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Grand Night for Buechler in Sweep at ASU
November 05, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
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TEMPE, Ariz. - Junior Reily Buechler became the 28th Bruin to reach the 1,000-kill mark, posting 13 on Saturday night to go with a .423 hitting percentage, five digs and three service aces, as the ninth-ranked Bruins remained in a tie for first in the Pac-12 with a sweep at Arizona State at Wells Fargo Arena. Set scores were 25-21, 25-22, 25-19.
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Senior Taylor Formico and freshman Torrey Van Winden each had 14 digs, with Van Winden adding seven kills and a .357 percentage. Senior Jordan Anderson posted 10 kills and senior Jennie Frager had four kills. The Bruins (19-5, 10-4 Pac-12) hit .304 for the match thanks to the setting of junior Ryann Chandler, who had 22 assists and six digs and freshman Kylie Miller, who notched 13 assists and two aces.
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The Bruins jumped out to an early 8-3 lead thanks to three aces by Van Winden, Miller and Buechler, kills from Frager and Buechler and three ASU errors. The Sun Devils came back to take their first lead of the match at 12-11 and extended it to as much as three at 15-12, but a 4-1 UCLA run on a kill and ace by Buechler, a Frager kill and an ASU error equaled things at 16. The score was still tied at 19 when the Bruins scored six of the final eight points of the set. Anderson started the run with a kill, which was followed by four points on ASU errors and the clincher on a Buechler kill to win it 25-21. Van Winden notched four kills and four digs in the first, Buechler added three kills and Formico posted four digs, as the Bruins out-hit the Sun Devils .267 to .219.
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Arizona State (9-17, 2-12 Pac-12) raced out to an early 7-3 lead in set two, and still led by three as late as 11-8, but four in a row for the Bruins on kills by Anderson and Buechler and two Sun Devil errors gave the visitors a 12-11 edge. Despite ties at 12, 14, 15 and 16, four in a row on an Anderson kill, a Van Winden solo block and two ASU errors put the Bruins up 20-16. UCLA maintained at least a two-point lead the rest of the way, winning the set on Buechler's sixth kill of the second to take it 25-22. Anderson also had six kills, Formico added seven digs and Van Winden recorded four digs. The Bruins out-hit the Sun Devils .286 to .189.
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The Bruins led from start to finish in set three to wrap up the sweep. UCLA took an 8-3 lead on two Buechler kills (including the 1,000th of her career), one apiece by Van Winden, Chandler and senior Haley Lawless, an Anderson ace and two ASU errors. With the Bruins up 14-9, the Sun Devils went on a 5-1 run to get to within one at 15-14, but UCLA immediately came back with a Van Winden kill and two ASU errors to go back up by four. At 22-19, the Bruins scored the last three on a Frager solo block, an ASU error and a Miller ace to finish up a 25-19 victory. Buechler was error-free with four kills in nine attempts in the third, while Van Winden added three kills and six digs. The Bruins out-hit the Sun Devils .370 to .139.
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The Bruins continue their four-match road trip on Thursday at California at 8 p.m. The match will air on Pac-12 Los Angeles.
