Wednesday, October 4
Tucson, AZ
7:00 PM

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10-4, 3-2Pac-12

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Arizona

7-7, 1-4Pac-12

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Senior Reily Buechler has led the Bruins in kills in three straight matches.

#13 Bruins Dominate Arizona in Sweep

October 04, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

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TUCSON, Ariz. -ย Senior Reily Buechler surpassed the 1,300-kill mark on Wednesday night, posting 15 kills and just one error in 28 attempts for a .500 hitting percentage to go with four aces, as the 13th-ranked Bruins swept Arizona at the McKale Center. Set scores were 25-15, 25-17, 25-20.
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Buechler, who has just two hitting errors in her last seven sets, has 1,312 kills for her career. Senior Sarah Sponcil had 35 assists and eight digs and set UCLA (10-4, 3-2 Pac-12) to a .336 hitting percentage. Junior Zana Muno recorded 20 digs, sophomore Madeleine Gates and freshman Jenny Mosser both had eight kills, junior Kyra Rogers and freshman Mac May added six kills apiece and sophomore Savvy Simo tallied nine digs.
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UCLA didn't trail in either of the first two sets, scoring five straight and eight of nine to open the match. Buechler had three kills during the 8-1 run, Gates added two kills, May posted a kill and an ace and Arizona had a bad set. The Wildcats (7-7, 1-4 Pac-12) got their deficit as low as five at 11-6, but could get no closer. At 15-8, a 5-1 UCLA run on kills by Rogers, Buechler and May, a May ace and a Sponcil/Gates block gave the visitors a set-best lead of 11 at 20-9, as the Bruins went on to win the first 25-15. Buechler was error-free with four kills in six swings, Gates also had four kills and May and Rogers were each error-free with three kills. The Bruins out-hit the Wildcats .300 to .103. Muno added nine digs and Simo had five.
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There were eight ties in the second set, but the Bruins didn't trail again to go up 2-0 in the match. Arizona was within a few points for the entire set, until at 19-17, the Bruins scored the last six of the second. Buechler scored five of the six on a kill and four aces, including back-to-back to end the set. Buechler and Gates were both 4-for-9 with on errors, while Muno and Sponcil each had four digs, as the Bruins out-hit the Wildcats .353 to .205.
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Arizona would take its first lead of the match at 4-3 and held as much as a two-point edge, but at 7-6, an 8-1 UCLA run made it 14-8. Mosser and Rogers each had kills, Muno and Sponcil both served aces and the Wildcats made four errors. The Bruins led by at least three for the rest of the match. At 22-19, UCLA scored three of the last four on a Rogers kill and a solo block and kill by Buechler to win the third 25-20. Buechler added seven more kills in the final set, while Mosser was 5-for-8 with on errors. Muno produced seven digs. The Bruins out-hit the Wildcats .361 to .294.
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The Bruins continue their trip to the desert in Tempe on Friday at 8 p.m. The match will air on Pac-12 Networks Los Angeles.
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Team Stats

UCLA
ARIZ
Kills
44
36
Errors
7
14
Attempts
110
112
Hitting %
.336
.196
Points
54.0
40.0
Assists
41
33
Aces
8
1
Blocks
2.0
3.0

Game Leaders

Kills
15
Aces
4
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
0

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