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Thousand Oaks, CA —  The Occidental women's volleyball team fell in three sets (25-13, 25-18, 25-19) to Cal Lutheran Friday night.

The Tigers had a slow start in the first set, making the road to recovery an uphill battle.  They came back in the next two sets ready to fight, but fell just short of a win each time and were unable to challenge the home court Regals.

Oxy Highlights:

• Leaders in kills: Skye Garcia (9), Gieselle Gatewood (5), and Theresa Nevins (4).

• Leader in aces: Gieselle Gatewood (3).

• Leaders in blocks: Theresa Nevins (2) and Gieselle Gatewood (2).

• Leaders in digs: Sydney Takauye (15), Bethany Heitland (10), and Skye Garcia (7).

• Leader in assists: Kat Chodaczek (20).

Next Game: Oxy hopes to turn things around at their home game tonight against Caltech at 6 p.m.