Spartan Daily, Vol. 156, March 23 2021

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Hundreds gather at San Jose City Hall Bay Area residents and community leaders express intolerance for anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination

By Christina Casillas STAFF WRITER

More than 500 people gathered in front of San Jose City Hall in solidarity against recent racially-driven hate crimes in the Bay Area directed toward the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.

Sunday’s rally was organized by attorney Adam Juratovac after multiple crimes against the Asian community including the March 16 shootings in Georgia that claimed the lives of eight people, six of whom were Asian American women, according to a March 19 USA Today article.

Juratovac is a California Employment Law Attorney representing employees and small businesses in the Bay Area, according to his website. He is also a member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, according to the rally’s speakers list.

At the rally drivers in passing cars honked in support of the protestors and the usual downtown ambience was barely audible as voices led by Juratovac chanted “one beat, one heart.”

Juratovac said he didn’t expect as large of a turnout for the rally when he started planning.

“The initial goals of this rally was to bring the community together, because we’re a community that’s hurting right now,” Juratovac said in an interview after the rally. “We’re a community that is really tired of what’s been happening to our elders and how we’ve been treated, being treated, not only in the past year but throughout our lives.”

Cupertino resident Steffi Lau said the Atlanta shootings made her re-evaluate past racist comments and “jokes” she’s heard and the rally encouraged her to take action for herself and the community.

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Demonstrators hold signs and listen to city leaders and community members speak Sunday at San Jose City Hall.

Lau said microaggressions and racist comments are something many members of the AAPI community are taught to shrug off, which she said can lead to tragedies.

“I think now it’s time to convert that hurt into anger and action because clearly that’s led to this,” Lau said.

“That act [the March 16 shootings] show that actually words do have dangerous consequences.”

Yvonne Kwan, an assistant professor of Asian American studies at San Jose State, said many people spoke out against hate toward the AAPI community before recent incidents and needed action to be taken then from officials in power.

We’re a community that is really tired of what’s been happening to our elders and how we’ve been treated, being treated, not only in the past year but throughout our lives.

Adam Juratovac rally organizer and attorney

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Community rolls out to protest hate Wheeled activists took to the streets with music to demonstrate in support of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community

By Bryanna Bartlett NEWS EDITOR

Bay Area roller skaters and cyclists wheeled through Downtown San Jose Sunday afternoon, protesting in solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community chanting “Stop Asian Hate” and brigading traffic for nine and a half miles.

San Jose resident Jamie Nguyen said while the rollout proved a deeply connected community, she was happy to “hold space and make a bunch of noise” in a lively and engaging way.

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Bay Area roller skaters boogie to music at a stoplight on Story Road as they head toward Japantown Sunday.

County anticipates orange tier move

By Bryanna Bartlett NEWS EDITOR

Santa Clara County might move to the orange tier Wednesday as coronavirus numbers continue to decline, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced during a Thursday news conference.

“We’re seeing improvements with infection rates and

[COVID-19] positivity rates and we expect that . . . we will be in the orange tier next week,” Liccardo said during the conference.

There have been six new deaths and 102 new COVID-19 cases reported to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department in the last week.

Under the orange tier,

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Liccardo said restaurants can open at 50% capacity and places of worship can also open at half capacity. Breweries and amusement parks can open at 25% capacity and movie theaters can open at 30%.

“Now just because you can do [outside activities] doesn’t mean it’s a great idea,”

Now just because you can do [outside activities] doesn’t mean it’s a great idea. If you haven’t been vaccinated or if you have particular vulnerabilities, please continue to stay home.

Sam Liccardo San Jose mayor

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NEWS

TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021

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Top left: Protesters raise their signs on the sidewalk of San Jose City Hall Sunday to get passing drivers to honk in solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Top right: Young protesters hold signs made from hoola hoops. Bottom: Event organizer Adam Juratovac leads “One beat, one heart” chant with crowd.

RALLY Continued from page 1 “[A theme] in the rally was talking about no longer being silent, but not all of us have been silent,” Kwan said in a Zoom interview the morning after the rally. “We have been calling out, we have been identifying these challenges and struggles within our university community too, but again, who’s listening and who is not?”

