CLAREMONT, Calif. — Pomona-Pitzer women's volleyball defeated Buffalo State 3-0 before falling to St. Olaf 3-0 Saturday on the second and final day of the Pacific Coast Classic. 
 
Season Impact: The results put the Sagehens at 2-1 on the 2025 season. 
 
Sagehens 3, Buffalo State 0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-21)
 
Tene Ariyo and Paige Mountanos led Pomona-Pitzer with 10 kills apiece against the Bengals, with Ariyo posting a team-best .381 hitting percentage. Corrina Benson notched a team-high 22 digs while Paige Butler dished out a team-best 15 assists.
 
The Sagehens cruised to an opening 25-18 set one win, fueled by a 4-0 run late in the frame. Natalie Potter tallied a kill before a Bengal attack error sealed set one. A 5-1 run midway through set two put Pomona-Pitzer up 20-13. Charlotte Sekerka and Ariyo posted kills down the stretch as the Sagehens went up 2-0 in the match. 
 
Pomona-Pitzer kept its foot on the gas in set three, with a pair of Ariyo kills making it 23-16. Mounatnos eventually sealed the set win with a kill of her own. 
 
Sagehens 0, St. Olaf 3 (20-25, 22-25, 23-25)
 
Ariyo and Samantha Grabb led Pomona-Pitzer with 11 kills in its three-set loss to St. Olaf, with Grabb hitting at .588. Benson posted a team-high 16 digs while Savanna Cespedes had a team-best 17 assists. 
 
Pomona-Pitzer fought from behind for much of the first set, with kills from Mountanos and Grabb making it 20-16 for St. Olaf. Mountanos notched another kill late but St. Olaf took the set, 25-20. Trailing 23-18 in the second, a 3-0 Sagehen run fueled by a pair of Mountanos kills made it 23-21. But St. Olaf went on to hang on, 25-22.
 
In the third, an Ariyo kill set up by Cespedes put the Sagehens up three, 18-15. A Grabb kill later made it 20-19 before St. Olaf scored four straight. Pomona-Pitzer answered with three straight points of their own, but St. Olaf scored the game's final two points to take the match, 3-0.
 
Benson tallied her 1,000th career dig in the match. 
 
Up Next: Pomona-Pitzer will take on Whitworth at 2:00 p.m. PT and Redlands at 5:00 p.m. PT next Friday, Sept. 5, at home.