Boise State Sweeps Fresno State

Thursday, October 6

Boise, Idaho

7 p.m. MT

Boise State

12-4,4-1Mountain West

Fresno State

6-11,0-5Mountain West

Fresno St.

Boise St.

10/6/2022 10:19:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Jordan Miller led the Broncos with her fifth double-figure kill match with 13.

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State volleyball collected a sweep over the Fresno State Bulldogs to open homecoming weekend with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-22) victory Thursday night in Bronco Gym. The win improved the Broncos to 12-4 overall and 4-1 in conference play.

The Broncos controlled the opening frame most of the way. After the Bulldogs rallied to tie the score at 14, Boise State exploded on an 11-1 run to close the set with a 10-point victory.

The last two sets were tight battles with the teams combining for 10 lead changes and 27 ties.

Trailing 12-9 in set two, Boise State rallied with a 7-1 run to go up 16-13. The Broncos eventually held off the Bulldogs for a 25-22 win.

The largest lead in the third set was two until late when the Blue and Orange claimed a three-point 25-22 win to clinch the match.

Neither team hit the ball particularly well as Boise State finished at .191 percent hitting for 40 kills to Fresno State's .150 percent for 34 kills.

QUOTABLES
Candy Murphy, Associate Head Coach and Acting Head Coach

On how the team fought back in the final two sets. "I think serving was super critical for us. Fresno hasn't been a great team in serve receive, and we serve really well home. I think that definitely gave us some confidence knowing that we would be able to hang just with our tough s; the girls did a really good job. I thought Allie Casillas' serve was awesome tonight."
On players that stood out against Fresno State. "I think offensively, Jordan (Miller) played really well. She looked a little tentative at the beginning, so I told her you got to keep going for it. You can't be tentative swinging off their hands, and I thought she did a good job of turning that around. I also think that Allie (Casillas) and Lauren (Ohlinger) did a good job for us in the backcourt."
On how it felt to get a win in the head coach's chair. "It feels good. I just really focused on doing my job, what I do normally day to day; and Hayley (Peterson) and Brindl (Langley) did a great job assisting. But we're very excited to get Shawn back."

Jordan Miller, Sophomore Outside Hitter

On the team fighting back in the last two sets. "Communication, it's a tangible that we can control and I think that's something that we've been focusing on. I think at the beginning of the season, it was a little bit stressful in those situations, and we didn't really capitalize on them. I feel like as time goes on, and as the season continues, we're getting better at this next point is ours, and we're going to do everything in our power to make that happen."

BRONCO LEADERS

Jordan Miller recorded a team-high 13 kills while hitting .296 percent; she added one block assist and finished with a team-best 13.5 points.
Paige Bartsch added a double-double on 10 kills and team-high 13 digs, with three block assists to finish with 11.5 points.

NOTABLES

Head coach Shawn Garus missed the match due to illness leaving associate head coach Candy Murphy in charge of the Broncos.
Lauren Ohlinger had six kills in the match to move her career mark to 1,197, 12 short of tying for sixth all-time on the Bronco career list.
Allison Casillas tallied 11 digs to reach the career milestone of 1,000.
Boise State tied the series with Fresno State at 21 wins apiece.