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Weber State gets 3-0 sweep over Eastern Washington
9/29/2018 9:57:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
OGDEN - Weber State volleyball has now picked up back-to-back victories as they defeated Eastern Washington in a clean three set sweep.
"It's nice to win," said head coach Jeremiah Larsen. "I liked our effort. We didn't let up one bit and that was our goal all week was too put up a consistent effort."
In the first set, Weber State started things off with a big kill from Hannah Hill-DeYoung. That kill propelled the Wildcats into a 12-4 lead. The Wildcats went on to string together run after run and a kill by Megan Gneiting and then another kill by Rylin Roberts gave WSU a 25-12 first set victory.
Eastern Washington started the second set off with a 4-2 lead over WSU. The Wildcats answered with a 7-0 run to take a 9-5 lead. Weber State never gave up the lead again in the set and finished with a 25-14 score.
In the third set the Wildcats stayed on trend of the match with a big run early in the set to start things off. To end the set, WSU went on a 13-2 run. The third set score was 25-13.
Weber State was led by Gneiting who put up 14 kills from 23 attacks with only one error for a .565 percentage.
Helena Khouri had her fourth straight game of double digit kills as he pounded out 10 digs in the match.
Weber State ended the match with 47 kills from 89 attacks with only nine errors for a .427 percentage. WSU also had 34 digs and six team blocks.
Eastern Washington ended up with 24 kills from 71 attacks with 12 errors for a .169 percentage. EWU had 25 digs and five team blocks.
The Wildcats are now 8-5 overall on the season and 3-1 in Big Sky Conference play. Weber State will hit the road to take on Idaho state Oct. 2 before hosting Northern Colorado Saturday, Oct. 6.
 
"It's nice to win," said head coach Jeremiah Larsen. "I liked our effort. We didn't let up one bit and that was our goal all week was too put up a consistent effort."
In the first set, Weber State started things off with a big kill from Hannah Hill-DeYoung. That kill propelled the Wildcats into a 12-4 lead. The Wildcats went on to string together run after run and a kill by Megan Gneiting and then another kill by Rylin Roberts gave WSU a 25-12 first set victory.
Eastern Washington started the second set off with a 4-2 lead over WSU. The Wildcats answered with a 7-0 run to take a 9-5 lead. Weber State never gave up the lead again in the set and finished with a 25-14 score.
In the third set the Wildcats stayed on trend of the match with a big run early in the set to start things off. To end the set, WSU went on a 13-2 run. The third set score was 25-13.
Weber State was led by Gneiting who put up 14 kills from 23 attacks with only one error for a .565 percentage.
Helena Khouri had her fourth straight game of double digit kills as he pounded out 10 digs in the match.
Weber State ended the match with 47 kills from 89 attacks with only nine errors for a .427 percentage. WSU also had 34 digs and six team blocks.
Eastern Washington ended up with 24 kills from 71 attacks with 12 errors for a .169 percentage. EWU had 25 digs and five team blocks.
The Wildcats are now 8-5 overall on the season and 3-1 in Big Sky Conference play. Weber State will hit the road to take on Idaho state Oct. 2 before hosting Northern Colorado Saturday, Oct. 6.
Team Stats
EWU
WSU
Kills
24
47
Errors
12
9
Attempts
71
89
Hitting %
.169
.427
Points
30.0
63.0
Assists
23
45
Aces
1
10
Blocks
5.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Players Mentioned
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