Kwan also said she was forwarded a July 2020 email sent by SJSU history professor Jonathan Roth in a faculty forum in which he wrote “I do not consider Asian Americans ‘People of Color.’ From a power point of view they are white.”

Victoria Chon, a teacher with the Fremont Unified School District and Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee, said it’s important for children in the AAPI community to engage in conversations about racism.

“The children are going to be the leaders that change these thoughts, but if we don’t have a conversation with them, they are going to grow up without YAMI SUN | SPARTAN DAILY that knowledge [from hard conversations],” A Bay Area demonstrator carries the U.S. flag during Chon said during the rally. “They’re going to go off without the courage to speak up and to shout the rally Sunday at San Jose City Hall.

COUNTY Continued from page 1 Liccardo said. “If you haven’t been vaccinated or if you have particular vulnerabilities, please continue to stay home.”

San Jose State graduate student Jacob Clark said he thinks city leaders are “jumping the gun.”

“Last year we had a full-on lockdown with comparatively few people sick,” Clark said in a text message. “Now, even with hundreds of thousands of people sick and getting sick, we are looking at reopening.”

Santa Clara County moved from the purple tier, or widespread infection rates, to the red tier, or substantial infection rates, on March 2.

Counties must remain in a tier for a minimum of three weeks before being

allowed to advance into a less restrictive tier and it can only move forward one tier at a time, even if it qualifies to advance further, according to the Santa Clara County Blueprint for a Safer Economy webpage.

Public health officials warn of an increasing prevalence of COVID-19 variants including those first identified in South Africa and the United Kingdom in Santa Clara County and the Bay Area, according to a Saturday Santa Clara County Public Health Department news release.

There have been four confirmed cases of the variant first identified in South Africa statewide, one of which was detected in Santa Clara County in early February and another on March 17.

“Considering the national trends, we have been operating under the assumption that these variants were circulating at some level in our communities,” stated Dr. Sara Cody,

We have been calling out, we have been identifying these challenges and struggles within our university community too, but again, who’s listening and who is not?

Yvonne Kwan SJSU Asian American studies assistant professor

out when these injustices are happening.”

Tonya Ali, who chose to go by her maiden name for privacy reasons, said while she was encouraged to see the community come together, the tragedy that led to the rally was unfortunate.

“We shouldn’t just show up for marginalized communities when something tragic happens,” Ali said. “Especially the Asian American community has been recording a 1900% increase in hate crime since coronavirus started and so it’s just unfortunate that it takes a tragedy to get here.”

health officer and director of public health for Santa Clara County, in the news release. “This latest case confirms that we do have community transmission, and reminds us to not let down our guard in the middle of this pandemic.”

Clark said students should approach the county’s gradual reopening with hesitancy, especially if they haven’t been vaccinated.

“Personally, I’ll wait on enjoying going outside and doing all the things I used to until my girlfriend and I are vaccinated,” Clark said.

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IN BRIEF Santa Clara County reported improvements in COVID-19 infection and transmission rates within the last week.

Counties must remain in a tier for a minimum of three weeks before the state allows them to advance into a less restrictive tier and can only progress one tier at a time.

A second case of the COVID-19 variant first identified in South Africa was reported in SCC on March 17.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021

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Roller skaters and cyclists stop during the demonstration between San Salvador and Second streets to listen to San Jose Roll Call co-founder Justin Chavez speak.

ROLL CALL Continued from page 1 “The conversations [about the reality of anti-Asian hate and discrimination] can be real [overbearing],” Nguyen said.

“Disrupting the everyday flow of life [by taking the streets] is all that matters so why not make it fun [for the community].”

Around 200 people brought their wheels to protest in front of San Jose City Hall, through Vietnam Town, Japantown and at the Dai-Thanh Super Market while grooving to amplified music in between each stop.

The Asian American and Pacific Islander Solidarity Rollout was organized by San Jose Roll Call, a community-based roller skating group. The rollout was in response to an escalation of xenophobia, discrimination and hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community since the coronavirus pandemic began.

