CARSON, Calif. --- Humboldt State's volleyball team went 2-0 this afternoon to finish the weekend 2-1 at the Toro Classic in Carson, Calif. The Lumberjacks defeated two PacWest foes in Academy of Art (25-21, 25-18 and 25-16) and Notre Dame de Namur (25-12, 23-25, 18-25, 25-21, 17-15) in their two matches this afternoon at Torodome on the campus of Cal State Dominguez Hills.
QUOTES FROM COACH WOOD: "I'm pretty proud of the team right now after a hard-fought win in five over Notre Dame de Namur," said Coach
Kelly Wood. "We had offensive balance with contributions from all five attackers.
Lexi Riggs had a great match with 21 kills, 20 digs and .302%.
Summer Hansen and
Hannah Cantrell had 14 and
Emma Flewell and
Malia Coyle chipped with nine and seven. We continue to make too many unforced errors, and make it difficult on ourselves, but we showed some mental toughness by pulling it out in five. We know we have a great of work to do. Overall, I'm proud of the team and their effort this weekend."
HSU 3, ACADEMY OF ART 0
SET ONE: A kill by
Summer Hansen off an assist from Julian Bertolucci gave HSU a 7-5 lead in the first set. Academy of Art took a 12-10 lead, but retook the lead on attacking error by the Urban Knights, 14-13. A kill by Ashley Pawlak gave Academy of Art a 19-18, but once again the Lumberjacks came back and scored the next three points to take a 21-18 lead. They increased their lead to 24-20 on a kill by
Lexi Riggs. A kill by Bertolucci gave HSU the 25-21 set one win.
SET TWO: HSU took a 5-2 lead in the second set capped by an
Emma Flewell kill. Academy of Art tied the set at 7-7 on a 'Jack error. Humboldt State scored the next five points to take a 12-7 lead. Back to back service aces by Bertolucci gave HSU a 15-8 lead. Academy of Art cut the deficit to 20-17, but HSU finished the set scoring five of the final six points capped by a kill by Hansen to take the set 25-18
SET THREE: Academy of Art started the third set with a 6-1 lead, but HSU cut the Urban Knight lead to 7-6 on a combined block by
Hannah Cantrell and
Lexi Riggs. The 'Jacks took a 14-13 lead on a kill by Riggs. HSU finished the match scoring 11 of the final 14 points to take the set 25-16 capped by another kill by Hansen.
HSU LEADERS: Summer Hansen with 15 kills,
Juliana Bertolucci and
Emma Flewell with two aces, Flewell with three blocks, Bertolucci with 34 assists and Ryan Odelia with 15 digs.
HSU 3, NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR 2
SET ONE: Back to back
Lexi Riggs gave HSU a 5-1 lead in the first set. The 'Jacks increased their lead to 10-5 on a service ace by
Malia Coyle. They took a 15-8 lead on a kill by Flewell. HSU took the set 25-12 capped by an error by the Argonauts.
SET TWO: The second set went back until a kill by
Hannah Cantrell gave HSU a 19-16 lead. A kill by Samantha Shafer tied the match at 22-22 for NDNU and took three of the final four points to take a 25-23 on a kill by Faith Bennett.
SET THREE: Once again the third set went back and forth with a service error by the 'Jacks giving HSU a 9-8 lead. The Argonauts took a 15-12 lead on a kill by Kathlin Martinez. They finished the set off and took a 2-1 lead in the match as they sored ten of the final 18 points of the set.
SET FOUR: A service ace by Flewell gave HSU a 4-2 lead in the fourth set. The Argonauts took a 7-5 lead on a bad set by the 'Jacks. They increased their lead to 10-6 on an ace by Roberta Lee. HSU tied the match at 18-18 on an error by the Argonauts and took the 19-18 lead on a combined block by Cantrell and Riggs. The 'Jacks increased their lead to 22-19 and then scored three of the final five points to take the set 25-21 on a kill by Hansen to tie the match at 2-2.
SET FIVE: Humboldt State took a 6-2 lead on another ace by Flewell. NDNU took an 8-7 lead on ab ace by
Kayla Costello. HSU scored the next three points capped by a block by
Riley Tishlarich and a kill by Hansen. The Argonauts retook a 12-11 lead on a kill by Chantal Zahmdt, but NDU tied the match at 15-15 on a kill by Cantrell. The 'Jacks finished the match off scoring the final two points including an ace by
Carla Crespo to give HSU the 17-15 set five win and the match 3-2.
HSU LEADERS: Lexi Riggs with 21 kills,
Carla Crespo three service aces,
Juliana Bertolucci with 35 assists and Riggs with 20 digs. Cantrell, Flewell and Hansen each had three blocks.
UP NEXT: HSU will travel to San Francisco to compete in the SF State pod of the West Region Volleyball Showcase on Sept. 12-14 against SF State, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Fresno Pacific and Dominican.
