Wednesday, September 6
Pasadena, CA
6:00 PM
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
6-0,0-0CAC
3
at
0
Caltech
1-3,0-0SCIAC
1
2
3
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UC Santa Cruz
25
25
25
3
Caltech
18
18
17
0
Women's Volleyball sweeps Caltech to start roadtrip
9/6/2023 8:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
PASADENA- Nineteenth-ranked UC Santa Cruz used almost their full bench as they swept Caltech to open their first roadtrip of the season.
The Banana Slugs improved to 6-0 after the 25-18, 25-18, 25-17 win.
UC Santa Cruz struggled early, but used an 11-5 run to take a 17-10 lead. They led by as much as 9 at 21-12 thanks to Peyton Tazelaar's kill and held off Caltech's comeback to comfortably take the set. Set Two was close as well with eight ties before UC Santa Cruz finished on a 10-3 run to win the set on Gabia Paliulis's kill.
The Beavers were ahead most of the third set, but a bad serve started a 5-0 run that gave the Banana Slugs the lead for good at 17-14. UC Santa Cruz finished with the last three points-kills by Claudia Moeller and Makena Heidemann sandwiched around Saku Yoshioka's ace.
Fifteen Banana Slugs played in the match, with Paliulis leading UC Santa Cruz with 9 kills and 2 block assists. Sydney Ahrendt added 7 kills, Emily Pasion had a team-high 18 digs and Sydney May had a double-double of 22 assists and 16 digs.
UC Santa Cruz finished the match hitting .314 while holding their hosts to just .028. The Banana Slugs also had a 6-4 advantage in aces and 5-0 in total blocks.
The Banana Slugs continue their roadtrip on Friday when they play two matches in La Verne, starting with Pomona-Pitzer at 4:00pm.
The Banana Slugs improved to 6-0 after the 25-18, 25-18, 25-17 win.
UC Santa Cruz struggled early, but used an 11-5 run to take a 17-10 lead. They led by as much as 9 at 21-12 thanks to Peyton Tazelaar's kill and held off Caltech's comeback to comfortably take the set. Set Two was close as well with eight ties before UC Santa Cruz finished on a 10-3 run to win the set on Gabia Paliulis's kill.
The Beavers were ahead most of the third set, but a bad serve started a 5-0 run that gave the Banana Slugs the lead for good at 17-14. UC Santa Cruz finished with the last three points-kills by Claudia Moeller and Makena Heidemann sandwiched around Saku Yoshioka's ace.
Fifteen Banana Slugs played in the match, with Paliulis leading UC Santa Cruz with 9 kills and 2 block assists. Sydney Ahrendt added 7 kills, Emily Pasion had a team-high 18 digs and Sydney May had a double-double of 22 assists and 16 digs.
UC Santa Cruz finished the match hitting .314 while holding their hosts to just .028. The Banana Slugs also had a 6-4 advantage in aces and 5-0 in total blocks.
The Banana Slugs continue their roadtrip on Friday when they play two matches in La Verne, starting with Pomona-Pitzer at 4:00pm.
Team Stats
UCSC
CIT
Kills
43
21
Errors
11
18
Attempts
102
107
Hitting %
.314
.028
Points
54.5
25.0
Assists
41
18
Aces
6
4
Blocks
5.5
0
Game Leaders
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Players Mentioned
OPP
/ Women's Volleyball
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
S
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's VolleyballOH
/ Women's Volleyball/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
L/DS
/ Women's Volleyball
