by SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Arizona Volleyball improved to 4-6 with a reverse sweep of San Diego State on Friday night. Arizona lost the first two sets 16-25 and 19-25 before winning the final three sets 25-18, 25-19, 15-8 in San Diego.
The Wildcats totaled 13 blocks to hold the Aztecs to a .134 hitting percentage and served five aces to win the game. Renee Jones led Arizona’s offense with 11 kills and a .375 clip with five blocks. Three other Cats – Kennedy Osunsanmi, Hayden Reeder, and Journey Tucker – all had eight kills while Tucker also tallied eight blocks.
The first set went to the Aztecs, 25-15. San Diego used a 4-0 run to take the lead after trading points with Arizona to open to set. Tucker knocked down four kills and hit .800 but SDSU used two blocks and a .395 team hitting percentage to win the first set of the match.
San Diego State won the second set, 25-19. The second set started with both teams using runs to go ahead but the Aztecs went on a pair of 4-0 runs to take a six-point lead and the Wildcats couldn’t catch up. Jones had three kills and Tucker had two kills but the Aztecs out-hit the Wildcats for the second set in a row.
Arizona won the third set 25-18 to force a fourth set. The Wildcats found their block in the third set, totaling seven blocks to hold SDSU to a .042 clip. Tucker had five blocks and Reeder totaled three blocks and three kills to lead the Cats. Jones knocked down a pair of kills and tallied two blocks to help Arizona win the set.
The Wildcats evened the match and forced a fifth set with a 25-19 win in set four. Arizona was down by three early in the set but used multiple scoring runs to take the lead halfway through the set. SDSU out-blocked Arizona but the Wildcats held the Aztecs to a negative hitting percentage. Carlie Cisneros and Jones totaled three kills each and three other Wildcats had a pair of kills to help the offense.
Arizona completed the reverse sweep with a 15-8 win in the fifth set. Both teams traded points to open the set before Arizona went on a trio of 3-0 runs to close out the match. The Wildcats hit .368 and had three blocks to hold the Aztecs to a -.091 clip. Osunsanmi led the attack with three kills and a .400 hitting percentage while Jones and Reeder added two kills each for Arizona. Jones was also involved in all three blocks during the fifth set.
