ISU Heads Home to Face Weber State Saturday

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POCATELLO, Idaho – The Idaho State volleyball team returns home Saturday evening after 11-straight matches on the road. The Bengals face Weber State at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 at Reed Gym in their second conference match of the season and first home match since Sept. 1.

ABOUT WEBER STATE
This will be the 84th meeting between Idaho State and Weber State. The Bengals have not lost to the Wildcats since Oct. 27, 2011 and have swept the Wildcats 3-0 in the last three meetings.
 
Weber State returns eight letter winners and six starters from last year's team that finished tied for 11th in the Big Sky Conference with a 7-24 overall record and a 3-13 mark in conference.
Currently, the Wildcats are 5-7 on the season with a 1-0 mark in conference play after defeating Montana 3-1 on Wednesday evening in Missoula, Mont. Weber State is averaging 11.2 kills per set with a .179 hitting percentage in addition to 10.3 assists per set. The Wildcats average 12.8 digs per set and have 116.0 total blocks on the season for a 2.8 blocks per set average.
Head Coach Jeremiah Larsen is in his first year with Weber State.

LAST MATCH: BENGALS SWEEP MONTANA STATE IN CONFERENCE OPENER
The Idaho State volleyball team swept Montana State in the Big Sky conference opener Thursday night in Bozeman, Mont. 25-17, 25-20 and 30-28. The Bengals (9-6, 1-0 BSC) were led by senior outside hitter Tressa Lyman with 14 kills, five digs and two block assists; junior setter Hayley Farrer moved in to ninth place all-time in ISU history after notching 32 assists on the night.
 
Montana State (2-7, 0-1 BSC) started the first with a 2-0 lead following an ISU service error and an ace, but the Bengals were able to overtake the Bobcats and build a sizeable five-point lead, 15-10 following a kill from senior middle blocker Makenzie Filer. MSU put together a 3-0 run cut the lead to two, 15-13, but the Bengals finished the set on a 10-4 run to seal the win, 25-17 behind Lyman's eight kills and a team .394 hitting percentage. Sophomore outside hitter Chloe Hirst also came up big in the opening set, notching three kills and six digs.

In the second, Idaho State fell behind early and trailed MSU by four, 11-7. The Bengals fought hard to even the score, 19-all following a kill from junior outside hitter Bailey Bars, and continued their dominance and finished the set on a 14-5 run to claim the second-set win, 25-20.

The third set was a different story; Idaho State gained the advantage early and built a sizeable five-point lead, 16-11, following a service ace from Lyman and an MSU service error.
Montana State responded with a 10-4 run to steal the lead, 21-20, for the first time in the third set. The squads traded point-for-point and neither team was able to put the set away as MSU clung to its one-point lead. Idaho State broke a 28-all tie and capitalized on two consecutive Bobcat attacking errors to gain the advantage and win the set and match point.