SAN RAFAEL –The Warriors swept in their final day of the NorCal Kickoff as they took down Academy of Art and Dominican. The team beat Academy of Art 3-2 and Dominican 3-0.
 
Against Academy of Art, the team had a total of 51 kills, 15 aces, 13 blocks, 45 assists and 59 digs. The Knights had 57 kills, 50 assists and 57 digs.
 
TOP PERFORMERS IN GAME ONE
 
1. Ellison Weaver was on fire with 18 kills, 3 aces, 5 blocks and 14 digs.
2. With a total of 35 assists, Haley Burdo was a huge asset in the afternoon game.
3. Mya Marshall was a leader at the net with 14 kills; she also had 11 digs.
 
Against Dominican, Stan State dominated as they took the game in three sets to none from Dominican. The Warriors won 25-10, 25-11 and 25-21.
 
The team swept the board with 38 kills, 8 aces, 6 blocks, 36 assists and 35 digs.
 
TOP PERFORMERS IN GAME TWO
 
1. Mya Marshall was a leader against Domincan as well with 11 kills and 5 digs
2. Haley Burdo had shown what she can do in past games and this was no different. She made 11 kills, 16 assists and 12 digs.
3. Ambria Schneringer made 13 assists.
 
Head Coach Maci Murdock said that the team progressed throughout the NorCal Kickoff and learned to grow and play as a team.
 
"I'm very proud of these ladies with how well they played during this NorCal tournament. They learned how to play as a team," said Murdock.
 
WORDS FROM COACH
"They started off timid in our first match against Holy Names, but fought back in the last few sets. We learned that we need to be more aggressive at the net and put pressure early on in the first set. We were able to do that with our next match against a great team, Fresno Pacific," said Murdock. "I'm excited to see how they play for the So Cal tournament next week. It will be a tough tournament, but if we put pressure on the teams early, serve well, and continue to be aggressive at the net we will do very well!"
 
UP NEXT
The team will travel to Carson to participate in a SoCal tournament where they will play four games starting on Thursday, September 9^th. Their first game will be against Azusa Pacific and later in the evening, they will take on Cal State Dominguez Hills.