UC Irvine
5-21,2-12Big West
UC Davis
16-12,8-7Big West
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis | 25 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| UC Irvine | 23 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 1 |
UC Irvine Falls To UC Davis In Home Finale
November 16, 2019 | Women's Volleyball
IRVINE, Calif. – Senior Makayla Wolfe led UC Irvine in a 3-1 loss (25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 25-14) to UC Davis night at the Bren Events Center Saturday.
The Anteater defense was stellar, out-digging the Aggies 63-51. Senior Erin Alonso had 10 digs and senior Laura Butler added five digs. Libero Chloe Owens led the team with 18 digs.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Freshmen Onye Ofoegbu and Joy Umeh each added 11 kills. Ofoegbu matched Wolfe with a team-high three total blocks
>Sophomore Abby Marjama had 10 kills nine digs
> Leonie Strehl (18) and Lauren Matias (17) were the kill leaders for UC Davis
>The teams each had 6 blocks, while UCD had six aces to UCI's three.
TURNING POINTS
FIRST SET
>A 5-1 run helped the Aggies to a 6-2 lead
>A kill by Marjama tied the set at 9-9
>A kill, ace and block by UCD gave the Aggies the 18-14 advantage
>UCI closed to 18-17 on kills by Kelly Negron and Makayla Wolfe
>UC Davis won a marathon rally to keep the two point lead, 19-17
>The Aggies held set point, 24-22 before a service error kept the Anteaters alive, but Leonie Strehl ended the game with a kill.
SECOND SET
>A kill by Joy Umeh and a smash by Onye Ofoegbu put UCI out front 11-8
>A 4-0 run by the Anteaters, which included an ace by Negron and a block by Ofoegbu and Marjama increased the lead to 19-15
>UCI would score the final three points of the set, two kills by Umeh and capped by an ace by Chloe Owens end the set 25-18
THIRD SET
>In a closely contested set that was tied at 21-21, UCD used three kills and a UCI service error to go on to the 25-22 win
FOURTH SET
>It was all Aggies to begin the set, 7-1
>UCI could not recover coming as close as 14-8 on three consecutive Aggie errors
>UC Davis scored the final five points of the match, 25-14
NOTES
>UCI celebrated graduating seniors Camille Davey, Makayla Wolfe, Loryn Carter, Laura Butler and Erin Alonso who were playing in their last game at the Bren Center
>The Anteaters hit .271 (54-18-133), the second best offensive performance of the season
UP NEXT
>UCI closes out the regular season traveling to Cal Poly Friday (Nov. 22) and UC Santa Barbara Saturday (Nov. 23)
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