Utah Valley women's volleyball falls 0-3 to UC San Diego; hosts UC Irvine Saturday
The Wolverines dropped the sets 28-30, 23-25 and 21-25 at Lockhart Arena on Thursday and close the home slate Saturday at noon.
OREM - Utah Valley University's women's volleyball team lost to UC San Diego 0-3 on Thursday night, Nov. 5, at Lockhart Arena, according to the official box score. The set scores were 28-30, 23-25 and 21-25.
UC San Diego improved to 11-13 overall and 7-6 in the Big West. Utah Valley fell to 8-17 and 6-7 in conference play. The box score lists the match start at 6:04 p.m. with attendance of 662.
UC San Diego finished with 55 kills, 4 aces, 5 blocks, 53 assists and 47 digs (64.0 points). Utah Valley had 44 kills, 4 aces, 10 blocks, 42 assists and 41 digs (58.5 points), according to the team comparison on the box score.
Miley Thunstrom led Utah Valley with 12 kills. Brielle Rueckert and Alyvia Watkins had 8 kills each. Evalyn Medaris recorded 34 assists and 7 blocks. For UC San Diego, Molly McCluskey had 18 kills and Gia Rivera 16; Brynne McGhie had 39 assists.
Utah Valley hosts UC Irvine on Saturday, Nov. 7, at noon MT at Lockhart Arena, according to the school's schedule. The Wolverines then play at Cal Poly on Nov. 13 and at UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 14.
Source: GoUVU.com box score, UC San Diego at Utah Valley (Nov. 5); GoUVU.com women's volleyball schedule.