THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Occidental (8-16, 3-10 SCIAC) lost to Cal Lutheran (16-8, 12-2 SCIAC) 3-0 on Tuesday. Occidental was held to 24 kills and a .120 hitting percentage, while Cal Lutheran totaled 50 kills and hit .410.
The Tigers were put in an early hole in the first set as Cal Lutheran scored the first five points and later moved ahead 12-4.
Sloane Shoop gave Occidental four kills, and
Elizabeth Hermosillo and
Eyleen Sanchez each added a service ace, but Cal Lutheran closed the set at 25-15.
Occidental stayed even midway through the second set, tying it at 14-14 after
Anna Curtis-Revelle followed a kill with a service ace. Cal Lutheran answered with five straight points to go ahead 19-14, putting Occidental in a gap it could not erase despite late kills from
Abby Werbel,
Corinne Van Haeren and
Sloane Shoop. Cal Lutheran took the set 25-19.
Occidental was unable to recover after
Sloane Shoop's second early kill made it 4-2, as Cal Lutheran answered with eight straight points to push the set to 12-2.
Abby Werbel later put down back-to-back kills during Occidental's best scoring stretch, but Cal Lutheran closed out the set 25-8.
Occidental Top Performers
Sloane Shoop
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- team-high 9 kills
- 5 digs
- 9.0 points
Eyleen Sanchez
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- team-high 12 digs
- 1 service ace
Anna Curtis-Revelle
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- 5 kills on .250 hitting
- 2 service aces
- 1 solo block
- 8.0 points
Kendall Taylor
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- team-high 10 assists
- 3 digs
Abby Werbel
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- 4 kills with no errors on 14 attempts
- .286 hitting percentage
Occidental wraps up the regular season on Saturday, November 7th in a home contest with the Whittier College Poets as the Tigers will celebrate the program's senior student-athletes on Senior Night!
