POCATELLO, Idaho – For the first time since the 2010 season, the Idaho State Bengal volleyball team started the season 2-0. The Bengals started the day with a 3-1 win over Prairie View A&M and ended the day with a 3-0 sweep of Lamar University.
The Bengals set multiple new all-time top-10 marks in the ISU record book and head coach started his Bengal career with the wins.
Coach Carter's Thoughts
On team performance vs PVAM – "Nerves came through early. Scoring was hard to come by. We are still figuring each other out with connections between setters and attackers. Serving and Passing was the difference so it was awesome to see what we have been working on win us a match. 16 aces to 5 errors from the service line may be the best stat line I've seen as a college coach."
On Rachel and Dani's Performance- "They both were hitting the spots Chelsea was calling with pace and kept the ball really flat and that gave PVAM issues."
On the Match with Lamar- "Lamar match was the best we have played as a team by far. Lamar had a few really physical attackers. It was great to see us keep our attack errors down and again we were really good from the service line. Setters also did a much better job connecting with attackers. Jamie really have us a lift that we didn't have in our first match. Sadie was very good again. Dani and Emrie are still working out little things with setters.
The energy was great in the gym so it was awesome to see this group handle the up and downs of an emotional match and not quit! Moments like that will give this group confidence that we can win close matches. We just need to keep it close then watch for our ROAR at the end!"
Bengal Bites – ISU 3 - Prairie View A&M 1
· The Bengals 16 team service aces was the third-highest single-game total in program history
· Rachel Driskell and Dani Devlin both recorded 5 service aces, tying both of them fourth all-time in the ISU record book
· The Bengals season opening win against the Panthers was just the 2nd time since 2010 that the Bengals have started 1-0.
· The Bengals ended the match with a 16:5 Service Ace/Error ratio
· After dropping the first set 25-23, the Bengals battled back to take the second set in extra points 30-28 before controlling the rest of the match, winning sets three and four for the win.
· Sadie Bluth led the team with 13 kills, followed by Taylor Burnham with eight and Emrie Satuala with 7.
Bengal Bites – ISU 3 – Lamar 0
· Idaho State hit a season -high .229 attack percentage in the 3-0 sweep of Lamar.
· The Bengals outblocked Lamar 9-4 with Dani Devlin leading the Bengals with five blocks, Emrie Satuala followed with four.
· After the first two matches, Sadie Bluth leads with 20 kills
· Dani Devlin leads in blocks with eight and Emrie Satuala is right behind with six
· The Bengals have already recorded 20 service aces, averaging 2.9 per set
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Up Next
The Bengals have one final match of the 2022 Katrinka Crawford Invitational. The Orange and Black face off against South Eastern Louisiana University (SELU) with the first serve set for 12:00 PM MT.
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