Rolling by both Montana State and Weber State in three games a piece, the Sac State volleyball team improved its Big Sky Conference leading record to 8-2.

After Thursday?s sweep of second place Montana State at Hornet Gym, the Hornets dominated the Wildcats (15-7, 15-0, 17-15) on Saturday night.

“We?re peaking at the right time,” senior Tasman Dwyer said.

Before the victory over the Wildcats, Sac State head coach Debby Colberg was honored by those in attendance at Hornet Gym.

“It means I?m getting older,” Colberg said of the pre-game ceremony honoring her 25th year as Sac State?s coach. “Every year is just as much fun as the year before.”

Colberg has guided the Hornets to winning records in 23 of those 25 years, the only losing campaigns coming in her first year here and the team?s opening year in the Big Sky, which was in 1991. Colberg is the eighth winningest coach in NCAA Division I history.

Sac State dominated Weber State from the very start on Saturday. With freshman Lisa Beauchene serving, the Hornets? scored the night?s first six points.

“Lisa set very well for us,” Colberg said. “We?re just playing consistent.”

Beauchene led Sac State with 40 assists.

From that point, despite numerous rallies throughout the game, Sac State cruised to the 15-7 victory.

In game two, the Hornets jumped all over the Wildcats. In fact, they didn?t even allow them a single point, earning their first shutout since Oct. 28 of last year.

In the finale, it was not quite as easy for the Hornets.

“We (took them seriously) in terms of talking, but then they went out and didn?t play that way,” Colberg said about her team?s play after the shutout.

Senior Sarah Chlebana agreed with her coach?s assessment of the last game.

“We took it seriously,” she said. “We just didn?t do that,” she explained about the team?s execution.

Weber State staked out a 7-1 lead and continued to lead 10-6. Then the Hornets began to roll, tying up the contest at 10. For the rest of the game, the score remained tied at virtually every score, until junior Esther Rogers served the winning point.

Rogers led the Hornets with a .688 hitting percentage and Chlebana led Sac State with 10 defensive digs. Dwyer handled the net work with 16 kills.

On Thursday night, the Hornets made quick work of Montana State (15-10, 15-13, 15-5), who was tied with the Hornets atop the Big Sky heading into the match. Sac State had four players record double figures in kills.

Chlebana had 20 kills, sophomore Jayme Wright added 16, Dwyer contributed 12 and Rogers rounded out the effort with 11.

Sac State will hope to continue its rampage through the Big Sky as they travel to Portland State on Friday and Eastern Washington on Saturday.