Santa Clara sweeps Portland in women's volleyball, holds Pilots to negative hitting

Cate Shanahan had 13 kills for the Broncos.

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Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026In the Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026 edition

A Santa Clara volleyball player in a white and maroon No. 9 jersey leaps to attack at the net, with an opposing player in a dark jersey on the left. — Santa Clara's Selin Aslayan (9) goes up for an attack. — Photo: courtesy of Santa Clara Athletics, Courtesy of the school's athletics department

SANTA CLARA - Santa Clara swept Portland 25-16, 25-20, 25-13 in a West Coast Conference women's volleyball match on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Leavey Center, according to the official box score. The Broncos improved to 11-14 and 7-6 in conference play, while the Pilots fell to 11-10 and 4-8.

Santa Clara had 40 kills and nine service aces and held Portland to a -.054 hitting percentage, according to Santa Clara Athletics. The school said it was the first time the Broncos held an opponent to negative hitting since Oct. 14, 2019.

Cate Shanahan led Santa Clara with 13 kills, two aces and eight digs. Selin Aslayan added 11 kills and Grace Flanagan had seven. Macy Hinshaw had 30 assists and 11 digs, and Ashlynn Reilly served four aces. Kalaweloilehua Chock led Portland with six kills.

Santa Clara hosts San Francisco on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m.

Source: Santa Clara Athletics official box score, Portland at Santa Clara, Nov. 7, 2026; Santa Clara Athletics recap.

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