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49ers claim Big
West title
By Marten Lewerth
On-line Forty-Niner
The top-ranked
Long Beach State women's volleyball team clinched its eighth
Big West Conference title in 17 seasons this weekend with
road sweeps at Utah State and the University of Idaho.
Tayyiba Haneef led the nation's best offense with a total
of 36 kills in both conference matches as the 49ers improved
to 23-0 overall and 16-0 in the Big West.
On Saturday afternoon Haneef tallied 18 kills on .552 hitting
as The Beach downed Idaho, 30-25, 30-19, 30-13, at Memorial
Gym in Moscow, Idaho. The win ensured Long Beach its first
conference title since 1998.
Senior Cheryl Weaver chipped in 11 kills on 23 attempts and
LBSU fired away for a .311 attack percentage while holding
the Vandals (10-16, 5-11 BWC) to a mark of .079 on 26 errors.
The 49ers dominated on the serve and in front of the net,
connecting for 10 aces and out-blocking the Vandals by a margin
of 9.0 to 4.0.
Beach setter Keri Nishimoto dished out 38 assists in her team's
19th sweep of the season and both Haneef and junior Brittany
Hochevar finished with three aces.
Brook Haeberle led the Vandals with 10 kills and six digs.
On Thursday night, Haneef paced the floor with 18 kills and
eight digs as LBSU defeated Utah State, 30-16, 30-22, 30-24,
before 1,003 at Marvin Hall in Logan, Utah. Rounding out the
49er attack was Weaver with 15 kills on .625 hitting and Elisha
Thomas with nine kills and four blocks.
Nishimoto had 48 assists and seven digs as The Beach hit .398
against the Aggies (17-9, 11-5 BWC), who committed 27 attack
errors on .113 hitting.
Hochevar and Lindsay Phillips both had 10 digs in the victory
and defensive specialist Tracy Bulquerin had seven digs after
being out of practice all week with a leg injury.
Shauni Fluckiger led the Aggies with 13 kills. Lisa Borom
fired 12 over the net and Erin Cartwright had 10.
The 49ers return to The Pyramid for back-to-back matches to
close out the Big West schedule. The Beach take on Idaho tonight
and Utah State Tuesday. Both matches start at 7:30 p.m.
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