Spartans Finished Play at Buffs Invitational Saturday
Spartans Finished Play at Buffs Invitational SaturdaySpartans Finished Play at Buffs Invitational Saturday
Terrell Lloyd

Spartans Finished Play at Buffs Invitational Saturday

BOULDER, Colo.—Haylee Nelson had a team-best 14 kills, and Mia Schafer recorded her third double-double of the season as the San José State volleyball finished play at the Buffs Invitational Saturday with a 3-0 loss to Texas Tech.
 

 
Nelson was one of two players to record 10 or more kills in the match. She also had five digs, two aces and a block assists. Amethyst Harper added 11 kills, six digs and an ace in the match.
 
Schafer, who missed the past two matches, recorded 32 assists and a career-best 17 digs for her third double-double of the season and eighth of her career.
 
•Libero Sarah Smevog came close to her first career double-double with 14 digs and eight assists. For her performances over the weekend, she was named to the Buffs Invitational all-tournament team.
 
•Latahevai Lousi moved into 15th all-time in kills at San José State Saturday with nine kills in the match. She ends the week with 992 career kills, passing Paola Paz-Soldan who had 991 from 1994-95. Lousi needs eight kills to become the 15th player in school history to achieve the feat.
 
Match Summary
Set 1 – The Spartans fell behind 10-3, forcing a timeout, and used a 7-1 run to close the set to 11-10 on a Nelson kill. The team was not able to tie the match and fell 25-17.
 
Set 2 – Nelson recorded the first point of the set on her fifth kill of the day, and Harper extended the lead to 2-0 for the team's biggest lead of the day. Down 23-16, the Spartans got three consecutive kills from Nelson to cut the lead to 23-19, but lost the set 25-19.
 
Set 3 – Again, SJSU jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Nelson kill, but that was the only lead of the set for the Spartans as they lost 25-19.
 
San José State returns home for four matches over the next two weeks, beginning with San Francisco on Thursday, September 16, at 6 p.m., inside Spartan Gym.
 
Texas Tech def. San José State 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-19)
Kills – SJSU – Haylee Nelson 14; TT – Brooke Kanas 13.
Records – San José State 4-4; Texas Tech 7-3.
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