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19th-Ranked Bruins Outlast Beavers in Five
October 18, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Four Bruins had double figures in kills on Friday, as senior Karsta Lowe produced 21 with seven digs and redshirt sophomore Haley Lawless added a career-best 14 kills, as the 19th-ranked Bruins outlasted Oregon State in five sets at Crossroads Gym. Set scores were 28-26, 25-14, 19-25, 15-25, 15-10.
Also recording double figures in kills were freshman Reily Buechler, who had 13 to go with six digs, and senior Zoë Nightingale, who had 10 kills and a .421 hitting percentage. Senior Julie Consani notched her second double-double of the season with 55 assists and 12 digs, while sophomore Jennie Frager added a personal-best eight kills and just one error in 15 attempts (.467) to go with five blocks and four digs. The Bruins (14-5, 5-3 Pac-12) hit .249 for the match. Defensively, sophomore Taylor Formico had 17 digs, while junior Karly Drolson added 10.
UCLA saved one Oregon State set point and it took until its third attempt to win the opener in extra time. The Bruins' biggest lead was three on several occasions, while the Beavers' was one, as there were eight ties and four lead changes. UCLA scored four of the first six of the match on two Lawless kills and one apiece from Lowe and Nightingale, but three straight for OSU put the visitors up by one. The Bruins rallied with four in a row on Nightingale and Buechler kills, a Beaver attack error and a Formico ace to make it 8-5.
UCLA maintained its lead, until at 23-22, two in a row for the Beavers put them up by one and gave them a set point. Back-to-back kills for Lowe saved the set point and gave the Bruins one, but Oregon State saved it. Another Lowe kill earned another set point, but OSU saved it again. Lowe's 11th kill of the set gave UCLA a third set point and Lawless closed it out with her sixth kill of the opener to finish a 28-26 win. Nightingale added three kills, as the Bruins out-hit the Beavers .396 to .390. Formico added five digs.
The Bruins led wire-to-wire in set two, scoring five of the first six on two OSU errors, a Lawless kill and a Frager kill and ace. Oregon State closed to within two at 10-8 and was still down by a pair at 13-11 before UCLA ended the set on a 12-3 run to win by double digits. A kill by Nightingale, two in a row from Buechler, one by Consani and another from Buechler put the Bruins up 18-11.
At 19-13, the Bruins had another 5-0 run on Buechler and Frager kills, a Beaver attack error and Frager and Lowe kills to make it 24-13. On UCLA's second set point, a Lawless kill wrapped up the 25-14 win. Six different Bruins had at least two kills in the second, as Buechler and Frager led the way with four apiece, Consani, Lowe and Nightingale three each and Lawless a pair. The Bruins out-hit the Beavers .353 to .067. Formico added five more digs.
UCLA held as much as a three-point lead in set three, but Oregon State came back to force a fourth set. Equal at six, two Oregon State errors and a Lowe kill put the Bruins up 9-6. UCLA was still up by three at 10-7 and 11-8, but the Beavers went on runs of 4-0 and 13-3 to bust it open and take a 21-14 lead.
A kill by freshman Olga Strantzali, an OSU attack error and a block from Frager and sophomore Maddy Klineman got the Bruins to within four at 21-17, but they would get no closer, as the Beavers won the third 25-19. Buechler and Lawless each had three kills for the Bruins, who were out-hit .129 to .097.
The Bruins held a slim 4-3 lead in set four, but it would be their last advantage of the set, as the Beavers reeled off runs of 4-0 and 10-1 to go ahead 13-5. UCLA mounted a small comeback with a 5-1 run, but would get no closer than four.
Sophomore Izzy Carmona came off the bench to record three straight points on two kills and a block with Frager, and after a sideout, a Buechler kill and block made it 14-10. Oregon State came back with eight in a row and ended up winning the fourth set 25-15. Lawless led the Bruins with three kills and Formico recorded five digs, as the Bruins were out-hit .355 to .053.
The Bruins led wire-to-wire in the fifth to complete the victory. UCLA scored the first three points on a Lowe kill and a solo block and kill by Nightingale. At 4-2, kills from Carmona and Buechler extended the lead to 6-2, but Oregon State battled back to get to within one at 6-5. At 8-7, another 3-0 UCLA run on a kill by Buechler and two in a row by Lowe made it 11-7.
Six sideouts later, the Bruins had match point at 14-10 and senior Megan Moenoa served an ace to finish off the 15-10 win in the fifth. Lowe had four kills in the deciding set, while Buechler added three, as the Bruins out-hit the Beavers .318 to .167.
The Bruins travel to top-ranked Stanford next Friday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. The match will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks.
