RENO, Nev. – Nevada volleyball drops its final match of the season to the Utah State Aggies 3-0 at Virginia Street Gym Saturday afternoon. The Pack finish out the season 7-22 overall and 3-15 in Mountain West play.
 
Notables – Freshman Francesca King recorded 12 assists while Lexi Applebach registered nine total digs, and Bella Snyder had five blocks. Hikialani Kaohelaulii comes away from Saturday's contest with sole possession of being second all-time at Nevada in single season digs with 455. Jordan Schwartz tied the 10^th all-time spot in Nevada single season block assists with 108 and tied seventh all-time in Nevada single-season total blocks with 132.
 
The Aggies have not lost in now 14-straight matches, a streak that began the last time these teams faced off. Utah State received national recognition with six votes in the most recent AVCA poll, while also being ranked 16^th in the adjusted RPI rankings. Prior to Saturday's match, Utah State clinched the Mountain West regular season title and will be the number one seed heading into the Mountain West Championships that begin next week.
 
The Aggies started with a 2-0 scoring run. A kill followed by a service ace from Utah State's Tatum Stall and Shelby Capllonch put Utah State up 4-2 before the Pack answered back with two of their own to tie things at 4-4. The Aggies extended their lead by six on a 5-1 scoring run, going up 12-6 to force a Wolf Pack timeout. Coming back from the timeout, the Aggies put up three more, leading 15-6 as Nevada took their second timeout of the set. The Pack managed to put six more points on the board, but the Aggies inched closer and closer to reaching set point, extending their lead by 11, 23-12. Securing the set, a final point from Stall gave Utah State the 25-12 set win and 1-0 match lead.
 
An early attack error called on Utah State's Leah Wilton-LaBoy gave Nevada their first point of the second set. The Aggies started to separate themselves with a 8-4 lead, but a service error on the Aggies followed by a kill from Makaula put Nevada within two. The Pack came within one after a clutch kill from Liilii to bring the score to 9-8 before Utah State tacked on four points to lead 13-8. Nevada continued to battle to answer the Aggies' scoring run, but they fired back continuously, allowing a 19-11 lead as the set reached the midway point. After a called Nevada timeout, the Aggies scored four more points to the Pack's one, putting them two points away from securing the set. The second set concluded in similar fashion as the first, with Utah State's Kelsey Watson kill on a 5-0 scoring run gave the Aggies the 25-12 victory.
 
The third set began with a battle for points from both sides, starting things off with a 3-3 tie. The Aggies capitalized on their opportunity for points, scoring three in a row with back-to-back kills from Kelsey Watson and one from Adna Mehmedovic to go up 6-3. Two attack errors in a row called on the Pack gave the Aggies two points followed by a kill from Kennedi Boyd, bringing the score to 13-7 before a called Nevada timeout. A 4-0 scoring run gave Nevada a spark, bringing them just two down from Utah State's two-point lead, 14-12. Kaohelaulii recorded two service aces in a row to contribute to the run along with a block from Schwartz and McLaughlin and a kill by Schwartz. A 3-1 run by the Aggies gave them a 17-13 lead, but an outside block by McLaughlin and an attack error on Utah State's Stall put Nevada down by just one 17-16 at the midway point, keeping the set alive. The teams traded two attack errors each, but the points came out in the Aggie's favor, putting the squad up 21-18 before Nevada called timeout. The Aggies went on a 4-0 scoring run to end the match, 25-18, sweeping the Pack 3-0 at their season finale at Virginia Street Gym.