SAN JOSE, Calif.—For the second time in three weeks, Spartan libero Sarah Smevog recorded a double-double to help the San José State volleyball team remain atop the Mountain West standings with a 3-1 win over Utah State inside Spartan Gym Saturday afternoon.
A happy @trentkersten after Saturday's win over Utah State. #AllSpartans pic.twitter.com/vHqteYqJvG
— SJSU VOLLEYBALL (@SanJoseStateVB) October 1, 2022
- Smevog, the reigning MW Defensive Player of the Week, recorded 11 assists and a team-best 11 digs in the match.
- She recorded her first double-double against New Mexico State with 10 assists and 10 digs.
Sarah Smevog after her second double-double of the season with 11 digs and 11 assists in the win over Utah State. #AllSpartans pic.twitter.com/4bLPcFzZT5
— SJSU VOLLEYBALL (@SanJoseStateVB) October 1, 2022
- San José State ends the weekend 4-0 in conference play, tied with Colorado State in first place.
- The Spartans start MW play 4-0 for the first time in school history. The program has not started 4-0 in conference play since the 1999 season when SJSU was 5-0 to start Western Athletic Conference play. San José State won eight of the first nine conference matches in 2001.
- Not to be outdone by Smevog, Mia Schafer recorded her second double-double of the year with 20 assists and 10 digs.
- Haylee Nelson led the Spartan hitting attack with 12 kills on 24 attempts and added a team-best three service aces.
- Yazmin Pitpit continued her tremendous hitting with nine kills on 11 attempts with no errors and a .818 hitting percentage. She, Blaire Fleming and Jiana Lawson each recorded four blocks to lead the Spartans.
- Amethyst Harper added 11 kills in the match to go with seven digs and two blocks.
- Letizia Cammillucci came off the bench and recorded five kills, seven digs, two aces and two block assists.
- Carly Aigner-Swesey led the team with 21 assists and added three digs.
- The Spartans (10-4, 4-0) dropped the first set, 25-23, but then came back to win 25-15, 25-22 and 25-16.
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— SJSU VOLLEYBALL (@SanJoseStateVB) October 2, 2022
UP NEXT – The Spartans travel to the Rocky Mountains to face Wyoming on Thursday, October 6, at 6:30 p.m. MT/5:30 p.m. PT. The team then travels to Colorado State for a matchup against the current top-two teams in the MW on Saturday, October 8, at 1 p.m. MT/12 p.m. PT.
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