Long Beach State 3, Saint Mary's 2

Lincoln -- Behind a 20-kill performance from Naomi Washington, Long Beach State pulled out a 3-2 victory (22-30, 30-25, 30-22, 28-30, 15-7) over Saint Mary’s Saturday evening at the Nebraska Invitational.

Washington was one of the five 49ers with at least 10 kills for Long Beach State, which upped its record to 5-1 on the season. Quincy Verdin totaled 16 kills on .313 hitting, while Alexis Crimes, Robin Miramontes and Michaela Hasalikova all reached double figures.

Crimes, who totaled a team-high five blocks, and Verdin did most of the damage for Long Beach State in the decisive game five, combining for six kill on seven swings as the 49ers jumped out to a 7-2 lead and were never threatened. Long Beach State hit .300 in game five, while holding Saint Mary’s (3-2) to .050 in game and just .196 on the evening.

Taylor Groess totaled a team-high 19 kills for Saint Mary’s, which out-blocked LBSU, 13.5-12. Missie Stidham finished with 15 kills, including seven in game one, while Lauren Holland and Christina Kirk totaled 13 apiece.

Iris Murray totaled a match-high 29 digs for LBSU, as the 49ers out-dug Saint Mary’s, 100-72.

LBSU vs Saint Mary's (Sep 02, 2006)

Volleyball Box Score



Volleyball Box Score Nebraska Volleyball LBSU vs Saint Mary's (Sep 02, 2006 at Lincoln, NE)

LBSU | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 Hudson, Sarah....... 5| 1 1 3 .000| 1| 2 0| 1| 11| 0 0 0| 0| 3.0 8 Washington, Naomi... 5| 20 8 57 .211| 0| 0 0| 0| 5| 2 3 1| 0| 23.5 9 Hasalikova, Michaela 5| 13 4 29 .310| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 1 2 0| 0| 15.0 10 Vargas, Nicole...... 5| 4 2 11 .182| 69| 0 2| 0| 13| 0 2 0| 1| 5.0 19 Miramontes, Robin... 5| 15 5 41 .244| 5| 0 1| 1| 16| 0 2 1| 0| 16.0 34 Crimes, Alexis...... 5| 14 4 30 .333| 0| 1 1| 0| 7| 1 5 0| 0| 18.5 3 Buggs, Cynthia...... 5| 0 2 3 -.667| 2| 1 1| 0| 14| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 13 Murray, Iris........ 5| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 3| 29| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 21 Verdin, Quincy...... 5| 16 6 32 .312| 1| 0 0| 0| 3| 1 0 0| 0| 17.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 5| 83 32 206 .248| 79| 4 5| 5|100| 5 14 2| 1| 99.0

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0 Game K E TA Pct Sideout Pct 1 16 8 40 .200 17-29 58% GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 TEAM RECORDS 2 15 6 41 .220 17-26 65% LBSU................ (3) 22 30 30 28 15 5-1 3 22 5 43 .395 14-23 60% Saint Mary's........ (2) 30 25 22 30 7 3-2 4 20 11 66 .136 15-30 50% 5 10 2 16 .500 6-7 85%

Saint Mary's | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 STIDHAM, Missie..... 5| 15 3 51 .235| 1| 1 2| 1| 8| 0 3 1| 0| 17.5 3 BARKER, Brittany.... 3| 5 3 14 .143| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 3 1| 0| 6.5 5 BIBLE, Mandy........ 5| 2 1 7 .143| 57| 1 2| 0| 18| 0 2 0| 1| 4.0 7 GROESS, Taylor...... 5| 19 6 53 .245| 1| 1 0| 1| 3| 0 3 0| 0| 21.5 9 HOLLAND, Lauren..... 5| 13 10 56 .054| 0| 0 2| 1| 15| 1 3 0| 0| 15.5 10 KIRK, Christina..... 5| 13 3 33 .303| 2| 0 3| 0| 1| 1 6 0| 1| 17.0 1 THOMPSON, Erin...... 5| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 6 JAECKEL, Lauren..... 1| 2 0 4 .500| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 0| 2.5 11 BURTON, Megan....... 5| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 2 0| 0| 0| 0 2 0| 0| 3.0 13 GONZALEZ, Nikki..... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 5| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 23 PARKER, Lyndsey..... 5| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 15| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 TEAM................ | | | | 1| | | | 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 5| 69 26 219 .196| 62| 5 9| 4| 72| 2 23 2| 2| 87.5

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.5 Game K E TA Pct Sideout Pct 1 19 3 48 .333 18-23 78% Site: Lincoln, NE (NU Coliseum) 2 16 10 46 .130 16-29 55% Date: Sep 02, 2006 Attend: Time: 2:28 3 14 4 47 .213 13-29 44% Referees: Marty Prochko, Marsha Rupert 4 15 5 58 .172 15-28 53% 5 5 4 20 .050 6-15 40%

1 2 3 4 5 Total Tie scores 7 6 0 6 0 19 Lead changes 3 0 0 3 0 6

Short Box Score



Short Box Score (Match) Nebraska Volleyball LBSU vs Saint Mary's (Sep 02, 2006 at Lincoln, NE)

LBSU def. Saint Mary's 22-30,30-25,30-22,28-30,15-7

LBSU (5-1) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Washington, Naomi 20-0-5; Verdin, Quincy 16-0-1; Miramontes, Robin 15-0-2; Crimes, Alexis 14-1-6; Hasalikova, Michaela 13-0-3; Vargas, Nicole 4-0-2; Hudson, Sarah 1-2-0; Buggs, Cynthia 0-1-0; Totals 83-4-12.0. (Assists) - Vargas, Nicole 69. (Dig leaders) - Murray, Iris 29; Miramontes, Robin 16; Buggs, Cynthia 14; Vargas, Nicole 13; Hudson, Sarah 11

Saint Mary's (3-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - GROESS, Taylor 19-1-3; STIDHAM, Missie 15-1-3; KIRK, Christina 13-0-7; HOLLAND, Lauren 13-0-4; BARKER, Brittany 5-0-3; JAECKEL, Lauren 2-0-1; BIBLE, Mandy 2-1-2; BURTON, Megan 0-2-2; Totals 69-5-13.5. (Assists) - BIBLE, Mandy 57. (Dig leaders) - BIBLE, Mandy 18; HOLLAND, Lauren 15; PARKER, Lyndsey 15; STIDHAM, Missie 8

Site: Lincoln, NE (NU Coliseum) Date: Sep 02, 2006 Attend: Time: 2:28 Referees: Marty Prochko, Marsha Rupert