Spartans Push Rams To Five SetsSpartans Push Rams To Five Sets

Spartans Push Rams To Five Sets

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FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Lolo Fonua recorded her first 20+ career-kill match, and the San José State volleyball team went five sets with defending Mountain West champion Colorado State before falling 3-2 (18-25, 25-21, 25-21, 12-25, 15-11) Saturday afternoon inside Moby Arena.

  • Fonua led all hitters with 22 kills and hit a team-best .378 with 45 attempts on five errors. She
  • Morgan Graves added 12 kills for SJSU, including the final two kills of set three for the win.
  • Fatimah Hall recorded her fourth consecutive double-double with a career-high 50 assists and 13 digs.
  • Naima Foster and Learden Lee each contributed seven kills for the Spartans.
  • Ava Hewitt-Smith led the Spartan blocking attack on Saturday with seven, two solo and five assists. Hall and Foster each had four block assists.
  • Two other Spartans recorded double-digit digs, led by Talita Goncalves with 15 and Randilyn Reeves with 10.
  • Nazare Judd and Goncalves each had two aces in the match.
  • After falling in the first set, the Spartans took a 7-6 lead on a Ram service error and never trailed the rest of the set, leading by as six at 13-7, and winning 25-21 on a Fonua kill.
  • The Spartans never trailed in the third set with a Fonua kill giving them a 3-2 lead for good as SJSU won 25-21.
  • San José State played its ninth five-set match of the season.

UP NEXT – The Spartans continue on the road next week with matches at Air Force on Thursday the 6th and Nevada on the 8th.

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