LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Occidental defeated Redlands 3-2 on Saturday at Rush Gymnasium, taking the match 17-25, 25-18, 25-13, 23-25, 15-8. Occidental finished with 17 service aces and 94 digs while holding Redlands to a .109 hitting percentage.
Occidental pulled the opening set even at 3-3, but Redlands' serving helped create separation as the visitors moved ahead 10-4. Occidental answered with kills from
Lauren Neely,
Jasmine Shum and
Audrey Makler during a three-point push to 10-7, and later got service aces from
Chloe Jeong and
Anna Curtis-Revelle. Redlands kept the margin from closing further and took the set 25-17.
Occidental turned a 5-5 tie into a 13-5 lead with an eight-point run, with Curtis-Revelle serving the final seven points of the stretch and Makler adding two kills. After Redlands closed to 21-18, Occidental won the last four points, including two Curtis-Revelle service aces, to take the set 25-18.
Occidental opened the third set with six straight points, taking the first point on a
Jasmine Shum kill before
Eyleen Sanchez served five consecutive points that included two aces and two more Shum kills. Occidental later reached set point on a Curtis-Revelle ace, and Makler closed the set with a kill from Jeong for a 25-13 win.
Occidental led 22-18 late in the fourth set, but Redlands answered with six straight points to move ahead 24-22 and went on to take the set 25-23. Earlier, Jeong served Occidental from 14-13 to 18-13 with back-to-back aces followed by kills from Curtis-Revelle and
Jasmine Shum.
Occidental took control of the fifth set early, building an 8-1 lead behind kills from Makler and
Jasmine Shum, aces by
Eyleen Sanchez and Jeong, and a block involving Curtis-Revelle and Shum. After Redlands scored consecutive points to reach 11-7, Occidental answered with kills by
Sloane Shoop and Shum and an
Elizabeth Hermosillo ace. Shum closed the set with a kill from
Kendall Taylor for a 15-8 Occidental finish.
Occidental Top Performers
Jasmine Shum
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- team-high 20 kills
- team-high 23.0 points
- 13 digs
- 2 service aces
Eyleen Sanchez
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- team-high 29 digs
- 6 assists
- 3 service aces
Chloe Jeong
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- team-high 18 assists
- 16 digs
- 4 service aces
Anna Curtis-Revelle
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- team-high 6 service aces
- 5 kills
- 3 blocks
- 12.5 points
Audrey Makler
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- 9 kills on .333 hitting
- 3 blocks
- 11.0 points
