POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho State volleyball took down the undefeated Air Force Falcons in three sets Friday morning in Riverside, California. Later in the evening, the Bengals and CBU lancers battled to five sets before the Bengals used some late game heroics to earn the victory.
In the fifth set of match two, the Bengals faced an 8-10 deficit. Facing the CBU onslaught, the Bengals didn't blink. After taking advantage of an attack error by CBU, Emrie Satuala took the Andri Dewey set for the kill, giving the Bengals an 11-10 lead.
The Bengals continued their late-game run, finishing with a 6-0 stretch to force match point. While CBU didn't give up, the Bengal's resolve held firm and Sadie Bluth cannoned the final kill of the match earning ISU its 2nd five-set victory of the season.
Idaho State is now 6-3 on the season and will look to close out the CBU Classic with a win tomorrow as the Bengals face off against UC Riverside.
Coach Carter's Thoughts
"Sidney did a great job setting in the first match with andri dealing with an injury and the offense was doing great! Emrie is starting to get on the score board which really is exciting. Match number 1 we kept errors down and were really efficient and Jamie and Sadie were great yet again! Meline really impressed me with her scoring and that really kept Airforce from over committing on other players. (Give Sidney some love she was great)
2nd match was all about errors we made much more errors than normal which hurt us and Cal Baptist had scoring at every position. We didn't quit and Emrie and Dani really carried us late with scoring. Another great match under our belt in a very loud environment against a really great opponent. Cal Baptist is a really good team that is really well coached and they are going to win a lot of matches."
Bengal Bites –
· ISU's 3-0 victory over Air Force is the first defeat for the Mountain West Falcons this season.
· Emrie Satuala led the Bengals offensively day one of the CBU Classic. In the first two matches she is hitting .462 with 21 kills.
· Jamie Streit averaged 3.63 kills per set in the first two matches and Sadie Bluth averaged 3.13 in the Bengals' victories.
· Jamie Streit leads in digs with 27 total averaging 3.38 per set.
Sidney Frith set a new Bengal career high with 49 assists over the two match stretch averaging nearly 10 assists per set.
· The Bengals averaged a .278 hitting percentage in the first two games (.333 vs AF and .242 vs CBU).
· Sadie Bluth had another double-double in the match against Air force (10 kill 10 dig).
· The Bengals have outblocked opponents 16-14. Meline Robarge and Emrie Satuala have eight each.
· In set one of the Bengals' victory over Air Force, Idaho State hit a day's high .417 percent. The Bengals achieved consecutive matches with at least one set over .400 when the Bengals finished the third set against CBU at .400.
· ISU had two players hit .500 or better against CBU (Satuala .524 and Devlin .500)
· The win against Air Force was the first in ISU history (Previous 0-2 with matches in 1981 and 82).
· ISU is now 2-0 all-time against CBU (Previous win was in Sept. 1993).
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Up Next
The Bengals wrap up the CBU Classic tomorrow with a match against UC Riverside. First serve is set for 11:30 AM MT. Live Stats will be available to follow along with the match.
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