FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Haylee Nelson and Blaire Fleming anchored the Spartan offense as the San José State volleyball team advanced to the championship match of the 2022 Mountain West Tournament with a 3-1 win over sixth-seed San Diego State Thursday evening inside Moby Arena on the campus of Colorado State University.
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— SJSU VOLLEYBALL (@SanJoseStateVB) November 25, 2022
- Nelson led the Spartan hitters with 11 kills and hit .318 for the match (11-4-22), her 19th double-figure kills match of the season.
- With her 11 kills, Nelson moved into a tie for fifth place on the San José State career kills list. She now has 1,426 kills, tying with Dawnis Wilson
- Blaire Fleming hit .348 for the four sets with 10 kills on 23 attempts and only two errors. She added three digs and three block assists in the win.
- Sarah Smevog led a trio of Spartans with double-figure digs. She had 16 digs, followed by Letizia Cammillucci with 11 and Amethyst Harper with 10.
- San José State got contributions from everyone. Yazmin Pitpit came off the bench to lead the team in blocks with five. Madeline Boerstra hit .308 with seven kills.
- The tough service of the Spartans produced 11 aces for the match, led by Harper and Carly Aigner-Swesey with three each.
- The Spartans advance to the MW championship match for the first time in school history. The program has not played in a championship match since the 2003 season when SJSU fell to Hawaii, 3-0, in the finals of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament held in Reno, Nev.
- San José State will face fourth-seed Utah State for the championship on Friday. The teams split the two meetings this year, each winning on their homecourt. The Spartans won 3-1 in September, and the teams played almost three hours earlier this month before the Aggies won in five.
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— SJSU VOLLEYBALL (@SanJoseStateVB) November 25, 2022
MW Championship Match, Friday, November 25
No. 2 San José State vs. No. 4 Utah State
Moby Arena, Fort Collins, Colo.
6:30 p.m. MT/5:30 p.m. PT
Live stats – https://csurams.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary
Live video - https://themw.com/watch/?id=6316081319112
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— SJSU VOLLEYBALL (@SanJoseStateVB) November 25, 2022
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