Highlanders Close out Tournament Play with Loss to Maryland Eastern Shore

Saturday, September 16

Stephenville, Texas

8:00 a.m.

UC Riverside

1-11,0-0Big West

Maryland Eastern Shore

7-4,0-0MEAC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
UMES	25	25	17	25	3
UC Riverside	22	21	25	23	1

Highlanders Close out Tournament Play with Loss to Maryland Eastern Shore

9/16/2023 10:22:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

STEPHENVILLE, Texas - UC Riverside closed out non-conference play at the Dr. Pam Littleton Classic on Saturday morning with a 3-1 defeat to Maryland Eastern Shore.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UCR turned a 4-0 scoring run into a 10-6 lead in set one with a pair of kills from Sophia Ewalefo, but Maryland Eastern Shore grabbed a close first set. The Highlanders played another close one in set two, but UMES ended set two on a 4-0 run to grab a 2-0 set advantage.
Four Highlanders registered at least four kills through sets one and two combined, as Coco Ikpe and Anya Green each hit .333 entering set three. Seven different Highlanders had a dig in set two as well.
UC Riverside was back on its scoring ways with a 4-0 stretch to pull ahead 19-12 in set three. An identical 4-0 run closed out set three for the Highlanders on a set-winning ace from Mylei Vargas-Deason.
The Highlanders fended off three match points in set four before UMES finished off the match.

HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Beatriz Silva registered a match-high 27 assists while adding four digs.
Ewalefo put up her third consecutive 15-kill match and ended the Dr. Pam Littleton Classic with 38 kills, 20 digs and a block assist while hitting .259 with 4.36 kills per set.

UP NEXT

The Highlanders now turn their attention to Big West play, beginning a four-match conference road swing at UC Irvine on Friday, September 22 at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+.