“Different people need different forms of activism,” said Justin Chavez, co-founder of San Jose Roll Call. “Sometimes there’s activism that is very confrontational, it’s very tough to deal with. I think what we provide is a supportive community.”

Chavez said the first demonstration of the day began at 2:30 p.m. at Dai-Thanh Supermarket on San Salvador and Second Street to highlight hate crime incidents happening “right here, right now.”

On Feb. 3, a 64-year-old Vietnamese woman was robbed of $1,000 at her car outside the supermarket where she had just bought Vietnamese delicacies and withdrew money for the Lunar New Year gift-giving tradition.

“She lost more than just her purse in that moment . . . it’s much more difficult to replace her sense of security and trust,” Chavez said during the demonstration, reading from a Feb. 11 Vogue article written by the woman’s daughter.

So we’re out there to make a difference.

The reason we’re out there is because we give a fuck.

John Le

Asians with Attitude member

San Jose resident Lili Peet heard about the rollout through social media and said she was amazed upon arriving to the demonstration.

“Culturally, Asian people have been told ‘don’t make a scene . . . be civil in public’ and we’re going to rebel against that,” Peet said.

“It’s so cool to see so much of the community show up to do that.”

San Jose Roll Call partnered with attorney Adam Juratovac, who organized the Stop Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Hate rally an hour prior to the rollout.

The rally began at

San Jose City Hall where nearly 600 demonstrators occupied the sidewalks.

Stop AAPI Hate is a campaign organization that tracks and responds to hate incidents against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community nationwide.

As the rollout made its way outside the shops of Vietnam Town on Story Road, Antioch resident Khennedi Meeks emphasized the importance of various identities standing up in solidarity with the AAPI community.

“My Asian brothers and sisters, women, LGBTQ, the Black community, the brown community, the indigenous community, we need to keep each other safe,” Meeks said.

“Wherever there’s people, there’s power.”

John Le, member of Asians With Attitudes, called the skaters and cyclists to action. Asians With Attitudes is a movement to unify Asians against racism and hate crimes while also patrolling Asian communities in the Bay Area.

“These individuals [who’ve committed hate crimes] can’t tell the difference between my grandma and his grandma,” Le said as the demonstration entered Vietnam Town. “You all look the same to these people. So we’re out there to make a difference. The reason we’re out there is because we give a fuck.”

As skaters and bicyclists of all ages rolled through Vietnam Town and Japantown, many Asian Americans came out of their homes and stores to wave and smile in support.

Alongside Stop AAPI Hate, San Jose Roll Call partnered with San Jose State’s SJSU Cares and Silicon Valley Pride to put on a full-day event.

Upon arriving back to City Hall around 6 p.m., demonstrators continued to dance, skate, draw with chalk and mingle with other community members.

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PHOTOS BY YAMI SUN Above: San Jose resident Lili Peets holds a protest sign at the San Jose Vietnam Town shopping center on Story Road.

Top left: Bay Area residents skate and cycle north on 11th Street toward Japantown on Sunday.

Middle left: Antioch resident Khennedi Meeks (right) hugs Abraham, a local documentary photographer and activist.

Bottom left: Joy Hackett (left) reads the names of the six victims killed in the Atlanta massage parlor shooting while Lucila Chavez (right), San Jose Roll Call co-founder, holds up their names in Japantown.

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OPINION

TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021

Monthly government stipends too good to be true Sarah Dwyer STAFF WRITER

The promise of stimulus checks and new programs like former Democratic presidential nominee Andrew Yang’s promised $1,000 “Freedom Dividend” reignites the universal basic income discussion and illuminates why it’s a terrible idea.

Besides damaging the longevity of economic stimulation and health, universal basic income (UBI) dances into the danger zone of becoming a sure-fire way to kill incentives for Americans to work and could trigger inflation and diminish personal responsibility.

UBI is a government program in which “every adult citizen receives a set amount of money on a regular basis,” as defined

by Investopedia.

