Highlanders Fall to Tarleton State to Close Saturday Play

Friday, September 15

Stephenville, Texas

4:00 p.m.

UC Riverside

1-10,0-0Big West

Tarleton State

7-5,0-0WAC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
UC Riverside	25	20	22	23	1
Tarleton St.	23	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Tarleton Athletics

Highlanders Fall to Tarleton State to Close Saturday Play

9/15/2023 6:25:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

STEPHENVILLE, Texas - UC Riverside grabbed a 1-0 set advantage, but fell 3-1 to host Tarleton State in match number two at the Dr. Pam Littleton Classic.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UC Riverside instantly carried over the momentum from the morning win, going on a 4-0 run after falling behind 2-0. UCR later held a 12-8 lead after a lengthy rally before Sophia Ewalefo's five kills - including the set winner - gave the Highlanders a one-set advantage.
UCR went on a 7-3 run to start set two, but Tarleton found its footing in a set two win. UC Riverside stormed back once more in set three with a 9-1 run to go ahead 18-17.
Delaney Tate tied set three at 20 and UCR took full advantage of an attack error to make things 21-20 ahead of a Tarleton timeout. The Texans later pulled out the 25-22 set win.
Hunter Thomas got set four going with two kills as the Highlanders went up 3-0 early and 8-4 before Tarleton called timeout. UCR took the Texans to the brink once more, but fell 25-23 in the fourth set.

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Tate registered a match-high 18 kills on 48 swings while Ewalefo followed with 16 kills. The New Orleans transfer finished her day with 31 kills in a 1-1 performance for UC Riverside on day one in Texas, also going for a double double against Tarleton with an additional 12 digs.
The Highlanders set a season high with 58 kills in the nightcap while 57 digs was UCR's second-highest total this year.

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