Saturday, March 13
Reno, Nev.
12 p.m. MT
Boise State
10-2,10-2Mountain West
3
at
0
Nevada
3-9,3-9Mountain West
1
2
3
F
Boise St.
25
25
25
3
Nevada
13
11
14
0
Broncos Blitz Nevada for Seventh Sweep
3/13/2021 2:25:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Lauren Ohlinger hit .500 for 16 kills to lead Boise State past the Wolf Pack.
RENO, Nev. - Lauren Ohlinger led Boise State past the Nevada Wolf Pack by hitting 50 percent for a team-high 16 kills as the Broncos recorded their seventh sweep of the season on Saturday afternoon. It was total domination by the Blue and Orange as they won by and average of 12.3 points per set 25-13, 25-11, 25-14. The win moved Boise State to 10-2 overall with a lone home match against San Diego State on the schedule for this coming week.
"We played really well today! I thought we were really consistent with good efforts across the board," said head coach Shawn Garus. "Lauren (Ohlinger) was outstanding today, especial offensively. I think one of the keys was that when you serve really tough that creates great blocking opportunities. I think we learned a little bit about that and their (Nevada's) tendencies yesterday which helped us this afternoon. It was a really good match for us today and I'm excited to get back home next week to play in front of our fans and try to keep it going."
In each set the Broncos rolled off a key run that seized control of the period. Set one was all Boise State from the start as the Broncos raced out to a 12-2 lead and never looked back. Set two had Boise State trailing 10-9 when the Broncos kicked it into gear and rolled off a 16-1 run to close it out 25-11. The third had the Blue and Orange down 10-9 when it ran off an 11-0 run to put the set and match out of reach.
Ohlinger was impressive on the day hitting a season-high .500 — second-best percentage in her carer — for a team-high 16 kills to go with a season-high three service aces, one block assist, seven digs and a team-high 19.5 points.
Jessica Donahue added five kills while hitting 71.4 percent, she also finished with her seventh career match with 10 or more blocks with 10 against the Wolf Pack. It marked the third time in her career that Donahue hit the 10-plus blocks mark versus Nevada. Donahue also had a career-high and team-best four service aces.
Kayly Pau added six kills and five block assists; while, Alyssa Wissinger had five kills and two block assists.
Danielle Boss led the attack from the setter position as the team hit 26.9 percent. She tallied 26 assists, two kills, seven digs and season-high seven block assists. Jolei Akima led the team in digs finishing with 11.
The Broncos held Nevada to a negative 6.3 percent hitting — a season-low for a Boise State opponent and the fourth-straight match where the opponent hit below seven percent. The Wolf Pack only managed 18 kills in the match. Boise State recorded 12 service aces and 13 blocks in the contest.
"We played really well today! I thought we were really consistent with good efforts across the board," said head coach Shawn Garus. "Lauren (Ohlinger) was outstanding today, especial offensively. I think one of the keys was that when you serve really tough that creates great blocking opportunities. I think we learned a little bit about that and their (Nevada's) tendencies yesterday which helped us this afternoon. It was a really good match for us today and I'm excited to get back home next week to play in front of our fans and try to keep it going."
TOTAL domination as Broncos cruise past Nevada for 7th sweep of season! Boise State improves to 10-2 overall. Ohlinger hit .500 for 16 kills to lead BSU! 🏐🐴👊💪
— Boise State VB (@BroncoSportsVB) March 13, 2021
GO BRONCOS! #WhatsNext @BroncoSports @BoiseState @MW_OlySports pic.twitter.com/ABd48aIwDN
In each set the Broncos rolled off a key run that seized control of the period. Set one was all Boise State from the start as the Broncos raced out to a 12-2 lead and never looked back. Set two had Boise State trailing 10-9 when the Broncos kicked it into gear and rolled off a 16-1 run to close it out 25-11. The third had the Blue and Orange down 10-9 when it ran off an 11-0 run to put the set and match out of reach.
Ohlinger was impressive on the day hitting a season-high .500 — second-best percentage in her carer — for a team-high 16 kills to go with a season-high three service aces, one block assist, seven digs and a team-high 19.5 points.
Jessica Donahue added five kills while hitting 71.4 percent, she also finished with her seventh career match with 10 or more blocks with 10 against the Wolf Pack. It marked the third time in her career that Donahue hit the 10-plus blocks mark versus Nevada. Donahue also had a career-high and team-best four service aces.
Kayly Pau added six kills and five block assists; while, Alyssa Wissinger had five kills and two block assists.
Danielle Boss led the attack from the setter position as the team hit 26.9 percent. She tallied 26 assists, two kills, seven digs and season-high seven block assists. Jolei Akima led the team in digs finishing with 11.
The Broncos held Nevada to a negative 6.3 percent hitting — a season-low for a Boise State opponent and the fourth-straight match where the opponent hit below seven percent. The Wolf Pack only managed 18 kills in the match. Boise State recorded 12 service aces and 13 blocks in the contest.
Team Stats
Boise
Nevada
Kills
35
18
Errors
14
23
Attempts
78
79
Hitting %
.269
-.063
Points
60
27
Assists
32
17
Aces
12
4
Blocks
13
5
Game Leaders
Kills
16
Aces
3
Blocks
1
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
5
Aces
4
Blocks
10
Players Mentioned
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