Saturday, September 25
Fullerton, CA
5 P.M.
4-9,2-0Big West
3
at
2
Cal State Fullerton
4-5,1-1Big West
1
2
3
4
5
F
Cal Poly
25
26
23
26
15
3
Cal St. Fullerton
19
28
25
24
10
2
Team Stats
CPO
CSF
Kills
70
66
Errors
20
36
Attempts
246
235
Hitting %
.203
.128
Points
84
80
Assists
68
64
Aces
2
5
Blocks
12
9
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
19
Aces
1
Blocks
3
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Owen Main
Mustangs Rally to Beat Cal State Fullerton in Five-Sets Saturday
9/25/2021 8:53:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
FULLERTON, Calif. — Redshirt senior outside hitter Jamie Stivers and junior setter Avalon DeNecochea recorded double-doubles to help the Cal Poly volleyball team rally from down in sets 2-1 and comeback to beat Cal State Fullerton 3-2 (25-19, 26-28, 23-25, 26-24, 15-10) on the road Saturday night to stay unbeaten in Big West play.
It was a career-high setting night for multiple Mustangs. Stivers led Cal Poly in kills with 19 and had a career-high 23 digs for her third consecutive match recording a double-double. DeNecochea dished out a career-high 62 assists and added 11 digs. Junior middle blocker Meredith Phillips had a career-high 15 kills while redshirt freshman outside hitter Tommi Stockham also added 15 kills and seven digs. Fellow redshirt freshman Amy Hiatt had career-highs of 11 kills and five blocks. Redshirt freshman middle blocker Kate Slack tied her career-highs with eight kills and a team-leading six blocks.
Defensively, freshman libero Peyton Dueck led the team in digs with a career-high 28 while junior defensive specialist Lea Ungar had a career-high 23 digs and fellow junior defensive specialist Taylor Rose had a career-high 15 digs.
As a team the Mustangs (4-9, 2-0 BWC) were strong defensively, holding the Titans (4-5, 1-1 BWC) to a .128 hitting percentage and had 12 blocks.
The first set was tight early, with the teams going back-and-forth. With Cal Poly leading 11-10, the Mustangs scored five straight points to go up by six. Fullerton cut the lead to as little as three at 21-18 before Cal Poly finished the set on a 4-1 run to win it 25-19.
The Mustangs took a 5-2 lead to begin the second set before a 7-2 run by the Titans gave them a 9-7 lead and later went ahead 14-9. Cal Poly then responded with a 6-1 run to tie it at 15. Tied at 19, Fullerton scored three consecutive points before the Mustangs answered with four straight points to regain the lead 23-22. However, the Titans later held off three set points for Cal Poly and tied at 26, back-to-back kills by Fullerton's Gabrielle Barcelos won it for them 28-26.
In the third set tied at 4, Cal Poly went ahead 8-5 after a 4-1 run. The Mustangs later went up by five points after scoring three straight points ahead 10-8. Trailing 17-13 later in the set, Fullerton scored five unanswered points to take the lead 18-17. The two teams went back-and-forth from there until, tied at 23, the Titans scored two back-to-back points to win the set 25-23.
Fullerton started the fourth set by getting out to a 7-3 lead. Cal Poly rallied with a 5-1 run to tie it at 8. Tied at 14 later in the set, the Mustangs scored three straight points before the Titans followed up with a 7-2 run to go ahead 21-19. Cal Poly then scored three consecutive points to regain the lead 22-21. Tied at 24, a kill by Stivers followed up with a block by Phillips and DeNecochea won the set for the Mustangs 26-24.
Cal Poly scored the first four points of the fifth set and later took a 7-3 lead. Fullerton cut the lead to one at 9-8 after a 5-2 run before Cal Poly went ahead 12-9. Up 12-10, the Mustangs clinched the match after scoring three straight points to win it 15-10. In the fifth set alone, Cal Poly held the Titans to a .043 hitting percentage and sided-out at a 72-percent clip.
The win is Cal Poly's first in a five-set match this year in three tries. It also keeps them unbeaten in conference play at 2-0.
The Mustangs will look to stay unbeaten in Big West play next weekend when they host Central Coast rival UC Santa Barbara on Friday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. followed by CSUN on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.
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