Ags win in three games over La Tech

The Utah State volleyball team dominated Louisiana Tech Saturday afternoon in the Spectrum, winning the match in three quick games.

“We came out kind of flat,” senior Ingrid Roth said. “We could have come out a lot better, but I think we made some good adjustments in games two and three. We picked up our level again.”

After allowing the Lady Techsters to tie the first game at 19, the Ags went on a 9-1 run and put La Tech behind for the rest of the game.

With the win, the Aggies improved to 9-6 overall [2-0 in the WAC], the same amount of wins they had in all of last season. Something head coach Burt Fuller says is a good thing.

“I thought we played well,” Fuller said. “Last season we struggled with injuries. It’s nice to have a healthy group.”

Coming into the game, the Ags knew they were facing a team that was going to be tired, but Fuller said there was no way USU was going to take the game lightly.

“La Tech went five at Nevada the other day,” he said. “That’s not a team we were going to take lightly. They competed well, but we just kept the pressure on them.”

Amanda Orgill served up a nice lead for the Aggies, serving four or five points in a row at the beginning of each of the three games Saturday.

In the second game, LTU managed only eight kills in the game, hitting .083. Roth said the Aggies were working like clockwork, with great passes and strong swings winning the game 30-14.

“That was kind of our goal,” she said. “Take the lead and run with it.”

In the last game, it was almost no contest. An early 12-3 lead opened into a 20-9 advantage for the Ags and ended with a 30-19 win.

Zuzana Cernianska led the way for USU with 13 kills. She was the only Aggie in double-digits.

For LTU, junior Ambra Hayes had a team-high 10 kills, one of only two players to hit positive numbers for the Lady Techsters.

Utah State will now head on the road to face Boise on Thursday and Idaho on Saturday.

-aedmunds@cc.usu.edu

Aggie Zuzana Cernianska prepares to hit the ball over Bulldog Stacey Clark. USU beat Louisiana Tech to win its 2nd Wac game.