Volleyball Beats Titans in Four for Season Sweep

Thursday, November 2

Riverside, Calif.

6:00 p.m.

UC Riverside

5-20,4-9Big West

Cal State Fullerton

1-21,0-13Big West

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Cal St. Fullerton	25	15	21	16	1
UC Riverside	20	25	25	25	3

Volleyball Beats Titans in Four for Season Sweep

11/2/2023 8:24:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside hosted Cal State Fullerton in Big West action on Thursday night, completing the season sweep with a 3-1 victory at the SRC Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Syndee Rowe led UCR with four kills in set one, two of which came on an early 5-2 run that the Highlanders used to maintain close distance behind Fullerton.
UC Riverside then turned on the afterburners in set two, hitting .583 to the Titans' .040 in a match-tying 25-15 win. The Highlanders manufactured 16 kills on 24 swings while registering six blocks – three apiece from Rowe and Mylei Vargas-Deason.
UCR maintained a two-point lead early in set three before going on a 5-1 run to open a 10-5 lead after Rowe's kill
UC Riverside generated 12 kills on 37 swings in set three to take a 2-1 lead in the match, as Sophia Ewalefo put down her ninth kill of the evening to give the Highlanders the advantage.
Momentum was fully now on the side of UCR, who opened set four with a commanding 6-1 lead thanks to kills from Anya Green and Vargas-Deason. UCR shut the door with a .306 hitting percentage in set four to Cal State Fullerton's .115.
UC Riverside ended the night with 57 kills and 11 total blocks, both of which marked the most at home and the second most in a match this season.

FROM COACH CANNON

Today was a day for our middles. We have been wanting to get them more involved and tonight was the night our middles went off. I'm super proud of them."

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

UC Riverside completed its first season sweep of Cal State Fullerton since 2018 while picking up its first home win of the season.
Thursday's win also marked the sixth time in program history and first since 2018 that UCR has recorded four Big West victories.
UC Riverside held the Titans to just 32 kills on the night, the second fewest by a Highlander opponent this season. Two of UCR's five lowest yielded single match hitting percentages this season have come against Fullerton.
Three Highlanders recorded at least 10 kills for the evening, led by 16 from Vargas-Deason. The Anaheim native was one dig shy of a double double. Vargas-Deason was joined in double figures by Rowe (11) and Ewalefo (11).
Ewalefo also flirted with a double double, adding nine digs to her 11 kills.

UP NEXT

UC Riverside continues the home stretch on Saturday with a 4:00 p.m. first serve against UC Irvine at the SRC Arena on ESPN+. Tickets are available now at highlanderstickets.universitytickets.com.