Riverside, CA—The UC Riverside Volleyball Team (9-17, 1-13) battled #22 Cal Poly (25-2, 15-0) Friday, but fell in four sets. The Highlanders dominated the first set, but were not able take the match from the undefeated Mustangs.

SET ONE (25-19, UCR)
Key Runs: The Highlanders scored six of the first seven points and led by as much as seven by 17-10. The Mustangs closed the deficit to one point at 20-19, but the Highlanders won the next five straight points to take the set.

SET TWO (25-13, CP)
Key Runs: Cal Poly scored six of the first eight points to take control of the set and tie the match, 1-1.

SET THREE (25-21, CP)
Key Runs: The Mustangs scored eight of the first ten points. The Highlanders battled to close the gap to one point, down 19-18, but were never able to take the lead.

SET FOUR (25-17, CP)
Key Runs: UC Riverside led 8-7, but Cal Poly scored the next thirteen straight points and never trailed again.

GAME NOTES
Morgan Kline charted 32 assists, recording a new career best. Her previous career best was 21 assists at Cal State Northridge on November 11 (Recap).

Kline logged her second career assist-dig double-double (32 assists, 17 digs). Her first career assist-dig double-double was at Cal Poly on Sept 23 (Recap).

Mickayla Sherman led the Highlanders with 13 kills, followed by Brooke Callahan with 12.

Nicole Rodriguez led the Highlanders with 20 digs. Rodriguez has now logged double-digit digs in 22 of the season's 26 matches.

Rodriguez also led the Highlanders with four aces, charting a new career best.

The last time the Highlanders won a set against Cal Poly was October 30, 2014 (Recap). The undefeated Big West Conference leader Cal Poly has only dropped seven sets to other conference teams this season.