More specifically, UBI is different from other basic income experiments around the world because it establishes regular, unconditional payments for workers in cash, according to a Sept. 18, 2020 VisualCapitalist.com article.

Opening the mailbox and finding a monthly check from Uncle Sam might sound nice, but it’s not sustainable.

There’s no such thing as free money and it has to come from somewhere.

Money from the government is money from

taxpayers, potentially raising the U.S. national debt more than a trillion dollars.

According to an Aug. 19, 2020 TheBalance.com article, a finance and economics blog, UBI “would add $1.2 trillion to the [U.S. federal budget] deficit” based on an example considering 179 million working-age adults in 2012.

That budget deficit would likely be higher in 2021.

National debt is already in the trillions and that debt means cuts to federal programs, but Yang’s got the problem sorted.

Yang’s “Freedom Dividend” plan from his failed presidential bid aimed to give Americans $1,000 per month to stimulate the economy, but that sounds more like slapping a Band-Aid on a gash.

The same economic stimulation could be achieved through domestic and international policy changes, corporate tax cuts and incentives to keep businesses in the U.S. Sending taxpayers’ money back to them monthly will not create lasting changes that solid policies could.

Nothing good comes when money flows without an equal production of goods and services.

However, researchers from Stockton, California conducted a UBI

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Sending taxpayers’ money back to them monthly will not create lasting changes that solid policies could. experiment and said their program is successful.

The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration “gave randomly selected residents $500 per month for two years with no strings attached – measurably improved participants’ job prospects, financial stability and overall well-being,” according to a March 5 NPR article.

Researchers for the

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Stockton study found “individuals spent most of the money on basic needs, including food, merchandise, utilities and auto costs, with less than 1% going toward alcohol and/or tobacco.”

Coming across an unattended $20 on the sidewalk would improve anyone’s well-being, but how many Americans would use that money for necessities such as groceries or bills?

How many would take themselves out to lunch?

If people were honest in their survey answers, then kudos to them.

If this model was applied nationally on the other hand, how many would use taxpayer-funded UBI checks for frivolous or illegal purchases instead of alleviating the demanding financial pressures of burdening bills, rent and medical care, to name a few?

Everyone falls short on cash sometimes and some Americans spend their whole lives in poverty. The Constitution guarantees three inalienable rights: the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The achievement of happiness is not guaranteed.

The burden of financial

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security shouldn’t fall on the shoulders of the government. It is up to each individual.

You can call it a handout or you can call it socialism, but UBI is a pretty promise hiding its flaws.

The idea that those living in poverty will turn their financial world around, or the possibility that the accrued national debt won’t run the country into the ground isn’t promised.

It’s a flashy idea, but you have to dress it up to make it look nice or it won’t sell.

If that is the case, then UBI probably isn’t worth buying into in the first place.

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021

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Panelists promote sports activism

By Jovanna Olivares SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Social justice activism within sports is in San Jose State students’ DNA, said panelists discussing the role of sports within society and the contributions of student-athlete activists in the past and present.

The Institute for the Study of Sport Society and Social Change (ISSSSC) held a Legacy Salute workshop through Zoom on Wednesday in collaboration with the College of Health and Human Sciences Student Success Center.

The discussion focused on the history of sports activism for students and community members and how crucial it is for change.

“Even as college students, you are really the heart of the movement,” said Akilah Carter-Francique, executive director of the institute and African American studies professor.

Carter-Francique said historical moments of activism have surrounded college students. She included examples such as the Civil Rights movement of 1965, Vietnam War protests in the 1970’s and the Indigenous Water Rights protests of 2016.

The Legacy Salute also highlighted the history of “SJSU DNA,” the university’s legacy surrounding student social justice activists.

Panelists from the institute discussed a key precedent of this “DNA” in the moments that lead to the 1968 Summer Olympics Project for Human Rights in Mexico City.

The Olympic Project for Human Rights was established by Dr. Harry Edwards at SJSU in October 1967. Track and field athletes

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Tommie Smith and John Carlos were the first two athletes to join the organization, according to an Oct. 8, 2018 Global Sport Matters article.

