RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside honored Isabella Scarlett, Mylei Vargas-Deason, Tayler Hifo and Ayanna Kimbrough on Senior Night at the SRC Arena against UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, falling 3-0 in the team's final home match of the 2022 season.
UC Riverside came out hanging with the Gauchos with a run that started from Ayanna Kimbrough's first of a season-high 10 kills of the night. Shannon Dunkin stuffed a Santa Barbara attack attempt at the net before a kill from Delaney Tate, all of which resulted in a 4-0 run for the Highlanders and a 15-all first set before the Gauchos won set one by a narrow 25-20 margin.
Kimbrough tied her season high with kill number six in set two and led UCR in kills for the first time all season.
Tate did a little of everything for the Highlanders on Senior Night, racking up six kills, two assists, a block assist and six digs.
Coco Ikpe entered the match in the third set and immediately put her stamp on 2022's final match at the SRC Arena, collecting two kills and a block assist in set three.
UC Riverside will hit the road with two matches to close out 2022, beginning on Friday, November 25 at Cal State Fullerton. First serve is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on ESPN+.