“It was a tough match. I am proud of the team.”
Hear from Coach Kress after the match at Colorado State. #AllSpartans pic.twitter.com/bwuM9rSDIE
— SJSU VOLLEYBALL (@SanJoseStateVB) November 1, 2025
FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Lolo Fonua recorded her first 20+ career-kill match, and the San José State volleyball team went five sets with defending Mountain West champion Colorado State before falling 3-2 (18-25, 25-21, 25-21, 12-25, 15-11) Saturday afternoon inside Moby Arena.
Fonua led all hitters with 22 kills and hit a team-best .378 with 45 attempts on five errors. She
Morgan Graves added 12 kills for SJSU, including the final two kills of set three for the win.
Fatimah Hall recorded her fourth consecutive double-double with a career-high 50 assists and 13 digs.
Naima Foster and Learden Lee each contributed seven kills for the Spartans.
Ava Hewitt-Smith led the Spartan blocking attack on Saturday with seven, two solo and five assists. Hall and Foster each had four block assists.
Two other Spartans recorded double-digit digs, led by Talita Goncalves with 15 and Randilyn Reeves with 10.
Nazare Judd and Goncalves each had two aces in the match.
After falling in the first set, the Spartans took a 7-6 lead on a Ram service error and never trailed the rest of the set, leading by as six at 13-7, and winning 25-21 on a Fonua kill.
The Spartans never trailed in the third set with a Fonua kill giving them a 3-2 lead for good as SJSU won 25-21.
San José State played its ninth five-set match of the season.
UP NEXT – The Spartans continue on the road next week with matches at Air Force on Thursday the 6th and Nevada on the 8th.
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