Broncos sweep Air Force for 19th win

Saturday, November 6

Boise, Idaho

7 p.m. MT

Boise State

19-8,8-6Mountain West

Air Force

6-18,3-11Mountain West

Air Force

Boise St.

Photo by: Boise State University

11/6/2021 9:42:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Ohlinger led Boise State over the Falcons with a team-high 12 kills followed by Miller with eight.

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

BOISE, Idaho - Boise State volleyball collected its second sweep of the week Saturday night defeating the Air Force Falcons 3-0 in Bronco Gym. Boise State was in control of the match throughout trailing only once in the entire contest down 4-1 early in the second set before rallying on a 7-1 run to go up for good at 8-5.

The win was the fourth straight for the Broncos who improved to 19-8 overall and 8-6 in Mountain West Conference play with two weeks left in the regular season.

"I'm really excited about how the team has come together and played with a lot of energy and focus this week," said head coach Shawn Garus. "I thought Dani (Boss) and Ally (Casillas) played big roles in this win tonight. Dani did a great job of spreading the ball around and getting a lot of people involved in the attack, while Ally led defensively in the back row and did a good job passing. Passing is very important for us because it allows us to get into our system, the team did a great job doing that in both our wins this week."

Boise State finished the night hitting .267 percent for 41 kills with 37 assists, four service aces, 42 digs and 11 blocks. Meanwhile, the Broncos held Air Force to .051 percent hitting for 27 kills with 24 assists, one service ace, 38 digs and 4.5 blocks.

Lauren Ohlinger led the Blue and Orange with a team-high 15 points on 12 kills, two service aces and two block assists. Alli O'Harra followed with 10 points on seven kills and team-high (tied) six block assists, she also hit a team-best .545 percent.

Boss led the attack from the setter position distributing 32 assists to go with two kills, nine digs and tied for the team high in blocks finishing with six. Defensively, Casillas recorded a team-high 11 digs.

Jordan Miller was second in kills on the night with eight to go with two block assists for nine points. Alyssa Wissinger tallied five kills and five block assists, while Paige Bartsch matched Wissinger's kills with five of her own and added one service ace and one block assist.

Next up for the Broncos is the final regular season road trip of the year when they head to Nevada on Thursday and San Jose State on Saturday.

Notables

Boise State's win tonight keeps it perfect in Boise against the Falcons all-time at 9-0 and extends the Broncos series lead to 17-5.
The sweep was the ninth of the season for Boise State.
The Broncos are now one win shy of a 20-win season, which will be the program's fourth during the Shawn Garus era (13 years) and 12th all-time.
Boss' 32 assists gives the senior setter 3,049 in her career, 26 short of tying Breann Nesselhuf (2009-11) for sixth all-time in program history and third during the rally scoring era (2001-present).
Ohlinger's 12 kills gives her 23 matches this season with double-figure kills and 50 in her career.
Boise State's 11 team blocks marked the 18th time in 27 matches that the Broncos — ranked second nationally for total blocks — have recorded double-digit blocks.