SAN DIEGO -- Sacramento State received double figures in kills from Greta Davis (14), Ellie Tisko (14) and Caitlin Volkmann (12) on the way to a 3-2 win (25-16, 28-26, 21-25, 22-25, 15-8) over San Diego State in the third and final round of the Aztec Invitational.

The Hornets conclude the two-day event with a 1-2 record, which included two narrow losses yesterday to Arizona (3-2) and Maryland (3-1). Of Sacramento State's nine matches this season, only two have resulted in 3-0 sweeps as the Hornets have played every opponent tough.

Sacramento State finished the match with 10 aces and 12.0 team blocks while limiting the Aztecs (2-7)  to a .217 hitting percentage. Three of those aces came in the fifth set, including two from libero Bridgette Smith and one from Carrie Crom. Both of Smith's aces came during a match-finishing 9-3 run. That 9-3 spurt allowed the Hornets to stretch a 6-5 lead into a 15-8 fifth-set win.

The victory was the first five-set win of the year for the Hornets. Sacramento State (3-6) hit better than .270 in each of its three victorious sets, including a .333 mark in the fifth. Tiyanane Kamba-Griffin came up big in the fifth, finishing the frame with three kills and a block.

Tisko's 14 kills were a career high as the rightside hitter also finished with a .276 hitting percentage and four blocks. Davis, a freshman outside hitter, has now gone for double figures in kills in six straight matches with her 14 this afternoon. Volkmann's 12 kills accompanied a .375 hitting percentage.

Middles Kalani Hayes (six kills, seven blocks) and Kamba-Griffin (five kills, five blocks, .455 hit%) combined for 11 kills and 12 blocks. Smith, who was playing libero for the third straight match, led the team with 15 digs. Setter Ashtin Olin had four kills, .429 hit%, 43 assists, 11 digs and two blocks. Caty Cordano posted six digs, and Crom finished with a pair of aces.

The Hornets return to action when they compete at next week's Central California Classic on Friday and Saturday. Sacramento State will play Fresno State and tourney host CSU Bakersfield on Friday, followed by a matchup with Pacific on Saturday.