Two wins on Saturday propelled the Sacramento State volleyball team to a second place finish in the Albuquerque Marriott Lobo Volleyball Tournament.

Last weekend in Albuquerque, N.M., Sac State defeated both the University of New Mexico and the University of Kentucky 3-1 after losing in five games to eventual tournament winner Ohio University the night before.

“New Mexico is a young team,” head coach Debby Colberg said. “They had a lot of trouble passing the ball and we were able to take advantage of that.”Difficulty passing wasn’t the only problem for the Lobos. They committed 15 service errors and hit only .152 for the match.

They were also no match for the Hornets’ firepower.

Senior setter Lisa Beauchene had a team-high .476 hitting percentage to go along with her fifth triple-double (12 kills, 10 digs, 44 assists) of the season, her fourth in the last seven matches.

Freshman outside hitter Jennifer Ferguson continued her strong play, contributing her second double-double (10 kills, 11 digs) in the last four matches, and senior middle hitter Kazmiera Imrie had 12 kills despite spraining her ankle in warm-ups on Friday.

Junior outside hitter Sandra Bandimere and junior middle hitter Emily Wilson chipped in 14 and 12 kills respectively and freshman defensive specialist Kristin Lutes anchored the defense with 12 digs.

Wilson’s tournament hitting percentage of .422, combined with her 17 kills against Ohio, earned her the first all-tournament selection of her career.”Emily got off to a slow start this year. She had some injuries,” Colberg said. “She’s back in playing shape now though, and I expect her to be a .300 — plus hitter.”

Earlier on Saturday Sac State took on a Kentucky team that had won seven of its last eight matches.

The Hornets lost the first game of the match 32-30.

“There was some shaky officiating in that match,” Colberg said. “But we had a few errors as well. We knew that if we took out those errors, we could win the match.”

After losing the first game Sac State was able to put Kentucky away winning the next three games.

Bandimere had 14 kills and the Hornets also got solid defensive performances from Beauchene, who had 14 digs, and freshman middle hitter Leigh Klemenhagen who had five blocks.

The Hornets hung tough in the loss to Ohio. Bandimere backed up Wilson’s 17 kills with a double-double (13 kills, 10 digs) and freshman outside hitter Shannon Roland had 11 kills and three blocks.

“Ohio is a nice team. They are very athletic, but it was more of what we weren’t doing than what they were doing,” Colberg said. “We just weren’t clicking as a team.”

Sac State travels to Saint Mary’s today and then comes home to play Northern Arizona University at 1 p.m. on Saturday.