LOS ANGELES — Occidental lost to Chapman 3-0 (20-25, 15-25, 15-25) on Tuesday. Occidental was held to 25 kills and a .009 hitting percentage, while Chapman finished with 37 kills and hit .231.
Occidental's main answer in the first set came midway through, when it moved from an 11-9 deficit to a 14-12 lead behind kills from
Sloane Shoop,
Jasmine Shum and
Corinne Van Haeren plus Chapman attack errors.
After Chapman went ahead 21-16, Occidental pushed back again, with
Katelyn Cajigas and
Anna Curtis-Revelle combining on a block before Curtis-Revelle's ace made it 21-19. Chapman halted the run and took the set 25-20.
Occidental's second set shifted when Chapman scored six straight points to move from 7-5 to 13-5, and Occidental could not erase the gap.
Jasmine Shum ended that stretch with a kill from
Chloe Jeong, while
Sloane Shoop and Curtis-Revelle supplied kills during later Occidental responses. Chapman kept the separation and took the set 25-15.
Occidental could not overcome Chapman's early separation in the third set, falling behind 7-2 and later 20-10 before dropping the set 25-15.
Kendall Taylor helped Occidental make a late three-point push with a service ace as the home side moved from 23-12 to 23-15, but Chapman took the final two points to close it out.
Occidental Top Performers
Jasmine Shum
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- team-high 9 kills
- team-high 10.5 points
- 2 blocks, including 1 solo
- 4 digs
Sloane Shoop
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- 8 kills
- 5 digs
- 8.0 points
Eyleen Sanchez
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- team-high 13 digs
- 4 assists
Chloe Jeong
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- team-high 9 assists
- 9 digs
- 1 kill
Abby Werbel
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- team-high 3 blocks
- 1 kill
Women's volleyball will be back in action against the CMS Athenas in Claremont, CA on Thursday, October 15th at 7:00pm.