Edwards encouraged advo cac y and created an influential movement in sports, Carter-Francique said.

Edwards was a visiting professor at SJSU from 1966-68, his racial minorities course attracted many Black athletes.

Carter-Francique said the institute is the “brainchild” of Edwards and his sports sociology.

She also said the image of Smith and Carlos atop the podium with raised fists demonstrates how athletes can raise consciousness

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Smith and Carlos used their gold and bronze medal victories at the 1968 Summer Olympics to bring attention to the inequities pertaining to Black individuals in the U.S. She said the two used symbolism to bring attention to other facets of inequalities

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that particularly affected Black people.

Smith and Carlos wore black socks and no shoes to symbolize the disproportionate poverty rates among the Black community and black gloves to demonstrate Black strength and unity. Smith wore a scarf while Carlos wore black beads to honor and

remember Black lynching victims, according to an August 2008 Smithsonian article.

They were expelled and sent home from the Olympic Games after their demonstration and received death threats, according to the same article.

Edwards was followed by the FBI, which listed him on its Agitator Index used to track people considered to be a national security threat, according to an Oct. 15, 2018 Undefeated article.

Smith and Carlos were inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame 51 years after their expulsion from the Olympics, according to a Sept. 23, 2019 Washington Post article.

Amy August, assistant director at ISSSSC, said sports are weaved into all parts of society and can bring awareness to social issues because of the platform sports can create for student-athletes.

“We have sports integrated into our family life, sometimes into our religion or education, into the economy, into politics and even into the media,” August said. “One of the reasons that we like to study sport is because it’s a socially significant activity for many.”

The discussion broke into small break-out rooms to talk about how students can transform words to actions on individual and larger scales by providing historical context on activism and identified avenues for activism today.

Elizabeth Doyle, executive assistant for the ISSSSC, said bringing visibility to social issues has a large impact.

“It’s important to use any available platforms to share news that are particularly important to communities,” Doyle said. “Mainstream news can tend to pick and choose what stories are important enough to be disseminated at a large scale and ignore other significant crises at the same time.”

Carter-Francique encouraged students and community members to use social media platforms to bring visibility to important social issues.

“Educate others, share information, advocate for legislation,” Carter-Francique said.

“Demonstration can create public awareness that includes social media.”

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021

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San Jose State junior defender Kameron Bolden scored the Spartans’ only goal Saturday to tie the game 1-1. It was his first goal for SJSU since joining in 2020.

Spartans draw against undefeated foe

By Jacqueline Vela STAFF WRITER

As the sun set Saturday evening, the San Jose State men’s soccer team played into double-overtime and ended the night with a 1-1 draw against the University of Texas, Rio Grande Vaqueros (UTRGV) at the Spartan Soccer Complex.

The Vaqueros (3-0-2) started the first half with a strong offense against the Spartans (1-1-2 MWC). Within the first 16 minutes, the Vaqueros were leading with 3 shots on goal.

UTRGV’s offense

finally broke through and secured the first goal of the game during Minute 18.

The Spartans did not give up despite being down for most of the first half. They played strong on the defensive end and kept the score at 1-0 until halftime.

SJSU picked up offensively during the second half. They started with energy and determination and it paid off in the end.

Defender Kameron Bolden tied the score with the Spartans’ first goal nearly an hour into the game.

He sent the ball

straight past goalie Trevor Schneider and into the net after it ricocheted off the post on a free-kick by forward Rudi Castro.

This is Bolden’s first season and first goal with the Spartans since he joined the team in 2020.

Castro led the team with 3 shots for the night.

Both teams battled and played tough but were unable to capitalize on all their opportunities.

Within the final seconds of the game, SJSU had an opportunity to finish the match with a last-second attempt, but the goal couldn’t be counted because the air horn sounded right before

the ball was sent flying into the net.

Both teams were sent into overtime, but neither made any substantial moves in that extra 10 minutes.

SJSU goalkeeper David Sweeney did an excellent job protecting the goal and stopped multiple attempts, including a close attempt in Minute 99.

