Road
warriors sweep CSUF, UCR
By Kandace Hsu
On-line Forty-Niner
The
Long Beach State women’s volleyball team
swept the Cal State Fullerton Titans and
the UC Riverside Highlanders in six straight
games in a pair of Big West Conference matches
on the road this past weekend.
The 49ers improved to 13-1, 5-1 in conference
after beating the Titans, 30-15, 30-24,
30-23, on Saturday night at the Titan Gym,
while Fullerton fell to 4-14, 0-5 in conference.
LBSU’s Kessie Doering led the way with a
match-high 15 kills, .401 hitting percentage,
three service aces, six digs and five total
blocks.
Senior Elisha Thomas added 11 kills and
six blocks for The Beach, while Erika Chidester
had seven kills and five digs. Senior Brittany
Hochevar dished out a match-high 40 assists,
while chipping in on defense with five digs
and five blocks.
Fullerton’s Carley Dial had a team-high
10 kills, while Kim Levey tallied 29 assists.
But it wasn’t enough to beat the 49ers’
solid defense.
The Beach held the Titans to a .091 hitting
percentage for the entire match with 11
total team blocks.
Friday night, Thomas led LBSU to a 30-22,
30-19, 30-13 victory over UCR with a match-high
18 kills.
The Highlanders were no match for the 49ers
as the team dropped to 5-9, 1-3 in conference.
Thomas also added two digs and six blocks,
while teammates Doering added 12 kills,
a.417 attack percentage and seven digs,
and Hochevar set up the offense with another
match-high 33 assists.
LBSU limited UC Riverside to a low hitting
percentage for the entire match, as the
team racked up 24 block assists.
The Highlanders were led by Katie DeRoos,
who posted a team-best eight kills, while
teammates Tiffany Brooks set up 20 assists
and Jamie DeKieweiet added five kills and
eight digs.
The Beach has now stung together four straight
victories over UCR.
The 49ers resume action at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday against the University of the Pacific
at The Pyramid.
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