RENO, Nev. – The Nevada volleyball team started off the 2018 season 1-0 after taking a four set victory over Northern Arizona, 3-1, on Friday, Aug. 24. The Lumberjacks took the first set 25-14 but the Pack took the next three, 25-22, 25-19 and 25-21.

Junior Jamila Minor put up a career high number of kills with 24 and had 71 total attempts, also a career high, in the noon matchup. Her previous high was 15 kills against UNLV last season. Joining Minor with a career match was sophomore Sam Hayward. Hayward saw her number of kills and attack percentage slashed after putting up 13 kills and a .481 hitting percentage. Dalyn Burns, a junior from San Jose, recorded her first double-double of the season with 50 assists and 17 digs, she finished the 2017 season with five.

As a team, the Wolf Pack saw a high number of digs with 91, good for second most digs in a single match. The 2005 team sits in first with 93 digs against Louisiana Tech. Along with the 91 digs, the Pack had 11 service aces, also the second most in a four set match with 12 service aces coming in 2005 against Akron.

The Pack got off to a slow start, only marking six kills in the first set but in the next three sets had at least 16 in each, for a total of 56 in the match.

The two teams fought hard in the second set, keeping the score within four points the entire time. The lead only changed twice but it was tied 11 different times. The Lumberjacks kept it within one late in the set, but the Pack finished on a three point run taking the win 25-22.

In the third set, Nevada recorded a .383 hitting percentage with 16 kills on just three errors and went on five different scoring runs to take a 2-1 set lead. Minor took command in the fourth set claiming four of the last five points to push the Pack on top, 25-21.

Nevada will play Holy Cross Friday night at 7 p.m. in the second game of the UC Davis Invitational before taking on the host team in UC Davis, Saturday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. PT.