Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Long Beach State
'Dogs Open Roadrunner Classic Vs. 49ers
9/19/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
The 49ers took the match by 25-21, 25-15, 25-16 scores to hand Fresno State only its second, three-set loss of the year.
The three-time national champions held edges in hitting (.333-.080), kills (43-33), assists (41-32), aces (5-3), blocks (14.5-8) and digs (42-32), while the `Dogs logged fewer service errors (2-3).
Hometown product and redshirt freshman hitter Haylee Roberts tied her season high in kills (11) and also led the team in hitting (.333) to pace the squad in the categories for the first and fourth times this season, respectively.
Another freshman Central Valley product, middle blocker Lauren Torres, ended with six kills - one shy of her season high. On defense, her five blocks was her best tally in 2014 and two off the team season high.
The outside hitter pair of junior Zana Bowens and freshman Carly Scarbrough also each logged six kills. The latter player added seven blocks to tie the team season high and bettered her former blocks personal best by four.
At the service line, Bowens served up an ace for a team-best 16th time this year, and senior defensive specialist Christina Lee and redshirt junior Molly Pearson also ended with aces. Bowens has led the team in the category nine times already this year and ranked fourth in the MW and 44th nationally this week with her 0.49 per set average.
Sophomore libero Maggie Eppright topped the team in digs (10) for the seventh time this season.
Long Beach State leaders included Chisom Okpala (11 kills, .688), Bre Mackie (10 kills, .350, 8 blocks), Jenelle Hudson (36 assists), Tyler Jackson (21 digs) and Alex Reid (2 aces).
Looking ahead, Fresno State returns to play Oregon State (7-1) Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. and host CSU Bakersfield (3-7) on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
More tourney information is located at the www.GoRoadrunners.com website, and links to live stats is at the http://www.gorunners.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13300 URL address.
"Be Bold!" - Fresno State volleyball and football season tickets are on sale at the www.GoBulldogs.com website and at the Bulldog Ticket Office.
