CLAREMONT, Ca. – The Pomona-Pitzer volleyball team fell to CMS 28-26, 25-15, 25-14, ending a six-game win streak. The Sagehens picked up 28 kills on the night with Chloe Gill leading the team with nine. Lauren Asato led the team with 11 digs while Kylie Mies picked up seven digs. Adrienne Tong dished out 12 assists and earned two service aces. Pomona-Pitzer will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 15 when they take on Whittier at 7:00 p.m. 

How It Happened

CMS came out swinging, starting set one on a 10-1 run. The Sagehens forced two CMS attacking errors while getting kills from Laurel Park and Chloe Gill, cutting the Athena lead to 11-5. Pomona-Pitzer continued to battle back into the set as Kylie Mies, Paige Wilson, and Chloe Gill all recorded kills, cutting the CMS lead to 16-15, forcing them to talk things over. Out of the break, the Athenas pushed to a 23-20 lead, but the Sagehens went on a 4-0 run to take a 24-23 lead. The run forced another CMS timeout to regroup, and they responded with back-to-back points to take a 25-24 lead. The Sagehens picked up a kill from Grace Fan to tie things at 25-25 but CMS answered with a kill of their own to regain the lead at 26-25. After a service error on the Athenas had set one tied 26-26, CMS earned back-to-back kills to take set one 28-26. 

The beginning of set two featured a much closer score as the two teams worked to a 3-3 tie but CMS pulled away again, this time taking a commanding 17-5 lead. The Sagehens called a timeout which resulted in a service error by the Athenas out of the break, but CMS added another four points to take a 21-6 lead. The Sagehens started a late rally, earning seven of the next eight points to cut the lead to 22-13 but CMS picked up two kills and forced an attack error to take set two 25-15. 

The Athenas got out to another large lead to start the set, going on an 8-0 run before Chloe Gill and Gaby Harrison each chimed in for a kill to get the Sagehens on the board. CMS continued to increase their lead, working to a 16-6 advantage before Pomona-Pitzer went on a 5-0 run with two service aces from Adrienne Tong and two kills from Grace Fan, cutting the Athena lead to 16-11. The Athenas answered back with a 9-3 to take the set 25-14 and earn the 3-0 victory over the Sagehens. 

What's Up Next

As mentioned, the Sagehens will be back on the court when they travel to Whittier on Oct. 15 at 7:00 p.m.