FRESNO, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV volleyball team capped off its trip to the Golden State with a 3-2 win over the Fresno State Bulldogs at the Save Mart Center Saturday. The Rebels got double-doubles from Mariena Hayden and Shelby Capllonch in the Mountain West contest that consisted of 19-25, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 15-11 set scores.
 
With the victory, the Scarlet & Gray improved to 6-9 overall and 2-2 in the conference, while the Bulldogs saw their respective marks drop to 10-6 and 3-1. More impressively, the Rebel triumph halted Fresno State's five-match win streak, which had been comprised of five straight 3-0 final scores.
 
The Rebels were outhit by 25 points (.170 to .195); however, they owned advantages in kills (64-59) and attack attempts (194-174), but also committed six more errors (31-25). Neither squad hit especially well, with UNLV staying within a range of .091 (third set) to .212 (second), while Fresno State hit between .088 (third) and .282 (first).
 
Hayden paced the Rebels offensively with her double-double – the fifth in a row – that consisted of a team-high 26 kills and 17 digs. More impressively, her 26 kills were a season best and tied a career high that she achieved twice in 2018 against Youngstown State and Utah State.
 
Capllonch picked up her 10th double-double of the year behind a combination of 10 kills and a team-high 21 digs, which was also a season and career high.
 
Macy Smith also loomed large on both sides of the net for UNLV, throwing down a career-best 13 kills as well as having a part in five assisted blocks.
 
Rebel setters Antonette Rolda and Lauryn Burt combined for 47 assists and 14 digs. Rolda fell one dig shy of reaching double-double stats with 28 assists and nine digs, while Burt had 19 assists and five digs.
 
TURNING POINT – FIFTH SET: Moments after Fresno State knotted the score at 9-all in the decisive fifth set, UNLV rattled off two straight points – off a Capllonch kill and a Bulldog attack error – to kickstart a 6-2 run to close out the match. The Rebels got two kills from Hayden and one from Erin Davis to go along with another Bulldog miscue to complete the winning stretch.
 
REBEL NOTES:
- The match featured a total of 25 ties and 11 lead changes, with only three of the former and none of the latter occurring in the fifth and final set.
- UNLV improved to 4-4 this season in five-set matches.
- UNLV improved to 3-4 this season in matches it has lost the opening set.
- UNLV pushed its overall lead in the head-to-head series to two matches, which now sits 12-10 in favor of the Rebels.
- Hayden upped her season total for aces to 14 and, subsequently, her career tally to 171. She needs only five more to tie San Diego State's Robyn Gregg (2000-03) for first in the Mountain West record book with 176 apiece.
- Hayden upped her career kill total to 992, and is only eight kills shy of becoming the eighth Rebel in program history to reach the 1,000-kill club. Additionally, she is 19 kills away from tying Madeline Westman (2010-13) for seventh.
- Hayden upped her career dig total to 833, and is only six away from tying Maria Aladjova (2004-07) for 10th place in program history with 839.
 
UP NEXT: UNLV returns to Las Vegas and the Cox Pavilion for a pair of Mountain West matches against the Utah State Aggies and Boise State Broncos next week. The Rebels and Aggies will open action Thursday (Oct. 10) at 6:30 pm, while the Broncos will roll into town two days later for a Saturday matinee (Oct. 12) at 2:00 pm.