HAYWARD, Calif. - The San Francisco State volleyball team fell behind early a dropped two straight sets to Cal State East. They responded in the third set but ultimately fell 3-1 (21-25, 12-25, 25-18, 20-25)
- The Gators fall to 2-7 and 1-1 in the CCAA. East Bay improves to
- For a second straight game, Tamiya Wilson led all players with 17 kills. She also had a pair of blocks.
- Alana Larson had 14 kills with an ace and a block.
- The Gators had 12 service errors while East Bay had eight aces.
- Barakat Adekola had 14 kills for the Pioneers.
After staying close to the Pioneers early in set one, East Bay rattled off three straight kills to lead 14-9 and force a Gator time-out. The Gators had a couple of rallies that helped them come back including three kills from Larson in a 7-1 run. East Bay called a timeout up 24-21 and got the point on the next serve.
East Bay took control of set two and never looked back. The Gators had their lowest hitting percentage of the night during the set and hit .114.
The Gators switched
Grace Witcher from Libero back to outside hitter and she and Larson each tallied five kills in a set three win. The Gators held East Bay to a .000 hitting percentage.
Down 12-11, the Pioneers forced the Gators to sideout throughout the fourth set while they were able to get a couple runs going. A kill from Wilson and a Pioneer attack error gave the Gators a run late to cut the lead to 23-18 but the Pioneers responded and took the match.
The Gators travel south next week. They take on Cal State Dominguez Hills on September 26 at 5 pm. Live stats are available at
sfstategators.com/livestats_vb and fans can watch at home on FloCollege.
