Broncos Beat Bengals in Four to Win Boise State Invitational

BOISE, Idaho – Sydney Dreves recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 17 digs to lead Boise State volleyball past instate-rival Idaho State 3-1 (25-15, 25-27, 25-17, 25-19). The Blue and Orange went 3-0 in the week to claim the Boise State Invitational Championship and improve to 7-2 overall.

The Broncos claimed sizable early leads in the first, third and fourth sets, then held the Bengals off to win all three rather easily.

The second set saw Idaho State rally past the Broncos to win in extra points 27-25. Boise State regrouped after that to take the third and fourth sets to put the match away.

Quotables
Shawn Garus, head coach

"I thought we came out and played great to start the match and had a real big, comfortable lead in set one to get the win."
"Idaho State did a good job battling back in set two and did a really good job of focusing on our middles, which forced us to find some other people to score. I love that the centers were able to do that."
"I think Giselle (Paedon), Kailyn (Jager), Sydney (Dreves) and Ari (Bilby) all were able to put up good matches for us and carried us. So, it was a good, good reaction to the second set loss."
"I thought Sydney did a really nice job this weekend. As her role kind of grew throughout the weekend, she took some big swings at key moments and did a really nice job from the service line."
"I also think Kailyn did a great job playing on the right side. She brought us some offense when we needed it."

Notables

Sydney Dreves was named the MVP of the Boise State Invitational, while Arianna Bilby and Kailyn Jager were named to the all-tournament team.
Dreves recorded her second double-double of the year on 11 kills and 17 digs, to go with three blocks, and finished with 13 points.
Jager finished the match with a team and season-high 16 kills while hitting .387; she also added three blocks and finished with a team-best 18 points.
Bilby tallied 11 kills and 10 digs to earn her fourth double-double of the season; in addition to a team and season-high four service aces, one block assist and 15.5 points.
Bre Mitchell recorded her third 20-plus dig contest of the year and 15th in her career with a team-high 21 versus the Bengals.
The win extended the Broncos' lead in the series versus Idaho State to 39-34.