Broncos Fall in Four at Long Beach State

Thursday, September 1

Long Beach, Calif.

8 p.m. MT

Boise State

2-1,0-0Mountain West

Long Beach State

3-1,0-0Big West

Boise St.

Long Beach St.

Photo by: Tyler McFarland Creation Date:

9/1/2022 11:06:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

In her season debut, Paige Bartsch recorded her first career double-double to lead Boise State.

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Paige Bartsch recorded her first career double-double on 15 kills and 17 digs, but it was not enough to lead Boise State to victory as the Broncos fell in four (21-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-18) at Long Beach State Thursday night.

Boise State opened strong rolling out to a 6-1 lead in the first set, then led the entire way to take the frame by four points 25-21. The second set was tight with 11 ties and four lead changes before Long Beach State surged at the end to claim the win to tie the match score at 1-1.

The final two sets saw Long Beach State pull away from the Blue and Orange midway through each period as the Beach rallied from a set down to beat the Broncos on the opening day of the Long Beach State Tournament.

BRONCO LEADERS

Boise State was led by Bartsch with her first double-double on team and career-highs for both kills and digs. She added one service ace, one block solo and two block assists to finish with a team-best 18 points.
Lauren Ohlinger added 13 kills – her second match in double-digit kills – one service ace, seven digs and one block assist for 14.5 points.
Annie Kaminski chipped in with six kills while hitting a team-high .312 percent to go with a team-high six blocks – all assists – to end the contest with nine points.
Ashley Hayden distributed 35 assists to lead the team.
Allison Casillas had 14 digs followed by Dana Branavets with 10.

NOTABLES

Boise State's Blue Wall was a force again recording 12 team blocks to make it three-straight contests with 10 or more to open the season. The Broncos entered the match ranked second nationally for blocks per set at 3.79.
Freshman Elle Cotton (Elk River, Minn.) saw her first action in the Blue and Orange against Long Beach State.

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