Claremont, Calif. - Junior outside hitter Allie Frappier (pictured) had 19 kills in a win over Benedictine, and followed that up with a whopping 32 kills in a five-set loss to Willamette as Pomona-Pitzer split a pair of matches on Saturday at the Pacific Coast Classic, held at Voelkel Gymnasium.

With the split, the Sagehens move to 3-1 on the young season after winning its two Pacific Coast Classic matches yesterday. Benedictine is now 1-3 on the year, while Willamette improves to 2-1.

Pomona-Pitzer fell behind in both matches, but rallied against Benedictine for a 14-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-16 win. Against Willamette, the Sagehens went down 2-0 before rallying all the way back to match point, but the Bearcats earned a 25-23, 25-18, 17-25, 21-25, 16-14 win.

The 32 kills for Frappier against Willamette were the highest total for the Sagehens in the 2000s under current head coach Valerie Cowan. She accounted for seven of Pomona-Pitzer's 14 points in the decisive fifth game, including back-to-back kills to make the score 14-12 and give the Sagehens two match points.

However, Willamette closed out the match on a 4-0 run, with Carly Hargrave breaking a 14-14 tie after two Sagehen errors to give the Bearcats a match point. Hargrave and Kirsten Brehmer then combined on the match-clinching block for a 16-14 win in the fifth game.

Frappier finished with 32 kills in 65 attempts with 10 errors for a .338 hitting percentage to go along with 22 digs defensively. She also had 19 kills in 51 attempts and only four errors in the first match of the day against Benedictine, while no other teammate had more than six.

She found support in the second match, though, as sophomore Michelle Schultz had a strong day of her own, finishing with 14 kills and tying Frappier for match-high honors with 22 digs. The Sagehens used multiple setters as well, with junior Ellen Yamasaki tallying 45 in two matches, junior Dani Kritter adding 28, and freshman Elizabeth Sun adding 20.

Pomona-Pitzer returns to action next weekend at the Cal Lutheran Posada Royale Invitational for four matches in two days.