[Box score] [Tournament Central]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – San Francisco State volleyball completed the best season in program history, coming up just one set short of capturing the 2024 NCAA Division II National Championship (22-25, 22-25, 25-16, 25-16, 13-15).
 
SF State upset the No. 2 and 3 seeds in the earlier rounds to set up a championship match against No. 4 Lynn University. The Fighting Knights took the first two sets before the Gators answered with wins in sets 3 and 4 to even the match.
 
In the fifth set, neither team held more than a two-point lead until back-to-back kills by Lynn's Samantha Wolf extended the lead to 12-9. The Fighting Knights would get to game-point first at 14-11 before SFSU answered with two straight points to make it 14-13. Maria Cecilia provided the match clinch on the following serve with a kill from the right side.
 
Tamiya Wilson hit .426 with 21 kills and only one error. She was one of four Gators to post 15 or more kills. Anastacia Garza registered the highest hitting percentage in the match at .483. She had 17 kills and three errors. Aidan Goodrich and Izzy Issak each recorded 15 kills. Kimberly DeBoer had a double-double with 55 assists and a season-high 19 digs. Brianna DeBoer had 23 digs, and Issak added 14 to record her own double-double.
 
Wolf led five Fighting Knights in double-figures with 17 kills. Cecilia added 14 kills and five blocks.
 
The team that won the hitting percentage in each set won that set. In the first, Lynn outhit SFSU by .045. SFSU hit .313 in the second set, but nothing compared to Lynn's mark of .486. In the set, it had 19 kills and only one error, yet the Gators held the lead late before falling.
 
SF State turned things around in the third set behind a better offensive and greatly improved defense. It hit .433 with 14 kills and one error, holding LU to a .129 mark. It was also nearly .200-percentage points better in the fourth set, outhitting Lynn .316 to .128.
 
Lynn played a near-flawless frame in the decisive fifth set for the national championship. It hit .345 with no errors and 10 kills. It posted a 6-2 run to turn a 7-6 deficit into a 12-9 edge and hold on for the win.

Aidan Goodrich, Kimberly DeBoer, Anastacia Garza, Izzy Issak and Tamiya Wilson earned all-tournament honors. 
 
San Francisco State concludes the season at 26-7. It is the third time a different CCAA team has played in the NCAA Championship match in the past five seasons. Lynn finishes its season at 33-3.