Broncos Sweep Air Force to Clinch MW Championship Berth

Saturday, November 16

USAFA, Colo.

6:30 p.m. MT

Boise State

Air Force

Annie Kaminski's attacks hits the ball during the San Diego State match on October 24, 2024.

Broncos Sweep Air Force to Clinch MW Championship Berth

11/16/2024 9:21:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

USAFA, Colo. – Annie Kaminski recorded a season-high 15 kills and hit .636 in the match to lead Boise State to a road sweep at Air Force 25-17, 25-15, 26-24.

The win improved Boise State to 17-10 overall and 9-8 in conference play and clinched a berth into the Mountain West Championship at Las Vegas in two weeks.

Boise State outhit Air Force .264 percent to .075 percent for a 45 to 28 advantage in kills. They also had a 7-1 edge in service aces and dominated the net with 10 blocks to AFA's four.

Boise State used an early 4-0 run to take control of the opening set, up 8-3 on the Falcons. The Broncos never trailed after that run and led by as many as 10 points before taking it by seven, 25-18. Kaminski was a perfect 6-for-6 in kills to lead the Blue and Orange in the period.

Tied at 4-4 in the second, Boise State rolled off another early run, 6-1, to take control up 10-5. They maintained the advantage and led by as many as 11 at 23-12 before taking it by 10 points at 25-15.

Set three was a battle as Air Force attempted to force a fourth set. The teams traded five leads and were tied 11 times. Down 19-16, Boise State rallied with a 5-2 run to tie it at 21-21. The Broncos took the lead at match point up 24-23; they would win it on the second match point on a Kiki Remensperger kill to win the set 26-24 and clinch the sweep.

TOP BRONCOS

Annie Kaminski led the Broncos with a season-high 15 kills while hitting a team-best .636 (15-1-22); she also had team highs for blocks with five and points with 17.5, a season-high for points.
Kiki Remensperger had team highs for assists with 21 and digs with 14 to go with three kills, two service aces and three blocks.
Paige Bartsch had nine kills, five blocks and 9.5 points.
Reagan Casey had five kills and tied Kaminski with a team-high five blocks.

NOTABLES

Kiki Remensperger recorded her team-high 12th double-double (including two triple-doubles) of the year.
Annie Kaminski's five blocks gave her 362 in her career to move within five of tying for ninth all-time at Boise State.
Paige Bartsch has 1,486 career kills, 24 short of tying for second-place all-time at Boise State.
Bre Mitchell had one service ace tonight, moving her into a tie with Bartsch for the team-high at 44 and a tie for the fourth most in a season during the Rallying Scoring Era (since 2001).
Reagan Casey tied her Boisse State career high for blocks at five.
Kiersten Van Kirk tied her season-high for blocks with four.
Kayleigh Carpenter and Lilli Etter tied their career high for service aces with two each.
Tonight's victory gave Boise State a season sweep and extended its lead in the all-time series with Air Force to 21-7.

QUOTABLES

Shawn Garus, head coach

"This was a great 3-0 victory for our team and good bounced back from Thursday night."
"I felt our seniors had a great night for us in all aspects of the match. They brought energy and were focused in the match tonight and in practice yesterday."
"Annie (Kaminski) was dominant for us in the match; she led us in kills and hit well to lead us offensively."
"Reagan (Casey) was strong at the net, getting five big blocks for us, while Paige (Bartsch) was solid in serving and passing, which allowed us to play in the system. Just a great job by the seniors leading the team to the victory."