Boise State Falls in MW Opener at UNLV

Thursday, September 20

Las Vegas, Nev.

7:00 PM

Boise State

8-4, 0-1MW

UNLV

10-3, 1-0MW

Boise State

UNLV

Photo by: Boise State University

9/20/2018 9:03:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Boise State volleyball opened conference play Thursday night in Las Vegas where the Broncos struggled in a three-set loss 25-18, 25-21, 25-19. Senior Sabryn Roberts led the Broncos with a team-high 11 kills, while the team hit 14.3 percent to UNLV's 32.7 percent. The loss drops Boise State to 8-4 overall and 0-1 in Mountain West play, the Rebels moved to 10-3 and 1-0 in league.

"I'm disappointed with how we played tonight," said Boise State head coach Shawn Garus. "We came out slow and did not work together on the court. I thought UNLV did a good job against us, so give them credit they played a solid game. We're a young team, so we are going to have ups and downs. There are no easy matches in league, but we need to learn from this loss and work hard to improve."

Roberts, who has led the team in kills during every match this year, added one assist, one service ace, seven digs and one block on the night.

Janell Walley followed Roberts with seven kills while hitting a team-high 27.3 percent with three assists, team-high (tied) eight digs and two blocks. Kiley Lewis was next with six kills, three digs and one block. Morgan Hughes added four kills, team-high two service aces, six digs and team-best four blocks.

Danielle Boss dished out a team-high 14 assists followed by Cassedi Simon with 10. Jessie Brigham matched Walley's team-high eight digs on the defensive side.

The three sets were relatively close throughout with the largest lead of the match being five points in the first set until late in each period. In each set the Rebels surged late to take momentum then held off the Broncos down the stretch.

Boise State now returns home for a MW encounter with the New Mexico Lobos on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Bronco Gym.