The Sacramento State women’s volleyball team pushed its winning streak to four matches, and closed out its regular season home schedule by going 3-0 last week at Hornet Gym.

The Hornets defeated Saint Mary’s College, 3-0, on Tuesday, the University of Montana, 3-0, on Thursday and Montana State, 3-1, on Saturday.

With two matches left in the season, Sac State is still one game behind Eastern Washington University in the Big Sky Conference standings. The Hornets will take on the Eagles this Friday in Cheney, Wash. in a match that could decide who wins the conference and claims the right to host the conference tournament, set to take place Nov. 21-23.

Saturday’s match marked Sac State’s final regular season home game. Prior to the 3-1 Hornet win, senior outside hitters Loretta Coffman, Trina Book and Jayme Wright were honored for their contributions to the team.

Wright finished with a double-double (14 kills and 16 digs). Junior Kazmiera Imrie and sophomore Sandra Bandimere each had 15 kills. Emily Wilson chipped in 11 kills and also had a career high 11 blocks. Sophomore defensive specialist Mallory Hook had a match-high 23 digs.

Despite the great statistics, things were not all positive for the Hornets.

“It was a strange match,” Hornet coach Debby Colberg said. “It was a real slow tempo and there was no ball control on either side. We played just well enough to win.”

Wright agreed.

“We did some things well and some things not so well,” she said. “We had some mental lapses in the fourth game but we’re good at keeping our cool and we did what we needed to do.”

Wright said she did not think Senior Night provided extra motivation for the team. Instead, she pointed to the goal they still have yet to achieve.

“It’s been a great four years here,” Wright said. “I’ve learned a lot and made a lot of great friends, but the season isn’t over yet. We still have some matches to play.”

On Tuesday, Sac State hosted Saint Mary’s College in a non-conference match. The Hornets won easily, 30-23, 30-18, and 30-23, in a mere one hour and 30 minutes.

Junior setter Lisa Beauchene had a spectacular game for the Hornets, finishing two kills short of a triple-double.

Beauchene had 12 digs and 30 assists to go with the eight kills. She also had five blocks and committed no errors on her way to a match-high .727 hitting percentage.

“I just had a good feeling,” Beauchene said. “I felt good during warm-ups. I was focused on not worrying about anything and just going out and playing well.”

Bandimere had a team-high 12 kills, while middle hitters, Imrie and Wilson contributed seven blocks each.

The University of Montana came to town on Thursday, bringing with them a 10-match losing streak.

“Montana is interesting,” Colberg said prior to the match. “They’re improved, but they haven’t been winning. They played us to five games (in Montana), so we’re taking them seriously.”

That turned out to be a good strategy, as Montana hung tough throughout a 3-0 Sac State victory.

Montana committed fewer errors (20-26) than Sac State. They held the advantage in hitting percentage (.246-.221), digs (56-50), and blocks (7.0-6.0) but they committed nine service errors to Sac State’s one. Only Lizzie Wertz and Katy Kubista finished with double figures in kills.

Three Hornets finished with double figures in kills, led by Wilson’s career-high 19. She had a match-high .441 hitting percentage and committed only four errors in 34 total attacks.

Much like Beauchene the match before, Wilson said she “just felt good” during her standout performance.

“We did a good job staying positive,” Wilson said. “Our energy was high and we stayed focused when things weren’t going well. We got it together when we needed to.”

Still, Colberg was happy with the win.

“We did some things well, but we messed up on some really easy things. We didn’t do a good job passing the serve,” Colberg said. “If we can’t do that, we really hinder our defense.”