Lost in the excitement of the Roadrunner volleyball team's thrilling comeback win over Sacramento State Friday night was the near record-breaking performance of senior libero Kayla Williamson.
The match was a war of attrition, with both teams earning points and sets as much by surviving rallies as by winning them. Nobody was more responsible for keeping her team in those extended rallies than Williamson, who posted 39 digs, an almost unheard of number for rally-scoring matches, especially in the NCAA's second year of 25-point scoring.
Williamson set the CSUB record with 41 in a five-set win over Sonoma State on Oct. 13, 2006 (her mark Friday night is the Roadrunner record at the NCAA Division I level). We're checking with the NCAA to see where that mark ranks all-time among DI defenders, given that the current record book doesn't list a digs record set after 2006 (when the 30-point scoring format was still in use).
WIlliamson needs just eight kills in Saturday's tournament finale versus UC Riverside to move into the CSUB career top 10 for digs. She should return from the Texas trip as the 10th player in Roadrunner history to record 1,000 digs.
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