Spartans Play Boise State In First Round of MW ChampionshipSpartans Play Boise State In First Round of MW Championship
Terrell Lloyd

Spartans Play Boise State In First Round of MW Championship

This Week's Action - 3-seed San Jose State (19-9, 13-5) 
Matches Mountain West Championship
First Round vs. 6-seed Boise State (21-10) | Wed., Nov. 24 | 1 p.m. PT
Semifinal Matches - Thursday, Nov. 25 | 1 & 4 p.m. PT
Championship Match - Friday, Nov. 26 | 1 p.m.
Where UNLV - Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, Nev.
TV Information & Statistics  Watch - Mountain West Network
Game Notes San Jose State | Boise State
Rosters San Jose State | Boise State
Social Media Twitter:  @SanJoseStateVB
Instagram:  @sanjosestatevb
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San José State plays this week at the 2021 Mountain West Championship inside the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nev. The Spartans enter the tournament as the three seed after finishing the conference season with a 13-5 record. San José State opens the tournament against the sixth-seed Boise State in a first-round match on Wednesday afternoon. The winner of the match will play the second-seed Utah State Thursday at 1 p.m. The championship match will be played Friday at 1 p.m., with the winner earning the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 

BUMP, SET, SPIKE

  • The Spartans face Boise State for the third time this season after winning the two earlier meetings, 3-2 in Boise on September 30, and 3-1 in San Jose on November 13.
  • With 19 wins this season, the Spartans have recorded the most wins in a season since the 2006 team finished 19-12 on the year. That team advanced to the semifinal match of the WAC Tournament and featured libero Jessie Shull, the Spartan career digs leader with 2.260 digs.
  • The Spartans finished the conference season with a 13-5 record, the most MW wins in school history. SJSU finished in third place, the highest finish in the MW for the program and  conference finish for a Spartan team since 1999-2001 when the team was second in the WAC each of those years. The Spartans last won 13 conference matches during the 2000 season when the team finished 13-3 and in second place in the WAC.
  • With the return of the MW Tournament, the San José State volleyball program will play in its fourth conference tournament in school history. The program played in the NorPac Tournament in 1982 (1-1) and 1984 (2-1), the PCAA Tournament in 1986 (1-1) and the Western Athletic Conference Tournament 13 times (11-13). At the WAC Tournament, the Spartans played in the semifinal match six times and the championship match twice against Hawaii - 2001 & 2003.
  • The Spartans are 5-1 in five-set matches this season, the only loss coming to Wyoming at home. San José State won three five-set matches in October and the first match of November - at New Mexico, at Nevada, home to Fresno State and at Wyoming. The other five-set win came at Boise State on September 30 as SJSU rallied for the 3-2 win on an Amethyst Harper service ace.


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