Boise State falls 3-1 to San Jose State

Saturday, November 12

Boise, Idaho

Noon MT

Boise State

14-13,6-10Mountain West

San Jose State

19-7,13-3Mountain West

San Jose St.

Boise St.

11/12/2022 3:49:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Paige Bartsch led the Broncos with a double-double on 22 kills and 10 digs.

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State came up short on Senior Day in Bronco Gym falling 3-1 (27-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-15) to the San Jose State Spartans in Mountain West action. The loss moved Boise State to 14-13 overall and 6-10 in the league, while SJSU improved to 19-7 and 13-3.

Boise State battled the second-place Spartans hard through three sets and hit a solid .239 percent as a team, but it was not enough in the end as SJSU hit .329 overall including a dominant .439 percent in the decisive fourth set.

The opening set was close to the end before the Spartans rallied from 25-24 down with three straight points to edge the Broncos 27-25.

Set two went to Boise State after the Broncos broke a 21-21 tie with a 4-1 run powered by two Paige Bartsch kills.

In the third, San Jose State surged late taking a one-point 17-16 lead and stretching it out to four at the end as the Spartans held off the Blue and Orange for a 25-21 win to go up 2-1 in the match.

The final set saw San Jose State take control early, then eventually took the period by 10 to put the match away.

Quotables
Shawn Garus, Head Coach

On how the team played on Senior Day. "I think our team was in a really good head space; Senior Day is always tough. It's hard to go out there and compete five minutes after you cry in the ceremony. I thought we played really well for three sets that could have gone either way, we could have been up three, or we could have been down three. It just got away from us and credit that to San Jose State. I think they played flawlessly in the second half of the third set and the fourth; they were impressive.
On what the three seniors mean to the program. "Jet (Taylor) is different from the others because she has only been with us a little time, but I love hearing from the fans how much they enjoy watching Jet play with great passion. Lauren (Ohlinger) and Allie (Casillas) are kids that have had great careers here. They're going to leave here in the record books, having shown that they were successful on the floor and that they're such good people. But what they've done on and off the court is what will stick with me. They've won a lot of games, but they're great character kids as well."

Top Broncos

Bartsch led the team with her 10th double-double of the season on team highs for kills and digs with 22 and 10, respectively. She also finished with a team-best 24 points.
Annie Kaminski had nine kills and team-high four block assists to end the contest with 11 points.
Lauren Ohlinger finished her final match in Bronco Gym with nine kills, two service aces, eight digs, three block assists and 11.5 points.
Freshman setter Elle Cotton distributed a career-high 39 assists.

Notables

Ohlinger's career kills total increased to 1,336 which keeps her in third place all-time in program history.
Ohlinger's two service aces increased her Boise State rally-scoring era (2001-present) record to 133 career aces and moved her into sole possession of seventh-place all-time.
Bartsch's 22 kills were the sixth time this season she has recorded 20-plus kills in a match; it also gave her a team-high 22 contests in double-digit kills.
The announced attendance of 1,109 gave the Broncos seven matches over 1,000 in the 1,250-seat facility.

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