Volleyball Falls at UC San Diego

Friday, October 13

La Jolla, Calif.

7:00 p.m.

UC Riverside

4-15,3-4Big West

UC San Diego

11-8,3-4Big West

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
UC Riverside	25	25	18	14	12	2
UC San Diego	19	12	25	25	15	3

10/13/2023 9:31:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

LA JOLLA, Calif. - UC Riverside blazed ahead with a 2-0 set lead, but ultimately dropped a 3-2 decision to UC San Diego on Friday night at LionTree Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UCR started on the right foot with an early 4-1 lead as Mylei Vargas-Deason paved the way with three kills and her 500th career dig, needing just one to reach the milestone.
UC San Diego crept back into the set however, calling time down just four with a 21-17 score in favor of UC Riverside. UCR finished out the set one win, hitting .281 to UC San Diego's .077.
The dominance continued in set two, as UCR forced a timeout with a 5-1 lead before stretching it to 7-1. Vargas-Deason's seventh kill of the night gave the Highlanders a 17-7 lead, but UC San Diego rattled off four straight points out of a timeout to force a breather from UCR. The Highlanders out-hit UC San Diego .533 to .125 in a 25-12 win.
UC San Diego's offense found its legs in set three, however. The Tritons turned a one-point deficit into its first lead of the night at 8-7 before UCR tied it back up at 10 on an attack error.
UC San Diego kept its foot on the gas and forced a fourth set with a 25-18 win despite Vargas-Deason and Sophia Ewalefo each reaching 11 kills. The Tritons then forced a fifth set with a 25-14 win in set four.
UCR was slow to find its footing in set five, but tied it at seven on Ewalefo's 13th kill of the night.

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

UCR enjoyed a pair of wire-to-wire wins in sets one and two, out-hitting the Tritons .403 to .099 entering set three.
Vargas-Deason reached 10+ kills for the third match in her last five with a team-high 17 on Friday. The senior registered her second Big West double double of the season by adding 19 digs, and has now put up a double double in two of her last three matchups with UC San Diego.
Vargas-Deason has also now led the Highlanders outright in kills in four of UCR's last five matches with three 10-kill performances in that span.
Four Highlanders recorded at least 10 digs for the evening as UCR racked up 82 on Friday in La Jolla, one shy of tying a season high.

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