Boise State Sweeps San Jose State on Senior Day

Saturday, November 11

Boise, Idaho

Noon MT

Boise State

12-14,8-8Mountain West

San Jose State

12-17,3-13Mountain West

Team	1	2	3	Final F
San Jose St.	19	22	17	0
Boise St.	25	25	25	3

Team huddle during the New Mexico match, Nov. 2, 2023

11/11/2023 2:21:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

BOISE, Idaho - Boise State volleyball closed the home slate with a sweep over the San Jose State Spartans, winning 25-19, 25-22, 25-17.

The Blue and Orange started the first two sets out fast and trailed only twice in the two periods combined. The third was close initially before the Broncos surged midway through to complete the sweep.

Paige Bartsch led the Broncos in set one with eight kills as Boise State raced out to a 12-3 lead and never trailed. The Blue and Orange hit .361 to SJSU's .188 percent.

Set two saw Boise State take a quick 12-5 advantage. After stretching the lead out to as many as eight points, the Broncos held off a late Spartans rally attempt before winning the frame by three at 25-22.

Leading by one in set three at 11-10, Boise State used an 8-1 run to seize control up 18-11. The Broncos closed it out for a 25-17 win to clinch the match.

Quotables

"I thought we played awesome," said junior outside hitter Paige Bartsch. "There was extra motivation being senior day. I know for me, it was extra motivation for sure. I'm very close with the seniors. It's always great playing in front of Bronco Nation. We sold out the gym, and that's about all we can ask for; it helps so much; it was great."
"This match was about controlling emotions," said head coach Shawn Garus. "I was a lot more concerned about our mental preparation and execution. I knew that San Jose (State) had a lot of really good athletes and were a very capable team; we needed to not let them get any momentum. We were really emotional dealing with senior festivities, and the seniors wanted it to be perfect. I'm glad that the girls managed that well and played a solid, consistent match, start to finish."

Top Broncos

Bartsch led the team with 15 kills, seven digs, four block assists and 17 points.
Chey Day recorded a team season-high eight block assists on the day with four kills.
Noelani Helm had a team-best 27 assists with seven kills and two block assists.
Annie Kaminski had six kills, one block solo, and two block assists for eight points.
Anabel Kotzakov had a team-high 11 digs with five kills and a team-high two service aces.

Notables

Bartsch recorded her 25th match of the season with double-figure kills and the 55th of her career.
Bartsch's 17 points give her 1,240 in her career to move into seventh place in program history.
Boise State has 1,263 in attendance on Saturday, the 12th home match with 1,000-plus - as Bronco Nation set a season record for average home attendance at 1,156 and total attendance at 15,031.