Boise State Rally Comes Up Short at Utah State

Tuesday, October 11

Logan, Utah

7 p.m. MT

Boise State

13-5,5-2Mountain West

Utah State

13-5,5-2Mountain West

Boise St.

Utah St.

10/11/2022 10:24:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Paige Bartsch recorded a career-high 25 kills and hit .333 percent to lead the Broncos.

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

BOISE, Idaho – Paige Bartsch's career-high 25 kills were not enough to lead Boise State volleyball to victory Tuesday night in Logan as the Broncos fell in five sets 23-25, 25-22, 25-10, 25-27, 15-7 at Utah State.

Boise State rallied from two down at 22-20 to take set one with a 5-1 run powered by Bartsch with two kills and a block assist, and Kayly Pau with two kills.

The Broncos found themselves in a five-point hole early in the second set down 9-4. As a result, they were forced to play from behind the entire way, rallying to within two points late at 24-22 before the Aggies put it away for the three-point win, 25-22.

After a dominating set three win by Utah State, the Broncos rallied from six down (21-15) in the fourth to surprise the Aggies by taking it in extra points 27-25 and force a decisive fifth period.

The fifth set was all Utah State as the Aggies used a 6-0 run to break open a 3-3 score. The six-point deficit was too much for the Broncos to recover from as USU held on for the set-and-match victory.

Top Broncos

Bartsch's career-high 25 kills give her five matches with 20-plus this season; she added one block solo and three block assists to finish the contest with a team-best 27.5 points.
Lauren Ohlinger was the only other Bronco to reach double-digit kills finishing with 11 to go with nine digs and one block assist.
Allison Casillas had a team and career-tying 22 digs as the libero giving her two matches with 20-plus this season and four in her career.

Notables

Bartsch recorded her third-consecutive double-double on 25 kills and 14 digs giving her a team-high seven this season.
Ashley Hayden also had a double-double – her sixth of 2022 – on 45 assists and 11 digs.
Casillas' 22 digs increased her career total to 1,028 as she moved from 16th into 13th place all-time and sixth during the rally scoring era (2001-present) at Boise State.
Boise State's series advantage versus Utah State shrinks a little to 29-20 all-time and 20-19 in conference matches.

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