HORNETS WIN! Beat Montana State on the road, 3-1 (28-26, 23-25, 25-17, 25-16) • Improve to 17-10, 10-4 Big Sky • Tied for 2nd place • Volkmann 19 kills, 14 digs • Smith 14 kills, 10 digs • Doorn 31 ast, 15 digs • Tisko 12 kills, .417 • Gartin 7 blk • Ampi 16 digs

After missing 3 matches to injury, middle blocker Karlie Spohn came back in a major way in tonight's win, posting career highs in kills (8) and hitting percentage (.533) #StingersUp

Bridgette Smith is one of 4⃣ seniors honored this week! • 5th-year senior • 131 matches, 127 starts • All-American & Big Sky MVP in '23 • 4-time all-league • 8-time all-tourney • 3-time captain • 1,725 kills - 4th most in school history • Graduate this spring (Biology)

Bridgette Smith with 25 kills on the night 🫢 #ExperienceElevated

Congrats to our #BigSkyVB Players of the Week 👏 #ExperienceElevated

FIRES EXCHANGED 🔥 #ExperienceElevated

HORNETS WIN IT‼️ #BigSkyVB tourney champs for the first time since 2007 #ExperienceElevated

Smith was unreal during the tournament! • Big Sky Tournament MVP • Career-high 30 kills in tonight's championship match • Most kills by a Hornet since 2019 • Tournament avg: 5.67 kps, .308 hit%, 2.50 dps • 10 aces over 3 matches • 17+ kills in every match #StingersUp

The champs! #StingersUp🏆

BRIDGETTE SMITH 🤯🤯🤯🤯 Smith went off for 30k (.464), 13 digs, and 4 aces as Sacramento State Volleyball claimed the Big Sky title 🏆 in a five set battle over Northern Colorado 🔥

Party like it’s 2007 🎉 Sacramento State Volleyball defended their home nest and won their first Big Sky tourney 🏆 in 17 years NCAAs 🔜

Hornets will play at Stanford on Friday at 7 pm in 1st round of the NCAA Tournament! First trip to the Dance since 2007 #StingersUp

Smith's 79 aces are most in the 60-year history of Hornet Volleyball! • Broke Allison Espinosa (1987) record of 75 • 17 more aces than any Div. I-era Hornet (1991-pres) • 79 aces are currently 2nd in the nation • Most aces by a Big Sky player in 35 years #StingersUp

Rising above: Bridgette Smith’s historic run with Sac State volleyball✍️bit.ly/3D2ReNV 🏐 Sacramento State Volleyball bridgette smith 🐝🐶

Smith with the 🔨

ACE 🎯 The nation’s best serving team keeps it rolling in the NCAA tournament #ExperienceElevated

NAU Track & Field/XC NAU Athletics Nico Young Jamie EWU Women's Basketball 🏀 EWU Athletics 🦅 Brent Vigen Montana State Football Montana State Bobcats Big Sky Football Weber State Athletics Weber State Men’s Basketball UNC Athletics UNC Bears MBB Program of the Year Sacramento State Athletics

8 days left until the season opener! ⏰🏐

Congratulations to bridgette smith 🐝🐶 who signed a professional contract to play for one of the top clubs in Finland! During her career as a Hornet, Smith was an All-American, Big Sky MVP, Big Sky Tourney MVP and 4-time 1st team all-conference selection #StingersUp

Congrats to Bridgette Smith of Sacramento State Volleyball - the Female Student-Athlete of the Year! Other nominees: Ava Fitzgerald (t&f) Kaylee Godwin (row) Emma Morgenthaler (gym) Izzy Palmatier (soc) Sneha Sharan (golf) Benthe Versteeg (bb) Reese Walker (ten) Story: hornetsports.com/news/2025/6/28…