three, a setter dump by Kimberly DeBoer sparked a 4-0 run to help the Gators create some distance from East Bay. East Bay called a timeout at set point and landed a kill on the ensuing rally but a service error gave the Gators the set three win.
The Gators outscored the Pioneers 8-1 after being tied 12-12 to take command of the fourth set. Issak landed three of the five kills during that run. Gators finished with a .382 hitting percentage during that set for their highest of the match.
The Gators travel to Monterey Bay for their final road match of the regular season on November 9 for a 5 pm match. Fans can watch live on FloCollege with live stats available at sfstategators.com/livestats_vb.