HAYWARD, CA -- It was a tough week of competition for the UCSC Women's Volleyball Team, but they came out ahead finishing 3-2 for the week. First up for the Slugs was Menlo College at UCSC on Tuesday, October 7th. The Slugs won the first two games before Menlo fought back and took game three only to lose the forth set by a two point margin (25-15, 25-18, 21-25, 26-24). Leading the offense for UCSC was Junior Outside Hitter Katie English who had an impressive 22 kills, 12 digs and 2 aces for the match. Leading the defense for the Slugs was Senior Libero Melinda Tom who once again joined the AVCA 30 Kill Club tallying 38 digs for the match.

The Slugs then traveled to the Wild West Shootout tournament hosted by Cal State East Bay. UCSC dropped Friday's first match to Cal State East Bay (17-25, 12-25, 16-25), ranked #9 in NCAA Division III. The Slugs battled back against Bowdoin College defeating them in 5 close games (25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-10). Senior Outside Hitter Megan Wisniewski had a career day with 6 blocks and 15 kills followed closely by Junior Outside Hitter Katie English who had 14 kills and Junior Middle Blocker Jessica Flood who contributed 11 kills, 7 digs and 2 blocks. Senior Libero Melinda Tom once again led with 35 digs followed by Senior Defensive Specialist Sophie Manoukian who had 18 digs.

The big victory for UC Santa Cruz came Saturday against College of Mount St. Joseph, ranked #21 in NCAA Division III, winning by two points in the fifth game (18-25, 25-14, 25-17, 15-25, 15-13). Senior Outside Hitter Megan Wisniewski was the kill leader for the match with 21 kills and 4 blocks. Junior Setter Amy Knight ran the offense with 42 assists, 2 aces, 2 kills and 18 digs for the match.

The Slugs could not duplicate their performance against Cal Lutheran and dropped the match in three straight sets (16-25, 16-25, 20-25). Senior Outside Hitter Megan Wisniewski had another great showing with 14 kills, hitting .400 for the match.