SPU-San Francisco State box score, play-by-play
       SPU-Cal State Stanislaus box score play-by-play

ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – A day of double-doubles for Sarah Risser and Lindsey Wodrich, and a career-type day for Shelby Swanson gave the Seattle Pacific Falcons a double-dose of victories to open their 2010 volleyball season.

Senior outside hitter Risser and junior outside hitter Wodrich had kill-dig double-double in both matches, and sophomore setter Swanson shattered her career high for assists in the first match as the Falcons downed San Francisco State and Cal State Stanislaus in the Seawolf Spike at Sonoma State University.

SPU came from behind to beat San Francisco State, 25-23,23-25, 12-25, 25-23, 15-10, then turned aside Cal State Stanislaus later in the afternoon, 25-19, 19-25, 25-17, 26-24.

That gave the Falcons their first 2-0 start since the 2005 season.

“It was a barnburner against San Francisco State, that's for sure. That was just a grind,” SPU coach Chris Johnson said. “We played great in the first game against Stanislaus, but our passing let us down in the second game. Then we hit .405 in the third game and were behind in Game 4, but we pulled it out.”

SPU faces Chico State on Saturday at 1:30 p.m., then closes the tournament at 7 against host Sonoma State.

Risser (Santa Barbara, Calif) had a team-leading 19 kills against San Francisco State, and came up with 12 digs. She put down 12 kills and had 16 digs against Stanislaus

Wodrich (Richland, Wash./Richland HS) led the way in both kills (15) and digs) against Stanislaus. She started her season with 16 kills and 18 digs against the Gators.

Swanson (Kennewick, Wash./Kamiakin HS) racked up 52 assists in the San Francisco State match. That easily eclipsed her previous career high of 28 which she set last year. She made it a double-double in that match with 10 digs. Swanson came up with another 38 assists in the second match of the day.

Junior libero Anna Herold (Bothell, Wash./Shorecrest HS), taking aim at the Seattle Pacific career record for digs, had 60 on Friday – 32 against San Francisco State, 28 more against Cal State Stanislaus. That gives her 1,253. The record of 1,552 was set from 2005-08 by Torii Mount.

Sophomore middle blocker Angie Pricco (Briar, Wash./Blanchet HS) had 11 blocks for the day. Freshman Nikki Lowell (Claremont, Calif.) hit .429 in the first match (17kills and just two errors on 35 total attacks) and had four blocks in the second match.

Down 2-1 in games to San Francisco State, Seattle Pacific fell into a 5-0 hole at the outset of Game 4, climbed back in, then was down 23-22 when Wodrich and Angie Pricco combined for a block to make it 23-23. Back-to-back errors by San Francisco State gave SPU the two points it needed to force the fifth game.

With Swanson serving, the Falcons raced to a 5-0 lead in Game 5. Seattle Pacific eventually stretched it out to 10-3 and 12-4. The Gators staved off one match point at 14-9, but Swanson then set up Risser for the clincher.

Johnson said a defensive change helped SPU take early charge of the deciding game.

“We made big adjustments against their outside hitter (Lauren Walsh), who was just killing us all day,” Johnson said. “Paige (Hoffman) got two big blocks against her – and they pulled her out. That made a huge difference. It really felt like, 'OK, this is ours now.'”

The Falcons were one point away from being forced into a fifth game by Stanislaus. But a Wodrich kill, a Wodrich service ace, and a Warriors attack errors put the final three points of the match on SPU's side of the board.



NCAA VOLLEYBALL
Seawolf Spike
Friday, Sept. 3, 2010
The Wolves' Den at Sonoma State/Rohnert, Park, Calif.

Seattle Pacific 3, San Francisco State 2

Game scores – 25-23, 23-25, 12-25, 25-23, 15-10.

Service aces – SPU: Shelby Swanson 1. SFS: Sarah Kurfess 2.
Kills – SPU: Sarah Risser 19, Nikki Lowell 17, Lindsey Wodrich 16. SFS: Lauren Walsh 28, Robyn Hall 10.
Assists – SPU: Shelby Swanso 52, Anna Herold 7. SFS: Iris Tolenada 53.
Blocks – SPU: Angie Pricco 6, Paige Hoffman 5. SFS: Halimah Oswald 5.
Digs – SPU: Herold 32, Wodrich 18, Hoffman 15, Risser 12, Swanson 10. SFS: Kurfess 24, Reyna Rochin 24.
Hitting (kills-errors-attacks) – SPU: Nikki Lowell.429 (17-2-35), Wodrich .178 (16-8-45), Hoffman .147 (8-3-34), SPU .195 (65-25-205). SFS: Oswald ,286 (7-1-21), Sarah Lewis .273 (7-1-22), SFS .197 (63-24-198).
Attendance – 57.

Records – Seattle Pacific 1-0, 0-0 GNAC. San Francisco State 0-1, 0-0 CCAA.


Seattle Pacific 3, Cal State Stanislaus 1

Game scores – 25-19, 19-25, 25-17, 26-24.
Service aces – SPU: Holly Mueller 2, Lindsey Wodrich 2. CS Stan: Melissa Bishop 4, Megan Britton 3.
Kills – SPU: Wodrich 15, Sarah Risser 12. CS Stan: Eva Chafeh 13, Jennifer Marsh 13.
Assists – SPU: Shelby Swanson 38, Anna Herold 6. CS Stan: Nicki Brown 32.
Blocks – SPU: Angie Pricco 5, Nikki Lowell 4, Risser 3. CS Stan: Bishop 4.
Digs – SPU: Herold 28, Wodrich 20, Risser 16. CS Stan: Britton 31.
Hitting (kills-errors-attacks) – SPU: Paige Hoffman .261 (8-2-23), Pricco .250 (5-1-16), Lowell .217 (8-3-23), SPU .184 (52-22-163). CS Stan: Marsh .310 (13-4-29), Chafeh .152 (13-6-46), CS Stan .125 (43-23-160).
Attendance – 65.

Records – Seattle Pacific 2-0, 0-0 GNAC. Cal State Stanislaus 1-1, 0-0 CCAA.

Next match – Seattle Pacific vs. Chico State, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.; Seattle Pacific at Sonoma State, Saturday, 7 p.m.