The game went on until Minute 110 and neither team scored with the extra time.

The game ended in a tie and both teams walked away with a 1-1 score.

UTRGV has had an incredible season so far.

The team is undefeated and ranked No. 5 in the region, but SJSU played strong on the defensive and were able to keep up with it.

Although it was a draw, the Spartans were happy with the turnout.

“All points are good points,” read a post on the official Twitter account for the San Jose State men’s soccer team. There were no other available post-game comments.

This is the second draw for SJSU this season.

The Spartans ended with another tie on March 13, when they went up against the Houston Baptists.

This back-to-back draw is the teams’ first set since 2011.

SJSU is scheduled to match up against California Baptist University on Friday at 4 p.m. in Irvine.

UPCOMING GAME SJSU at CBU March 26 @ 4 p.m.

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Service errors add up for Spartans in loss to Rebels

By Christina Casillas STAFF WRITER

Skillful dives and powerful kills were not enough to save the San Jose State women’s volleyball team from a 3-0 loss against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Saturday.

The match in Las Vegas was the Spartans’ (4-3 MWC) eighth loss of the postponed 2020 season and the second season loss against the Rebels (2-2-1 MWC) following a 3-1 defeat Friday in Las Vegas.

Middle blocker Haylee Nelson and outside hitter Latahevai Lousi had the most kills in the two-game series.

Nelson’s attack percentage decreased from 18% in Friday’s match to 10% on Saturday while Lousi’s attack percentage increased from 14% to 23% from Friday to Saturday, respectively.

The match was broadcasted on the Mountain West Digital Network, beginning just as the first timeout was called for SJSU, around minute 25 of Set 1, when UNLV was leading 21-13.

Although the Rebels got the first point of the match, kills by Lousi and outside hitter Makayla Lewis put the Spartans at a slight 3-1 advantage early in Set 1.

The Rebels quickly came back with two runs to put the team 5 points ahead of the Spartans.

After that SJSU

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San Jose State setter Mia Schafer sets the ball for middle back Allyson Alden. Schafer began Set 2 with an ace for the Spartans.

consistently trailed behind UNLV in the first set.

The score difference between the teams during Set 1 increased as points stacked up for UNLV. The Spartans made multiple attack and service errors throughout Set 1 resulting in free points for the Rebels.

SJSU had significantly more serving errors during Saturday’s match compared to Friday’s and nearly doubled the team’s 7 errors in Friday’s match to a whopping 12 on Saturday.

UNLV landed a kill as the match continued and increased its 6-point lead to a 7-point lead to settle Set 1’s score 19-12.

Although Lewis landed a kill for the Spartans, the Rebels’ growing number of kills and an attack error by Nelson resulted in another timeout called for the Spartans at 21-13.

SJSU was unable to reach or hold a lead past the beginning of the match.

A serve that was too high from Spartans setter Mia Schafer secured Set 1 for the Rebels 25-17.

Schafer started Set 2 for the Spartans with an ace, but the Rebels caught up and maintained a steady lead.

There were few short rallies between the teams, but the Spartans stepped up with an impressive dig

by Lewis that gave Nelson the kill.

Lewis also landed a kill for SJSU and the teams were briefly tied 12-12.

Runs broken up mostly by bad serves and errors resulted in a Rebel lead, but service aces and a kill by Lousi resulted in another tied score

of 22-22 during Set 2.

Similar to Set 1, an attack error by Nelson awarded Set 2 to the Rebels 25-22.

Set 3 of the match started off with a kill for SJSU by Lewis.

The lead went back and forth but after a 4-point run the Rebels had a solid grasp on a 10-5 advantage.

A timeout for SJSU gave the team a point, but a combination of service and attack errors

by SJSU paired with kills and service aces by UNLV caused SJSU to call another timeout at 17-9.

Service errors, attack

errors and poor serves from the Spartans ultimately gave the Rebels Set 3 25-16 and secured the 3-0 match for the Rebels.

No Spartan players or coaches were available after the game for comment.

San Jose State is scheduled to return home for its next match against the University of New Mexico on Thursday.

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