Colberg's 600th puts volleyball in 1st

It was a lucky three for the CSUS volleyball team last week. But they weren't in Vegas -- they were at home. Three home games, three wins, 602 career wins for Head Coach Debby Colberg. Overall, three great performances.

The lady Hornets swept UC Berkeley 3-0 (15-4, 15-6, 15-6) last Tuesday. On Thursday night, Eastern Washington took the Hornets to the full five games with scores of (15-9, 15-11, 12-15, 9-15, 15-7). CSUS rounded out the week with a win against Portland State on Saturday (15-5, 15-7, 15-2).

Senior Rebekah Capel lead the team in hitting with 13 kills. The Hornets outhit the Golden Bears .333 to .049 in game one, .326 in game two and Capel closed out game three with .632.

Colberg picked up her 600th career win with this victory. In her 23rd season at CSUS, she became the 13th coach in Division 1 history to reach this mark.

The team continued their winning way when they met up with the Eagles of Eastern Washington Thursday night. This time, junior Angela Lewis led the team with a career-high 28 kills, 21 digs, and a .344 hitting average.

Senior outside hitter Carissa Buie added 20 kills and 23 digs.

The Hornets won the first two matches and held a 10-2 lead in the third match, but the Eagles mounted a comeback and took matches three and four.

The Eagles ran out of heroics and lost the fifth match by eight points.

The Hornets are now 11/2 games ahead of the Eagles in the race for the Big Sky championship.

The Vikings of Portland State didn't put up much of a fight in a 58-minute thrashing on Halloween. With the easy victory under their belts, the Hornets moved their Big Sky winning streak to eight games.

The Hornets are in good shape for the Big Sky tournament, as the winner of the conference gets to host the event.

For her efforts against the Eagles and Vikings, Lewis was named Big Sky player of the week.

The Hornets go on the road this week as they travel to Weber State in Ogden, Utah on Friday and Idaho State on Saturday.