Friday, October 2
Student Recreation Center
7:30 pm
UC Riverside
1
vs
3
UC Davis
Photo by: Bobby R. Hester, (c) 2008
UCR Volleyball Falls In Season Home Opener 3-1 To UC Davis
10/2/2009 3:18:54 PM | Women's Volleyball
Box Score - UC Davis 3, UC Riverside 1
Riverside, CA - The UC Riverside volleyball team played their first home match of the 2009 season on Friday night against UC Davis at the Student Recreation Center, but after a first set win 25-21, the Highlanders dropped the next three sets 27-25, 25-20, and 25-18 to lose the contest 3-1. UCR falls to 1-11 on the season and 0-3 in Big West Conference play, while UC Davis improves to 12-5, 3-0.
Three Highlanders tallied double-digit kills led by Tonbara Youpele (pictured) and Kelley Quinn's 13 kills apiece and Shelby LeDuff's career-high 12. Brittney Murrey recorded a game-high 56 assists while Amanda Nilsson posted a game-high 18 digs and Bianca Endersby had five blocks.
In the first set, there were eight tie scores before UC Riverside took the lead for good at 19-18 off a LeDuff kill. The Highlanders limited the Aggies to just seven kills and a .067 attack percentage as UCR closed out the set on a 7-3 run to take a 25-21 victory.
The second set was even more of a seesaw battle as there were 14 tie scores and four lead changes throughout. The Highlanders were at set point, 24-22, before an Aggie rally tied things at 24 apiece. UCD then took a 25-24 lead but a Youpele kill one possession later evened the score at 25 all. However, the Aggies used two straight points to even out the match at 1-1 with their 27-25 second set win.
In the third set the Highlanders had a 8-3 advantage early on before UC Davis rallied for eight consecutive points to take an 11-8 lead. From that point on UCR never got closer than two points as the Aggies took a 2-1 match lead with their 25-20 third set win.
Down 22-13 in the fourth set, UC Riverside rattled off four straight points to close the gap to five, 22-17, but were limited to just one more point in the set as the Aggies closed out the match 25-18.
The Highlanders complete their two-game homestand with a 7:00 pm match on Saturday, Oct. 3 against Pacific at the Student Recreation Center.
Fans may follow UC Riverside athletics on Facebook and Twitter, as well as sign up for free text message alerts sent immediately following all Highlanders events at gohighlanders.com.
Riverside, CA - The UC Riverside volleyball team played their first home match of the 2009 season on Friday night against UC Davis at the Student Recreation Center, but after a first set win 25-21, the Highlanders dropped the next three sets 27-25, 25-20, and 25-18 to lose the contest 3-1. UCR falls to 1-11 on the season and 0-3 in Big West Conference play, while UC Davis improves to 12-5, 3-0.
Three Highlanders tallied double-digit kills led by Tonbara Youpele (pictured) and Kelley Quinn's 13 kills apiece and Shelby LeDuff's career-high 12. Brittney Murrey recorded a game-high 56 assists while Amanda Nilsson posted a game-high 18 digs and Bianca Endersby had five blocks.
In the first set, there were eight tie scores before UC Riverside took the lead for good at 19-18 off a LeDuff kill. The Highlanders limited the Aggies to just seven kills and a .067 attack percentage as UCR closed out the set on a 7-3 run to take a 25-21 victory.
The second set was even more of a seesaw battle as there were 14 tie scores and four lead changes throughout. The Highlanders were at set point, 24-22, before an Aggie rally tied things at 24 apiece. UCD then took a 25-24 lead but a Youpele kill one possession later evened the score at 25 all. However, the Aggies used two straight points to even out the match at 1-1 with their 27-25 second set win.
In the third set the Highlanders had a 8-3 advantage early on before UC Davis rallied for eight consecutive points to take an 11-8 lead. From that point on UCR never got closer than two points as the Aggies took a 2-1 match lead with their 25-20 third set win.
Down 22-13 in the fourth set, UC Riverside rattled off four straight points to close the gap to five, 22-17, but were limited to just one more point in the set as the Aggies closed out the match 25-18.
The Highlanders complete their two-game homestand with a 7:00 pm match on Saturday, Oct. 3 against Pacific at the Student Recreation Center.
Fans may follow UC Riverside athletics on Facebook and Twitter, as well as sign up for free text message alerts sent immediately following all Highlanders events at gohighlanders.com.
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