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Junior Madeleine Gates helped the Bruins to 22 blocks on Sunday.
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
No. 10 Bruins Go the Distance, Beat No. 19 USD
September 02, 2018 | Women's Volleyball
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SAN DIEGO - Junior Madeleine Gates recorded the first double-double of her career, posting 13 kills and a personal-high 11 blocks, with sophomore Jenny Mosser and freshman Devon Chang also adding double-doubles, as the 10th-ranked Bruins won their second, five-set match in a row at No. 19 San Diego on Sunday at Jenny Craig Pavilion. Set scores were 21-25, 25-17, 25-13, 19-25, 15-11.
The Bruins had 22 blocks, their highest total since Nov. 8, 2007. Mosser has double-doubles in three of four matches this season after going for 13 kills and 10 digs. Chang added a double-double for the second straight match, posting 52 assists and 16 digs to go with six blocks. Sophomore Mac May led all players with 14 kills, with senior Kyra Rogers adding eight kills, seven blocks (tied career high) and six digs and freshman Hawley Harrer notching seven kills, seven blocks, four digs and three aces. In the backcourt, junior Savvy Simo tied a personal best with 20 digs, while senior Zana Muno added 15 digs.
UCLA's only lead in the opening set came at 3-2, with San Diego scoring seven of the next eight to take a 9-4 advantage. Five was the Toreros' largest lead of the opener. The Bruins would slowly chip away though to tie things up. Down 16-12, the Bruins scored seven of 10 to equal the score at 19. May had two kills during the 7-3 run, Rogers recorded a solo block, Gates and Harrer teamed up for a roof and San Diego made three errors. However, the Toreros posted the next four points and six of the final eight to win the first by a score of 25-21. The Bruins had six blocks in the opening set, but just eight kills, getting out-hit .167 to .065.
Despite two ties, the Bruins led the whole way in set two. Leading 11-9, the Bruins scored four of five on three kills by Gates and one from May to take a 15-10 edge, prompting a San Diego timeout. The closest the Toreros would get the rest of the way was three points. Leading 22-17, the Bruins scored the final three points of the second, as Gates and May had kills and Mosser served an ace. Gates led the Bruins with six kills, while May added five. Defensively, Simo had eight digs and Muno posted six, while Harrer had three blocks. The Bruins out-hit the Toreros .188 to .068.
The Bruins also led the whole way in set three, with only one tie at 1-all. Up 10-8, the Bruins went on a 10-2 run to break it open. Mosser and Rogers each had two kills, Harrer recorded a kill, an ace and a block with Gates, Chang posted a solo roof and USD made two errors. At 21-12, the Bruins scored four of the last five points on a Gates kill, a Gates/Chang block, a May kill and a Rogers/Chang roof to win the third by a score of 25-13. The Bruins had nine blocks in the third set, with Gates and Chang each posting five. Mosser recorded four kills, Chang had five digs and Muno added four. The Bruins hit .258 and held the Toreros to a -.045 percentage.
The Bruins' only leads in set four were 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2, as San Diego scored the next six and held the advantage for the rest of the set. Down 13-9, the Bruins scored six of eight to equal things at 15, as Gates had two kills, Mosser and May each posted one, Harrer served an ace and USD made an error. But the Toreros came back with five of the next six and went on to win the fourth 25-19. Gates, May and Rogers each had three kills, while Chang posted six digs. The Toreros out-hit the Bruins .359 to .162.
The only deficit for the Bruins in set five came after dropping the opening point, as a kill and ace by Rogers gave UCLA the lead for good. The Bruins held a 10-9 lead when they scored three of four on two Mosser kills and one by Harrer to go up 13-10. Following a San Diego sideout, a Gates kill gave the Bruins four match points, with a kill by May wrapping up a 15-11 victory. Mosser had four kills in the deciding set, as the Bruins out-hit the Toreros .346 to .304.
The Bruins travel to San Luis Obispo next week for a pair of matches against No. 24 Cal Poly on Thursday, Sept. 6 and Friday, Sept. 7. Both matches will be 7 p.m. starts.
Team Stats
UCLA
USD
Kills
56
61
Errors
22
33
Attempts
173
186
Hitting %
.197
.151
Points
84.0
77.0
Assists
54
60
Aces
6
3
Blocks
22.0
13.0
Game Leaders
Kills
13
Aces
1
Blocks
3
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
11
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
7
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