SAN FRANCISCO - The RV San Francisco State volleyball team took care of business Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 victory over Bay Bridge Rivals Cal State East Bay. The Gators cruised in set one 25-9 before running into trouble in a 25-16 set two loss. They bounced back and picked up set victories of 25-16 and 25-21 in the next two sets.
- The Gators improve to 8-3 and 3-1 in conference. The Pioneers fall to 6-6 and 1-3 in the CCAA
- Tamiya Wilson led the way with a team high 20 kills and 18 digs. The 20 kills put her above 900 career kills and tied for 10th all-time with 919.
- Izzy Issak also recorded a double-double with 14 kills and 11 digs. Aidan Goodrich was the third Gator with 10+ kills at 13.
- Kimberly DeBoer notched 48 assists on the afternoon.
- The Gators held an 8-4 advantage on service aces with both Asia Arbaugh and Cynthia Beall recording three.
- SF State had 73 digs to East Bay's 57 with four Gators recording 10+ digs.
The Gators cruised in set one, clipping a .500 hitting percentage while holding East Bay to .000. Three of East Bay's nine points came from service errors.
Errors piled up early for the Gators as East Bay was able to take an early 6-2 lead before a timeout was called. The Gators were able to tie the set up but errors continued to plague the Gators as they faded down the stretch.
After a poor set two, the Gators opened the third set 7-1 with a serving error interrupting the scoring run. A 4-0 run put the Gators up 11-3 and the Gators held a cushion the rest of the set.
In a back and forth set four, Gators finally pulled away near the end of set with a 4-1 run featuring a pair of kills from Wilson to go up 23-21. East Bay called back-to-back timeouts, only for Wilson to land a kill on the ensuing serves.
The Gators play their final non-conference match on Sunday, September 29 at 7:00 pm when they host #6 Chaminade. Live stats are available at
sfstategators.com/livestats_vb and fans can watch on the FloNetwork.
