Saturday, October 28
Irvine, CA / Crawford Hall
4 P.M.
15-9,9-3Big West
3
at
2
UC Irvine
7-16,5-7Big West
1
2
3
4
5
F
Cal Poly
25
25
12
9
16
3
UC Irvine
22
21
25
25
14
2
Team Stats
CPO
Irvine
Kills
49
62
Errors
23
19
Attempts
132
129
Hitting %
.197
.333
Points
65.0
81.0
Assists
48
57
Aces
6
9
Blocks
10
10
Game Leaders
Kills
17
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
10
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Players Mentioned
L/DS
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Mustangs Take Down UC Irvine Saturday in Five Sets, Extend Win Streak
10/28/2023 8:33:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
IRVINE, Calif. — Three Mustangs put down double digit kills, led by junior outside hitter Tommi Stockham, as the Cal Poly volleyball team once again won a five-set match, beating UC Irvine 3-2 (25-22, 25-21, 12-25, 9-25, 16-14) on the road Saturday to win their fourth straight match.
Saturday's match marked the ninth time the Mustangs (15-9, 9-3 BW) have gone to five sets this season. It was also the second consecutive night doing so as they beat Cal State Fullerton in five sets Friday night. Cal Poly is now 7-2 in five setters this year. Stockham finished with a team-high 17 kills and nine digs, marking her 19th match of the season with double figure kills. Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Annabelle Thalken had a very efficient match, adding 10 kills with just one error to hit .500 to mark her second straight night with double digit kills. Fellow redshirt sophomore outside hitter Lizzy Markovska also chipped in 10 kills. Redshirt sophomore setter Emme Bullis set the table well, finishing with 42 assists, seven digs, four blocks, and three kills. Junior libero Jolei Akima once again led the team in digs with 15. Tied 12-12 in the first set, the Anteaters (7-16, 5-7 BW) scored four straight points to go up 16-12. Cal Poly responded with an 8-1 run to take a 20-17 lead. With the Mustangs ahead 23-19, UC Irvine scored three in a row to cut the lead down to one. However, Cal Poly scored back-to-back points to finish off the set 25-22. The Mustangs kept it rolling in the second set as tied 8-8, Cal Poly used a 5-1 run to go up by four. The Anteaters eventually tied it back up at 16 apiece before three straight points by the Mustangs gave them the 19-16 lead which they never looked back from, going on to win the set 25-21. Things flipped in the third and fourth sets for UC Irvine as the Anteaters stormed out to big, early leads in each set that Cal Poly was unable to recover from. UC Irvine took the third set 25-12 and the fourth 25-9 to force a decisive fifth set. In the fifth, the Anteaters started out hot getting out to a 5-1 lead and later led 9-4. The Mustangs rallied with a 7-2 run to tie it up at 11 apiece. The teams went back-and-forth from there until, tied at 14, a Thalken kill followed by a UC Irvine error won Cal Poly the set and the match 16-14. The Mustangs now get ready for a huge week next week. They have a quick turnaround as they will host conference leader UCSB on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. for a pivotal Halloween matchup inside Mott Athletics Center. They then head over the Pacific Ocean to face second-place Hawai'i on Friday night. As of Saturday night, Cal Poly sits in fourth in the Big West standings but are just one game behind both Long Beach State and Hawai'I and two behind UCSB.
Saturday's match marked the ninth time the Mustangs (15-9, 9-3 BW) have gone to five sets this season. It was also the second consecutive night doing so as they beat Cal State Fullerton in five sets Friday night. Cal Poly is now 7-2 in five setters this year. Stockham finished with a team-high 17 kills and nine digs, marking her 19th match of the season with double figure kills. Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Annabelle Thalken had a very efficient match, adding 10 kills with just one error to hit .500 to mark her second straight night with double digit kills. Fellow redshirt sophomore outside hitter Lizzy Markovska also chipped in 10 kills. Redshirt sophomore setter Emme Bullis set the table well, finishing with 42 assists, seven digs, four blocks, and three kills. Junior libero Jolei Akima once again led the team in digs with 15. Tied 12-12 in the first set, the Anteaters (7-16, 5-7 BW) scored four straight points to go up 16-12. Cal Poly responded with an 8-1 run to take a 20-17 lead. With the Mustangs ahead 23-19, UC Irvine scored three in a row to cut the lead down to one. However, Cal Poly scored back-to-back points to finish off the set 25-22. The Mustangs kept it rolling in the second set as tied 8-8, Cal Poly used a 5-1 run to go up by four. The Anteaters eventually tied it back up at 16 apiece before three straight points by the Mustangs gave them the 19-16 lead which they never looked back from, going on to win the set 25-21. Things flipped in the third and fourth sets for UC Irvine as the Anteaters stormed out to big, early leads in each set that Cal Poly was unable to recover from. UC Irvine took the third set 25-12 and the fourth 25-9 to force a decisive fifth set. In the fifth, the Anteaters started out hot getting out to a 5-1 lead and later led 9-4. The Mustangs rallied with a 7-2 run to tie it up at 11 apiece. The teams went back-and-forth from there until, tied at 14, a Thalken kill followed by a UC Irvine error won Cal Poly the set and the match 16-14. The Mustangs now get ready for a huge week next week. They have a quick turnaround as they will host conference leader UCSB on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. for a pivotal Halloween matchup inside Mott Athletics Center. They then head over the Pacific Ocean to face second-place Hawai'i on Friday night. As of Saturday night, Cal Poly sits in fourth in the Big West standings but are just one game behind both Long Beach State and Hawai'I and two behind UCSB.
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