POMONA, Calif. – The San Francisco State volleyball team dropped its first match of the Cal Poly Pomona/Azusa Pacific to Point Loma (18-25, 25-18, 14-25, 22-25). The Gators had their lowest hitting percentage of the season (.084) and had multiple miscues.
- The Gators fall to 3-2 on the season while Point Loma improves to 3-1. Point Loma has won four straight matches since 2015 but this match marks the first time the Gators were able to take a set from Point Loma.
- Point Loma was selected to finish second in the Pac West.
- The Gators had 14 service errors and 31 attack errors in the match.
- Aidan Goodrich led the Gators with 13 kills.
Leading set one 13-11, Point Loma used a 9-1 run to bring momentum back to them. A service error gave the ball back to the Gators and a block, ace and a kill brought them within two at 20-18. That proved to be the last point from the Gators in that set as Point Loma rattled off five straight.
Back-to-back blocks from Rebecca Rendahl highlighted a 5-0 run that put the Gators up 14-8 in set two. The Gators had their best hitting percentage of the match in the set, hitting .300.
After a slow start, the Gators came back within one to trail 8-7 in the third set. A service error followed by a pair of blocks sparked a 10-3 run for the Sea Lions that the Gators would not recover from.
A pair of kills from Goodrich gave the Gators a 14-10 advantage in set four but a 5-0 run put Point Loma back in front. The two teams stayed no more than two points ahead of each other the rest of the way. Down 23-21, a kill from Goodrich gave the Gators the serve back but the Sea Lions hit back-to-back kills to end the match.
The Gators will continue with a pair of matches tomorrow. First match will be at 10 a.m. against #20 Chaminade on Cal Poly Pomona's Campus. Match two will be against Azusa Pacific on their campus at 3 p.m. The Pomona will be broadcast on the CCAA Network with live stats available at sfstategators.com. Updates will also be available on Twitter at @sfstate_vb.
