SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco State volleyball team bounced back from a tough loss the following week to take down Cal Poly Humboldt 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-21).
- The Gators improve to 4-8 and 3-2 in the CCAA. Cal Poly Humboldt falls to 0-13
- Grace Witcher led all players with 16 kills. Aidan Goodrich was close behind her with 15.
- Melanie Hewlett had 37 assists, third most in a match so far this season and most in a three set match.
- While the Gators finished with nine aces, they also tallied a season-high 19 service errors, allowing Humboldt to stay in the match.
- Tatyana Jennings had 10 kills for Humboldt.
Each team earned points off the other team's miscues to start the first set. A Humboldt service error gave the Gators the serve back up 7-6. Witcher landed an ace to spark a 4-1 run to put the Gators up 11-7 before a Humboldt time-out. The Lumberjacks never came within more than two points of the Gators' lead the rest of the way.
The Gators held Humboldt to its lowest hitting percentage of the match in set two at .000 percent. SF State had three service aces to take a 6-2 lead which included back-to-back aces from
Taylor Vales. A late 6-0 run that featured a pair of aces from
Alana Larson put the Gators up 22-15 and gave them a cushion the rest of the way.
A 4-0 run put the Gators up 14-9 to force Humboldt to call their first time-out of set three. The Lumberjacks would only get back within three of the Gators' lead. Witcher and Goodrich each had six kills in the third set
The Gators host UC Merced for the first ever meeting on Oct 4 at 5 pm. Live stats are available at
sfstategators.com/livestats_vb and fans can watch at home on FloCollege.
