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It had been almost two months since the San Diego State volleyball team recorded a 3-0 sweep.

On Aug. 28, SDSU swept Seattle in its season opener, but in the Aztecs’ 16 matches since, they’ve lost at least one set in every contest.

That changed on Friday night as SDSU (8-10, 3-5 Mountain West Conference) finished off Air Force (8-12, 0-8) in straight sets (25-19, 25-12, 25-17) at Peterson Gym to notch its second straight MWC win and clinch the eighth consecutive loss for the Falcons.

“It’s exciting to win 3-0,” head coach Deitre Collins-Parker said. “One thing that we are really focusing on is finishing. So if we’re beating a team 2-0, then we want to finish by beating them 3-0.”

The Aztecs’ offense was a big part of its success, as SDSU’s .466 attack percentage was the highest since they hit .473 against Harvard on Sept. 18, 2003.

Kyley Sexton led all players with 16 kills and the sophomore outside hitter set a career high with a .714 hitting percentage.

“It helps with a really great setter,” Sexton said. “V.O. (sophomore setter Lauren Van Orden) did amazing today and that really helps us a lot.”

Redshirt freshman libero Kristi Jackels, who leads the conference with 4.25 digs per set, recorded 16 digs in the three-set match.

Paije Pearson and Hannah Evans also played roles in the victory, as the respective sophomore and junior outside hitters notched nine kills apiece.

“It was a really good win,” Evans said. “We’ve been working on finishing games for a long time, considering we have a tendency to go to five whenever we should close it out in three. So it’s really good to be able to close this one out.”

The Aztecs’ next game will come on Thursday in another MWC contest when SDSU takes on UNLV in Las Vegas. The Rebels are 5-11 overall and 3-5 in conference play but are coming off a 3-0 sweep victory of their own against MWC foe New Mexico.