Broncos Hold Off Aztecs for 13th Win

Saturday, October 8

Boise, Idaho

Noon MT

Boise State

13-4,5-1Mountain West

San Diego State

4-13,2-4Mountain West

San Diego St.

Boise St.

Photo by: Boise State University

10/8/2022 3:40:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Bartsch, Ohlinger and Kaminski combined for 45 kills to lead Boise State

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State volleyball battled past the San Diego State Aztecs for a 3-1 (25-21, 25-16, 22-25, 25-23) Mountain West victory Saturday afternoon in Bronco Gym. The win improved Boise State to 13-4 overall and 5-1 in conference play while San Diego State moved to 4-13 and 2-4.

The match was close most of the day featuring 36 ties and 21 lead changes as the Broncos claimed victories in the first, second and fourth sets.

Set one had nine ties and six lead changes and saw the Blue and Orange rally from four points down at 14-10 to a 19-16 lead with a 9-2 run. The Broncos went on to win the period by four at 25-21.

Boise State rallied from behind again in the second set, this time from an early three-point deficit at 4-1. The Broncos rallied for a 6-5 lead, then slowly pulled away for the nine-point set win to go up 2-0 in the match score.

The third set went to the Aztecs by three points following 10 ties and five lead changes as SDSU forced the match into a fourth period.

The final set had 13 ties and seven lead changes as the teams battled back and forth. After the Broncos' early four-point 6-2 lead vanished, the period was a 1-to-2-point contest to the end. Trialing 20-19, Boise State took the lead at 21-20, it never trailed again as the Broncos fought off three more ties before taking the set 25-23 to claim a 3-1 match victory.

Boise State finished the contest hitting .260 percent for 59 kills while holding SDSU to .210 percent and 52 kills.

Quotables
Shawn Garus, Head Coach

On the match overall and how the team responded to San Diego State's pressure. "I thought we played really well the first two sets and I'm really happy with how we came out and how aggressive we were. But San Diego State made a couple of adjustments and got the momentum back in the third set, then it was on from there. I give San Diego State a lot of credit for battling back and pushing us, the match could have gone either way."
On how the team continues to respond when they're pressured as a team makes a run. "I don't think that's an easy part of our game, momentum swings all the time. It's something I think our team is learning from this season and improving on. We certainly have some key players that we look to carry a really big load. But what really helps you be consistent is to get production from a lot of people and I think we're getting better at that every day."

Top Broncos

Senior outside hitter Lauren Ohlinger led the Broncos with 21 points off 16 kills and four service aces against San Diego State.
Sophomore Paige Bartsch had 17 kills on the afternoon, her 13th match this season with double-figure kills. Bartsch added a team-leading 10 digs for her sixth double-double this season.
Redshirt junior middle blocker Annie Kaminski hit .647 with 12 kills on the day and added three blocks.
Junior middle blocker Chey Day led the Broncos with six blocks.
Junior setter Ashley Hayden had 54 assists, her third 50+ assist match this season.

Notables

With a service ace to clinch set one, her second of the game, Lauren Ohlinger tied Cameron Flunder's (2003-06) school record during the rally scoring era with 117 career service aces. She ended the match with four aces to move to No. 1 in the rally scoring era with 119 career service aces.
Ohlinger moved into sixth on the all-time school record book with 1,213 career kills, passing Becky Meek (1996-99). She is the only member of the top six to have played fewer than 380 sets, ending today's match with 352 sets played.
Senior libero Allison Casillas moved into eighth on the school record book in the rally scoring era with 1,006 digs. She passed Sierra Nobley (2014-17).
Boise State had an official sellout with a season-high 1,281 fans packing Bronco Gym – the fourth home game to eclipse 1,000 fans in 2022.

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