ROHNERT PARK, Calif-  Senior Kristy Sather pounded home 19 kills on Friday night to lead the surging Sonoma State volleyball team to a 3-1 win over San Francisco State at Seawolf Gym in Rohnert Park.  It was the ninth straight win for the Seawolves, who improve to 13-1, 5-0 CCAA on the season.  The Gators drop to 7-6, 1-4 CCAA.

The Seawolves took game one, 25-20, before seeing the Gators come back to win the second set, 26-24.  It was the first set the Seawolves have lost since September 16th at Notre Dame, a span of three matches.

Leading 20-16 in the third, the Gators seemed to have the momentum.  However, four hitting errors, let the Seawolves back in.  The teams were even at 22, 23, 24, and 25 before the Seawolves pulled out the 27-25 win. 

Set four was all Sonoma as the jetted to leads of 9-2 and 19-6 on their way to the 25-14 victory.

Sather's 19 kills came on just 47 attempts, giving her a splendid .340 hitting percentage.  Her kill total was a season high for any Sonoma State player.  Rikki Buckshnis had ten kills and Lindsay Brown guided the offense with 40 assists.  Five different Seawolves were in double figures in digs, led by 29 from Taylor Krenwinkel, also a team season-high.

Brittany Powell had 17 kills to lead the Gators.  Kyle Lamet was credited with 29 digs and Sloane Williams went for six blocks.

The Seawolves out hit the Gators .179 to .108 for the match. 

The Seawolves will try for their tenth straight win on Saturday night when they host Cal State Monterey Bay.

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GAME NOTES:  At 13-1 the Seawolves are off to the best start in school history; the previous record after 14 games was 11-3 (in 2001 and 2002)...the Gators are in their first year back after dropping volleyball following the 2003 season...the Seawolves have beaten the Gators 13 consecutive times and lead the all-time series 26-2...somehow still unranked, the Seawolves were 'receiving votes' in the last AVCA national rankings...the school record for consecutive wins is 10, set in 1997...with 13 wins the Seawolves have already tied their total from 2007, when they were 13-14...the last time Sonoma State started 5-0 in league play was in 2002, Bear Grassl's first year at the helm.