Box Score REDLANDS, Calif. — Occidental (8-15, 3-8 SCIAC) lost its match 3-0 to Redlands (5-17, 2-9 SCIAC) on Saturday. Occidental finished with 24 kills and a .037 hitting percentage, while Redlands had 40 kills and hit .275.
Occidental's first set got away during an Olivia Stanley service turn, when Redlands turned a 10-6 edge into a 15-6 advantage with three aces and two more points. Occidental answered with kills from
Jasmine Shum,
Corinne Van Haeren and
Sloane Shoop and blocks involving
Audrey Makler, Van Haeren and Shum, but Redlands closed the set 25-14.
Occidental moved in front midway through the second set, using kills from
Kendall Taylor and Van Haeren and a
Sloane Shoop service ace to build leads of 14-12 and 15-14. Redlands answered from a 15-15 tie with three straight points, and after Occidental got back within 18-17, Redlands scored seven of the final nine points to take the set 25-19.
Occidental faced a 9-1 hole in the third set, with
Sloane Shoop providing the team's first two kills to stop early Redlands stretches.
Lauren Neely later factored into two Occidental blocks, including a shared block with
Anna Curtis-Revelle that made it 24-12, but Redlands closed the set on Cecily Wagstaff's kill for a 25-12 finish.
Occidental Top Performers
Sloane Shoop
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- 9 kills on .240 hitting
- 1 service ace
- 6 digs
- 10.0 points
Eyleen Sanchez
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- 17 digs
- 2 assists
Kendall Taylor
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- 7 assists
- 7 digs
- 1 kill on .333 hitting
Chloe Jeong
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- 8 assists
- 1 service ace
- 2 digs
Elizabeth Hermosillo
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- 1 kill on 1.000 hitting
- 5 digs