TURLOCK — The Stanislaus State volleyball team threw a block party in many ways Tuesday night.
 
Playing against San Francisco State for the second time in five days, the Warriors avenged the earlier loss with an impressive four-set, 25-27, 25-19, 25-23, 25-20 win to split the season series.
 
It was a party night for Stan State's Division of Student Affairs and the Warriors threw a party on the court in its honor as well as they improved to 8-4 overall and 3-2 in the CCAA. SF State, winner of nine of last 10 prior, fell to 10-4, 3-2 CCAA.
 
Stellar Performances of the Night
• Jordon Wilson had 12 kills and hit .500 (22 swings and just one error) to go with five assisted blocks.
• Sierra Adams led the team with 13 kills and six block assists.
• Kiara Erving had eight total blocks, including two solos. Her eight total blocks is tied for seventh best in Stan State's single match record list.
• Mary June Ubag, who was the Libero for the final three sets, led all players with 16 digs. She also had two aces.
• Eyriana Eatmon and Breanna Cannon split time setting with 20 and 17 assists, respectively.
• Props to SF State's Drew Morris, who had 20 kills and 14 digs on the night. She had 10 kills in the first set alone.
 
Warrior Block Party
• In all, the Warriors had 14 team blocks with three solos and 22 assisted blocks.
• During the third set, the Warriors scored five straight points via blocks. Kiara Erving was involved in four of those blocks.
• Stan State had 15 total blocks (nine team blocks) in set three after zero in set two.
• SF State recorded nine team blocks for the match.

Haley Steele Interviews Sierra Adams

 

Game of Momentum Swings
• In set two, Stan State went on a 7-0 run to turn a 16-15 deficit into a 22-16 lead to even the match at 1-1.
• That five-straight point block party started at 10-9 SF State and ended with a 15-10 Warrior lead in set three.
• In the fourth, at 6-5 SF State, the Warriors scored 11 of 14 points to go up 16-9 to take command.

Quoting Head Coach Mallori Gibson-Rossi
"The win tonight was definitely a team effort. Our defense needed a lot of work which is what we focused on at practice yesterday, and it made all the difference. We were relentless on defense and the block was much more disciplined.

"Offensively, we were a lot more aggressive and our setters made great decisions. Sierra and Jordon took some big swings tonight to ignite the fire for us."
 
Up Next
The three-match busy week continues on Friday when the Warriors host Humboldt State at 5 p.m. Stanislaus State also hosts Sonoma State at 7 p.m. on Saturday.