Box Score
SAN FRANCISCO – The University of the Pacific Women's Volleyball team lost a West Coast Conference match on Wednesday night to San Francisco, 3-1 (24-26, 25-22, 25-17, 25-20). It was the first road match of the spring 2021 season for the Tigers, as Pacific has started the season, 1-3.
MATCH SUMMARY
The opening set was tightly contested, with neither team leading by more than three points until the Tigers led 19-15 off a kill from
Sedona Sherman. Another point was added for a 20-15 Pacific lead on a kill from
Riley Patterson
However, USF went on a 7-1 run to regain a lead in the set, 22-21. Both teams battled until the Dons reached set point. Pacific was up against set point, trailing 24-23, but responded with three straight points, including kills from
Kennedy Kaminsky and
Alexa Edwards, and the set being capped off by a kill from
Ramonni Cook, who led the Tigers in kills in the opening set with five.
Even at 12-12 in the second set, the Dons scored the next two points. Although the Dons didn't pull far away from Pacific in the set, they didn't look back, eventually taking the set, 25-22 capped off on a kill by McKenna Marshall. Edwards had five kills in the second set, along with two service aces.
USF cruised to a lead as large as 11 points in set three. Although a pair of unforced USF errors and kills by Edwards and Sherman brought the Tigers back within eight points late, the Dons eventually closed out the set, 25-17 for a 2-1 lead in sets. Sherman had five kills in the third set.
Gabby Leo opened up the fourth set with a service ace, then Kaminsky and Patterson combined for a block to give the Tigers a quick 2-0 lead. The lead for Pacific would not last long, as USF took its first lead of the set at 4-3 on a block from Orsula Staka and Greta Corti. The set would be even at 5-5, but the Dons went ahead again at 6-5 and didn't look back, as USF completed a 3-1 match win by taking set three, 25-20.
NOTABLE STATS
- With 14 kills each for Pacific was Patterson and Edwards. Edwards had 14 digs and Patterson had 13. Patterson had reached a double-double in all four matches thus far in spring 2021 and Edwards has reached the same mark in three of four matches.
- Edwards finished with three service aces.
- Defensively for the Tigers, Jadyn Tubbs led the team in digs with 16 and Cook had a team-high four total blocks.
- Marshall had a total of 15 kills on Wednesday and Valeria Alegrias Cambindo had six total blocks for the Dons.
POSTGAME QUOTE
Pacific head coach
Greg Gibbons on the team moving forward from Wednesday's loss:
"We will bounce back and this is all part of the growing process. This is an amazing group of girls and we will learn from this and grow together."
UP NEXT
On Tuesday, February 16, the Tigers play the first of a two-match WCC series at Pepperdine. Opening serve for Tuesday's contest at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu is set for 7 p.m.
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