It seemed like Sonoma State women’s volleyball could do no wrong in the Seawolf Spike season opener, dominating strong opposition to win all four games.
The Seawolves began the tournament with a quick battle against Notre Dame de Namur, Fri., Aug. 28, defeating them 3-0.
While the first set ran smoothly, with senior Lindsay Brown assisting on 10 of the Seawolves’ 15 kills to win 25-12, Notre Dame fought back in the second.
With nine ties and five lead changes, Sonoma State faced the fierce offense of Breanna Morales and Caitlin Torres, both with five kills that set.
Allyson Sather made an outstanding volleyball debut, leading the team with 11 kills with sophomore transfer Keala Peterson adding a close ten. Brown totaled 27 assists and Taylor Krenwinkel led with 11 digs.
Western Oregon would not go down quite as easily in Friday’s second game.
Sonoma State took control of the first two sets, with 25-16 and 25-10 victories, then lost in a close contest of 22-25 in the third, and finally ended the match with a 25-23 win.
Sather brought in 17 kills and Peterson contributed an additional 11.
Competition was the toughest in the Seawolves’ first game on Saturday against Dominican University, taking all five sets to determine the winner.
Though Sonoma State started out strong, dominating the Penguins 25-9, Dominican retaliated in the second and abrubtly quieted SSU’s cheers with a disheartening defeat of 16-25.
It then took 52 points between the two teams to declare a winner for the third set. The Seawolves maintained the lead for most of the set until a kill from Gabby Pecora evened the score out and allowed Dominican to steal the lead and win 27-25.
SSU came back and won the next two sets neccesary to claim victory over Dominican.
In their final match against Central Washington University, the Seawolves took off right from the start, only losing the lead once in the first set. It was a close round, with constant back and forth action, but Sonoma State prevailed with a 25-19 win.
From there, the domination continued as Sonoma State won the next two sets with ease.
Senior Lindsay Brown was named tournament MVP after the game. Brown accumulated 161 assists, 12 digs and 15 kills over the weekend.
The Seawolves remain undefeated and will travel to Washington for the CWU Invitational next weekend where they will face BYU-Hawaii, Seattle Pacific, Evergreen State and Western Washington.
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