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The University of Utah Athletics
Volleyball Gets First WAC Win Over San Diego State
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Volleyball
October 10, 1998
SALT LAKE CITY - McKelle Stilson had 10 kills and a record-setting night at the net to lead Utah to its first Western Athletic Conference volleyball win of the season over San Diego State on Saturday night at Crimson Court.
The Utes swept the Aztecs 15-3, 16-14, 15-5, improving to 11-5 overall and 1-2 in the WAC Pacific Division. San Diego State fell to 3-14 and 1-5 in conference play.
Stilson, with 11 block assists, tied the school three-game match record of for total blocks and broke the record for block assists. She also hit .318 for the evening.
Outside hitter Kalani Tonga had a double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs to go with a .417 hitting percentage. Stacie Greenwalt posted eight kills with a .333 hitting percentage. Brooke Barton and Megan Lovell both had 10 digs. Graciela Torres had a match-high 36 assists.
Summer Altice led SDSU with a match-high 11 kills and nine digs. Utah outhit the Aztecs .235 to .038 and had a commanding 14-3 edge in team blocks.
The only game Utah was seriously challenged in was the second. After falling behind 7-2, the Utes fought back to score eight unanswered points to pull ahead 10-7. The Aztecs then came back to take a 13-12 lead. Jen Snow put down a kill to put the Utes ahead 15-14, and then combined with Stilson for a block on the right side of the net at game point.
"It just felt really good to get the win," said Ute head coach Beth Launiere. "It was the first time in about three weeks where we were able to get some easy points. We finally faced a team that made some errors to help us out a little bit. Graciela (Torres) did a great job of carrying out the game plan once again by setting up our middle blockers. Both Stacie Greenwalt and McKelle Stilson had huge matches for us."
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