Block Party in San Diego

Saturday, November 1

San Diego, Calif.

1 p.m.

Boise State

15-8,7-5Mountain West

San Diego State

12-11,7-5Mountain West

Boise St.

San Diego St.

Layla Smith and Kailyn Jager block at the net.

11/1/2025 4:39:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

SAN DIEGO – Boise State set a school record with 21 blocks in the rally-scoring era to win 24-26, 25-20, 25-19, 25-20 win at San Diego State in Mountain West women's volleyball, Saturday.

Leading the block party was redshirt freshman Eliza Sharp, who tied a Boise State freshman record with 11.

The Broncos (15-8, 7-5 MW) won for the sixth time on the road this season, their most since fall 2021. They also moved into a tie for fourth place in the conference with the Aztecs (12-11, 7-5) and Grand Canyon.

Boise State jumped out to a 10-4 lead in the opening set before San Diego State went on an 11-2 run to take a 15-12 advantage.

The Broncos came back to tie the set at 18 and gained a 22-21 lead on a block by Sydney Dreves and Layla Smith. The Aztecs responded with three straight points to lead 24-22. Smith recorded a kill and combined with Kailyn Jager to tie the score 24-24. San Diego State followed back-to-back kills to lead 1-0.

Boise State fell behind 12-7 in the second set, then used a 12-2 run, keyed by seven blocks, to seize control 19-14. San Diego State did not get closer than four and the match went to the break tied 1-1.

A pair of attack errors by the Aztecs gave the Broncos a 2-0 lead in set three and Boise State never trailed. The Broncos hit .314 in the set and held the Aztecs to .118.

Set four was tied 12-12 and then Sharp combined with Dreves for a block and Ari Bilby for another. Sharp added a kill to put the Broncos up 15-12 at the media timeout.

The Aztecs closed to 20-19, but once again the Broncos had an answer. Smith and Bilby recorded kills to push the lead back to three and Bilby added two more kills down the stretch, including her match-high 14th to end the match.

Top Broncos

Eliza Sharp tied a Boise State freshman record with 11 blocks and added nine kills.
Ari Bilby recorded a match-high 14 kills with a .429 hitting percentage.
Layla Smith had nine kills, hit .276 and had nine blocks.

Quotable
"I am really proud of how our team played. We had a focused and competitive practice yesterday that set us up for success today. We had tough serving and lots of blocks today." -Boise State Volleyball Head Coach Shawn Garus

Notables

Boise State set a school-rally scoring record with 21 blocks…tied for sixth most all-time in Bronco history and most since school-record 26 at UC Irvine, Oct. 17, 1997.
Broncos won for the sixth time on the road this season, most since fall 2021.
Boise State won at San Diego State for the first time since fall 2021.

What's Next
Boise State will host Wyoming at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 6.