USAFA, Colo.—Ava Hewitt-Smith moved into the San José State top-10 season solo block list as the Spartan volleyball team fell at Air Force, 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-21) Thursday night in a Mountain West match at Cadet East Gym.
- Hewitt-Smith had five blocks in the match, one solo and four block assists.
- Her solo block was her 29th of the season, moving her into a tie for 10th place on the SJSU single-season solo block list with Barbara Higgins (1986).
- Hewitt-Smith needs one more solo block to tie Maria Healy (1986) and Jodi Breding (1982) for eighth place.
- Hewitt-Smith is the first Spartan player since 1996 (Melissa Myers, 31) to join the top-10 list.
- The Spartans outblocked the Falcons, 11-7, led by Learden Lee with six block assists.
- Morgan Graves led the Spartan hitting attack with six, followed by Lee with five and Morgan Castaneda, Lolo Fonua, Naima Foster and Hewitt-Smith with four each.
- Talita Gonçalves tallied 19 digs to lead the defense and was the only Spartan with double-digit digs.
UP NEXT – The Spartans travel to Nevada for a noon match on Saturday, the 8th, at the Virginia Street Gym.
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