The beat goes on, as Sacramento State women?s volleyball team continues to dominate the competition.

Saturday night at Hornet Gym, the Hornets defeated Big Sky Conference opponent University of Montana 30-14, 30-22, 30-22.

The Hornets? record improves to 10-5 overall, and 4-1 in the Big Sky. The Hornets have now won 13 straight conference matches at home, a place where the team is most comfortable.

“We like to play at home,” head coach Debby Colberg said. “We?re much more relaxed.”

Sac State held Montana to an unbelievably low .064 hitting percentage. Sac State?s hitting percentage was .303.

The Hornets outplayed the Grizzlies, and it showed in the statistics. Sac State had the advantage in kills, 46-29; assist, 42-26; and digs, 54-41.Individually for the Hornets, Kazmiera Imrie led the team with 10 kills and contributed five digs.

Jayme Wright had 15 digs and nine kills, while Lisa Beauchene contributed with 29 assists.Montana brought its best at the Hornets in game two, but it still was not enough.

With Montana taking the early 10-4 lead, the Hornets reeled off six of the next eight points to cut the deficit to 12-10. Montana extended the lead to 18-13, but it all ended there. Sac State went on to score 17 of the next 21 points to come out of game two with the victory.

In the middle of the comeback, Kelly Voeltz served up eight straight points, enabling the Hornets to go on a 9-0 run.

“We came out in game two sloppy, but we straightened things out,” Wright said.Colberg noted that it was the Hornets serving that kept the team in the game.

“Our flatness showed in the second game,” Colberg said. “We served pretty tough. That was the key to the game.”The contest started out with an easy 30-14 victory by Sac State. Sac State took the early 10-8 lead, and that would be as close as Montana would get. The Hornets scored 20 of the next 26 points to close out the game convincingly.

“We had to be mentally tough coming into (Saturday),” Wright said. “We stayed relaxed.”

The final game closed out the match in convincing fashion. Montana took the early 4-3 lead, but the Hornets went on an 8-1 run and went ahead 11-5, and that was as close as the Grizzlies would get. Montana tried to make a late run, scoring three straight points to pull to 29-22, but Sac State closed the contest out, thereby sweeping through the competition.

Colberg knew the contest was easier for the Hornets than it was for the Grizzlies. Montana visited Northern Arizona University Friday night, while the Hornets defeated Montana State at home.

“It?s certainly a lot easier on us being at home. Montana was at NAU (Friday) night,” Colberg said. “We just want to win the Big Sky matches here at home.”