Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Northern Arizona
Volleyball Gets Tripped Up Against Northern Arizona
9/2/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 2, 2001
The Fresno State volleyball team jumped out to a commanding 30-14 win in game one against Northern Arizona but four points here, five points there and three points here allowed the Lumberjacks to steal a four-game win (14-30, 30-26, 30-25, 30-27) from the Bulldogs in the tournament finale of the Howdy's Pepperdine Classic.
Fresno State (0-3) outhit, outblocked and outserved NAU but errors, especially critical now that rally scoring is being utilized, did the Bulldogs in. The Bulldogs were led offensively by sophomore middle blocker Carrie Hartt who had a team-high 11 kills while hitting .471 (11-3-17) and adding four blocks. Sophomore outside hitter Kara Verwey, who was selected to the Howdy's Pepperdine Classic all-tournament team, added 10 kills and six digs. Freshman outside hitter Kristen Fenton and junior outside hitter Christy Burnett each had 13 digs while freshman defensive specialist Tina Brennan chipped in with 11. Junior middle blocker Java Johnson came off the bench to post a match-high nine total blocks (two block solos and seven block assists).
For a game-by-game report, please go to the Live Scoring Update, on the Bulldogs home volleyball page.
Team Notes: So., OH, Kara Verwey named to the Howdy's all-tournament team ... Verwey led the team with 44 kills in 12 games played for a 4.00 kpg ... She hit .114 (44-29-132) ... She was third on the team in digs with 28 (2.55) ... Verwey had a career-high 26 kills vs. Florida State ... Fr., OH, Kristen Fenton was the most efficient all-around player for the Bulldogs during the tournament and was omitted from the all-tournament team ... She finished second on the team in kills with 26, she was second in digs with 38 and second in blocks with 12 in the opening weekend ... Coming off a medical redshirt year, Fenton collected double-figure digs in two of the three matches (team-high 13 vs. NAU and team-high 21 vs. Florida State) ... Fenton collected her first career double-double in the five-game loss to FSU with 12 kills and 21 digs ... She shared match-high honors in service aces and led the Bulldogs with seven blocks against the Lady Seminoles ... Against #17 Pepperdine, she had five kills (third-best on team) ... Against NAU, she had nine kills and added five block assists ... So., MB, Carrie Hartt had a career-high 11 kills vs. Northern Arizona ... She also had a personal-best .471 hitting percentage (11-3-17) against the Lumberjacks ... Coming off the bench, Jr., MB, Java Johnson ended up leading the team in blocks with 15 total blocks (1.50 bpg) with four block solos and 11 block assists ... Johnson had 2 BA against FSU, 2 BA & 2 BS vs. #17 Pepperdine and a mtach-high nine total blocks (2 BS, 7 BA) against NAU ... Jr., OH, Christy Burnett tallied double-figure digs in all three matches and had a team-best 44 digs (3.67 dpg) in 12 games for the Bulldogs ... She shared match-high honors in digs (21) vs. FSU ... Burnett added 10 against #17 Pepperdine and 13 against NAU ... The unsung Bulldog was junior defensive specialist Heather Farr who had a career-best 12 digs against #17 Pepperdine while adding 11 against FSU and seven against NAU.
