13-8 (6-4)
UC Santa Barbara
14-9 (5-5)
Cal Poly Volleyball Falls to UC Santa Barbara
10/28/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
SAN LUIS OBISPO – The Cal Poly Volleyball team put up a fight against UC Santa Barbara but lost 3-0 in its Blue-Green Rivalry match at home Friday night.
After losing all three sets, 25-17, 25-23, 26-24, the Mustangs are now 13-8 overall and 6-4 in conference play.
The Mustangs struggled through set one, as the Gauchos maintained a solid lead the whole time.
Down 1-0, the Mustangs came back and fought in set two, tying the score up nine times with five lead changes. Cal Poly continued to tie the score up almost until the end, at 23-23 UCSB took the match.
The Mustangs had 15 kills in set two compared to the Gauchos nine, while there were four service errors and one receiving error for Cal Poly compared to UCSB's two service errors.
Cal Poly maintained a steady lead in set three, with only two lead changes and the score tied twice. After tying it up 3-3, the Mustangs held onto the lead until set point. At 24-23, the Gauchos came back to take the set.
Junior Raeann Greisen led the team in kills with 15 followed by sophomore Adlee Van Winden with nine.
The Big West Conference's leader in assists, Junior Taylor Nelson, led the team with 30 of the team's 36.
The Mustangs had 55 total digs, 16 coming from sophomore Katherine Brouker and 14 from Nelson.
Freshman Nadia Retoff, sophomore Alexis Clewis and Nelson led the team in blocks, with two block assists each, contributing to the team's overall 4.5
The Mustangs had a .103 attack percentage compared to UCSB's .198.
The Mustangs will hit the road to take on UC Irvine Thursday Nov. 3 and UC Davis Saturday Nov. 5. The next home match will be Friday Nov. 11 against UC Riverside.
