Boise State Downs Southern Miss 3-0 for Third-Straight Sweep

Friday, September 6

Missoula, Mont.

5 p.m. MT

Boise State

3-1,0-0Mountain West

Southern Miss.

3-2,0-0Sun Belt

Southern Miss.

Boise St.

Layla Smith and Kiersten Van Kirk are pictured here blocking a shot during the VCU match on Sept. 1, 2024.

Boise State Downs Southern Miss 3-0 for Third-Straight Sweep

9/6/2024 7:33:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

MISSOULA, Mont. – Boise State recorded its third consecutive 3-0 shutout victory, defeating Southern Miss 25-14, 25-17, 25-21 Friday afternoon at the Ellesyn Invitational at Missoula, Montana.

Boise State performed well against the Golden Eagles, outhitting them in all three sets and .330 to .188 in the match. The Blue and Orange had more kills 46 to 31, more service aces 11 to one, and more blocks seven to six in the win.

The Broncos cruised in the first two sets, using 6-0 and 7-0 runs to pull away midway through each to take control. The Blue and Orange trailed 1-0 in the first and second periods but rallied each time to take the lead and never trailed again in either set.

The third set was tighter. Trailing by one, 16-15, for only the second time in the third, Boise State used a 7-0 run to take the lead for good, eventually winning 25-21 to clinch the match on a Layla Smith kill.

TOP BRONCOS

Paige Bartsch hit a season-high .462 for a season-tying-high 14 kills with two assists and recorded season and team-highs for service aces with four and points with 18.5.
Annie Kaminski hit .438 for nine kills with a team-best four blocks and 11 points.
Kiersten Van Kirk hit .312 for seven kills and had two blocks.
Lilli Etter recorded the lone double-double – her second of the year – on 16 assists and 10 digs.

NOTABLES

Paige Bartsch extended her streak of matches with double-double kills to 13, dating back to the last nine from 2023…she also moved into eighth place for career kills all-time at Boise State with 1,152, passing Liz Harden at 1,148.
Bridey O'Connor earned her first start of the season at right-side hitter.
The 3-0 win gave the Broncos their third straight shutout victory, the first such streak since late 2021.

QUOTABLES

Shawn Garus, Head Coach

"I thought the team did a really good job with first contact today on serve receive and passing; which allowed us to play in system."
"It was an overall great team effort from the service line. We had 11 today with five different Broncos getting an ace."
"I was really happy with Bree (Mitchell), Bella (McGirr) and Paige's (Bartsch) passing from all locations on the court today. Our offense is hard to stop when you pass as good as we did against Southern Miss."
"Our freshmen Kiki Remensperger and Lilli Etter did a good job of spreading the ball around today from the setter position; our offensive hitting percentage of .330 showed that."