Volleyball Shows Resiliency to Sweep San Jose State

Friday, September 13

Santa Clara, Calif.

1 PM

University of Northern Colorado

4-3

Marist College

1-6

Marist

Northern Colorado

9/13/2019 9:32:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

UNC volleyball swept San Jose State after falling to Marist in a five set match.

By: By Ryan Pfeifer, UNCBears.com

SAN JOSE/SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Northern Colorado volleyball showed its resilience on Friday sweeping San Jose State after falling earlier in the day in a hard-fought five set match to Marist.

The Bear took lessons from its first match of the day and closed out sets strong against San Jose State to earn the sweep. The split of the matches moves UNC's record to 5-3 on the season.

Game One vs Marist
Momentum and momentum shifts can go a long way in a volleyball match and that was the name of the game in Northern Colorado's match against Marist. The Bear and Foxes battled back and forth through all five sets with Marist coming out on top 3-2.

UNC had a trio of player finish the match with double-figure kills led by Lauren Hinrichs and her career-high matching 15 on a .364 hitting percentage. Taylor Muff and Kailey Jo Ince added in 12 and 10 kills, respectively. Muff ended up with her fifth double-double in six matches with 12 digs to go with her 12 kills.

Trailing 2-0 at intermission Northern Colorado tightened up its defense after Marist hit over .400 in the first two sets. The Bears forced a fifth and decisive set by winning both the third and fourth set by the score of 25-20. UNC's aggressive serving helped the team get back into the match recording seven of their 17 service aces over the third and fourth set.

Despite giving up a 2-0 lead and starting the fifth set down 3-0, Marist regrouped and went a pair of scoring runs to take the match. The Foxes responded with a pair of 6-1 runs to first get back into the set and then win the set and match.

Inside the Box Score
- The 17 service aces were a season-high for the team. Taylor Muff led the Bears with five while Laura Katarzynski and Kyndall Feather added in four of their own.
- For the sixth time this season Daisy Schultz recorded at least 40 assists, ending the match with 42.
- Marist outhit Northern Colorado .248 to .136.

Match Two vs San Jose State
Closing sets strong was the key for Northern Colorado against San Jose State Friday night. The Bears swept the Spartans thanks in part to a 6-1 run to close out the second set and 4-0 run to end the match.

Kailey Jo Ince was too hot to handle for the Spartans as she finished the match with 19 kills and a .459 attack percentage. The 19 kills were one off her career-high. She added in eight digs and three blocks.

The Bears won the first set with ease by the score of 25-14, before pulling a pair of comebacks in the second and third set to win by the score of 25-23 both times.

Northern Colorado's defense played strong throughout the match holding San Jose State to a .063 attack percentage for the game including -.079 in the first set.

Inside the Box Score
- Taylor Muff led the Bears with 11 digs.
- Daisy Schultz missed out on a double-double by one dig as she had 31 assists and nine digs.
- The .063 attack percentage for San Jose State is the second-lowest for a UNC opponent this season. The Bears held Buffalo to .060 last week.

What They Said
Head Coach Lyndsey Oates
"Tonight, was a good turnaround match for us, we played significantly better. KJ had a really good match offensively with the 19 kills. I liked the way we responded with such a short turn around. That is the sign of a mature team to quickly move on and regroup after a tough loss. Daisy had a good match tonight setting the right people at the right time. Lauren was steady for us in both matches even though the numbers do not show it as much in the second match."

What's Ahead
Northern Colorado closes out its weekend against cohost Santa Clara tomorrow afternoon at 2 pm MT.

The Bears return home next week for a pair of matches against Oregon State (Sept. 19) and Cal Poly (Sept. 20). Both matches start at 7 pm MT. To purchase tickets, visit UNCBears.com/Tickets, call 970-351-4849 or visit the UNC Ticket Office located in the Campus Commons.

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