ROHNERT PARK -- Caiti Wiesner recorded a team-high nine kills in her first-career start, but the Sonoma State volleyball team fell on the losing end of a 3-0 sweep at the hands of 12th-ranked Alaska Anchorage on Saturday night to wrap up an 0-4 weekend at the three-day 2016 NCAA Division II West Region Volleyball Showcase in Rohnert Park.
The SSU Seawolves (2-5) will enter conference play next Saturday at San Francisco State, first serve is set for 7:00 pm. The UAA Seawolves (10-1) were the only team of the six in this weekend's tournament to win all four of their matches.
The opening set was by far the closest of the three, yielding 13 ties and five lead changes between the two squads, both nicknamed Seawolves. A Wiesner kill midway through the set knotted it at 15-all, but Alaska Anchorage reeled off three consecutive points to grab the lead for good en route to a 25-21 victory in set one before pulling away in the final two sets to capture the match victory.
Sonoma hit .127 as a team while Anchorage sported a .280 clip. Complementing Wiesner's nine kills were
Emily Papale's eight and
Rachel Andrews' six.
Courtney Seda tallied a double-double, passing out 26 assists and making 10 digs.
Megan Bohorquez had a team-best 18 digs.