STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific volleyball team fell to visiting Santa Clara, 3-1 (25-14, 19-25, 19-25, 25-27) at the Alex G. Spanos Center on Saturday afternoon. 

The Tigers are now 12-10 on the season with a 4-6 record in West Coast Conference play. The Broncos improve to 16-7, 6-4 against their WCC foes.

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

1st Set

• It was all Tigers in the first set. Pacific took advantage of two bad sets and an attack error, which eventually led to a 5-1 lead. 
• Pacific never allowed the Broncos to come any closer than four points the remainder of the set. 
• Following a kill by Carissa Bradford at 18-10, the Tigers went on a 7-4 run to close out the convincing 25-14 victory.
   

2nd Set

• Pacific jumped out to a quick lead. Santa Clara would knot the game at 2-2, 5-5, 7-7 8-8, 10-10, and 11-11 before a kill by Broncos' Julia Sangiacomo gave SCU its first lead of the game (12-11). 
• At 13-13, Santa Clara took the final lead en route to scoring on 10 of the next 16 serves. 
   

3rd Set

• It was a tale of two halves, with Pacific holding the lead through the first 15 serves (8-7). After ties at 8-8 and 9-8 Santa Clara took control of the set until the final serve. 
• Through the final stretch the Broncos won five-consecutive serves at 10-9 and at 18-14. 
• Pacific won four of the final six points, but eventually fell by a set score of 25-19.
   

4th Set

• There were six ties and three lead changes throughout with the final three ties coming at points 23, 24, and 25. 
• With a 20-15 deficit, the Tigers scored on four of the next five serves to come back within two points (21-19). 
• Following a Santa Clara Timeout, Patterson scored on an assist by Allison Dennemann to bring the Tigers within one point (21-20)
• With a service error at 22-20 and an attack error at 23-22 by SCU, the Tigers knotted the game at 23-23. 
• A kill by Dennemann put Pacific at set point (24-23), but a service error by Pacific at 25-26 gave the Broncos the match win.
  
   

HOT NUMBERS
2 - Gabby Leo, Dennemann, and Hanne De Schrijver each totaled two service aces.
15 - Riley Patterson recorded her 10th double-double of the season with 15 kills and 15 digs. 

 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Pacific struggled offensively, hitting just .093 as a team, while the Broncos hit .218. The Tigers strongest performance was in set one, when they hit .290 (13-4-31).
• Sedona Sherman hit a team-leading .222 after totaling six kill and committing just two errors in 18 total swings.
• The Tigers held an edge in kills (55-39), assists (56-39), digs (79-6), service aces (8-5). Santa Clara out-blocked Pacific, 22-1.
  
   

UP NEXT
Next week's road trip will be a tough one as they are set to travel to No. 22 San Diego and No. 12 BYU. The Tigers will face the Toreros on Thursday, Oct. 31 and the Cougars on Saturday, Nov. 2. Live stat and video links can be found at pacifictigers.com.