Thursday, November 10
Davis, CA
7 P.M.
14-11,11-4Big West
3
at
2
UC Davis
11-14,6-9Big West
1
2
3
4
5
F
Cal Poly
14
25
21
25
21
3
UC Davis
25
18
25
19
19
2
Team Stats
CPO
UCD
Kills
70
66
Errors
22
17
Attempts
182
180
Hitting %
.264
.272
Points
81
79
Assists
68
63
Aces
6
5
Blocks
5
8
Game Leaders
Kills
22
Aces
4
Blocks
2
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics
Mustangs Win Wild Five-Set Battle in Davis Thursday
11/10/2022 11:16:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
DAVIS, Calif. — Behind season and career-nights from multiple players, the Cal Poly volleyball team came back from down 2-1 in sets to grind out a 3-2 (14-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-19, 21-19) road win over UC Davis Thursday.
Senior opposite hitter Maia Dvoracek led the Mustangs (14-11, 11-4 BW) with a season-high 22 kills and recorded her 17th double-double of the season with 14 digs to go along with four aces and a pair of blocks. Redshirt sophomore Amy Hiatt came off the bench in a big way, finishing with a season-high 15 kills, hitting .316. Redshirt freshman outside hitter Lizzy Markovska recorded a double-double of 13 kills and a career-high 19 digs.
Senior middle blocker Meredith Phillips also had double-digit kills, finishing with 12, hitting .320. Redshirt freshman setter Emme Bullis had a stellar night with career-highs of 62 assists and 16 digs for her 12th double-double of the season. Freshman libero London Haberfield led the back row defense for Cal Poly with a career-high 18 digs.
As a team, the Aggies (11-14, 6-9) hit .272 to the Mustangs' .264. Cal Poly had a season-high 83 digs compared to UC Davis' 73.
The Aggies scored the first five points of the first set, later getting out to an 11-3 lead. UC Davis extended its lead to 10 at 21-11 before going on to win the set 25-14 thanks in part to the Aggies hitting .394 for the set with three aces.
Leading 4-3 in the second set, a 6-1 run by Cal Poly put them ahead 10-4. Later, the Mustangs took a 21-14 lead before UC Davis went on a 4-1 run to cut the lead down to 22-18. Cal Poly then scored the next three points to win the set 25-18.
In the third, the Aggies took a 4-1 lead before the Mustangs scored five straight points to take a 6-4 lead. Tied at 13 apiece, a 5-2 UC Davis run gave them an 18-15 lead. The Aggies took their largest lead of the set of four at 21-17 before Cal Poly trimmed it to one after a 4-1 run. UC Davis then scored three straight points to win the set 25-21.
Needing to win the fourth to force a fifth, a 5-2 run by Cal Poly after leading 7-6 gave the Mustangs a four point lead. Up 17-13, the Mustangs extended their lead to six after a 3-1 run. UC Davis got it back to within four but that is as close as they'd get as up 23-19, a Dvoracek kill followed by a Markovska kill finished off the set for the Mustangs, 25-19.
It was a wild back-and-forth fifth set that saw a total of 12 ties and four lead changes. Tied 3-3, UC Davis scored four straight points to take a 7-3 lead. Down 11-7, Cal Poly stormed back with five points in a row to take a 12-11 lead. From there, the teams traded points with the Mustangs holding off five UC Davis match points. Tied 19-19, UC Davis missed on an attack, setting up Cal Poly's first match point. Hiatt then finished off the win for the Mustangs with a kill to complete the comeback and win their second five-set match of the season.
Now sitting alone at third place in the Big West standings, Cal Poly will head south to take on UC Riverside Saturday at 4 p.m. inside SRC Arena.
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