Defensive effort leads Wolf Pack past the ‘Dogs

Saturday, October 28

Reno, NV

1:00 PM

Fresno State

9-15, 4-8

Nevada

7-17, 5-7

Fresno State

Nevada

Defensive effort leads Wolf Pack past the ‘Dogs

10/28/2017 3:26:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Andrew Tomsky / Assistant Director of Communications

RENO, Nev. – Nevada recorded 12.0 blocks, including seven in the third set, and held the Bulldogs to .056 hitting in a 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-17) win on Saturday afternoon in Reno.

Nevada (7-17, 5-7 MW) avenged a 3-1 loss to the Bulldogs in Fresno earlier this season, improving to 4-2 in home conference matches this year. Sophomore Shayla Hoeft broke the single match Nevada record hitting .846 with 11 kills and no errors in 13 swings and tied for the team lead with five blocks.

Fresno State (9-15, 4-8 MW) had 9.0 blocks and had a 39-33 advantage in digs but was held to its lowest hitting percentage of the season. Haile Watson had four blocks and five digs while Taylor Slover led the team with eight kills and with 11 digs. Brielle Hefner added seven kills and Aubrey Folk had six.

How it Happened
Nevada came out strong in the first set with a quick 7-2 lead. The Wolf Pack went up by as large as a 13-5 advantage and led 18-11 before the Bulldogs had an 8-3 run to get within two points. Nevada still led by just two points at 22-20 but ended the set with two kills sandwiched around a Bulldog attack error.

The second set was close throughout as the Bulldogs had an 11-9 lead. Nevada came back but led just 17-16 before a 7-2 run gave the home team set point at 24-18. Fresno State saved three set points, the last two on a Folk and Watson block and a Montez Uigaese solo block, but out of a timeout the Wolf Pack won it on a Peighton De Von kill.

Behind seven blocks in the third set Nevada limited the Bulldogs to just nine kills and 11 errors for a -.067 hitting percentage. As was the case in the second set the Bulldogs stayed close in the early going of the third set. With just an 11-10 Nevada lead the Wolf Pack went on a 9-3 run to pull away to a 20-13 advantage. The home team finished the match with a 25-17 set win despite hitting just .161 in the period.

Quotable
Head Coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell

On the match: "We got our fight back but couldn't score in bunches against those guys. They played well and we couldn't find any consistency offensively."

On moving forward: "It was a tough road weekend for us and we head out to San Diego on Monday. We need to get one or two on the road so we'll make some adjustments and find a way to get it done."

Notable
The Bulldogs held Nevada to just .104 hitting in the first meeting between the teams this season but the Wolf Pack was able to hit .237 on Saturday…Fresno State played consecutive three-set matches after going at least four sets in nine straight matches entering the week…The 'Dogs have now played 17 matches away from Fresno this season (12 road and five neutral) compared to just seven home matches.

What's Next
Fresno State has two more road matches next week, playing at San Diego State on Tuesday before a match at Air Force on Friday.

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