CLAREMONT, Calif. — Pomona-Pitzer women's volleyball defeated Chapman in straight sets (25-22, 25-15, 25-19) Tuesday night at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Season Impact: The win puts the Sagehens at 11-13 overall, including 4-5 in SCIAC play.
Corrina Benson set the all-time combined career service aces program record with 175 after tallying two versus the Panthers.
Kayla Thienprasiddhi paced Pomona-Pitzer offensively with 10 kills on a .444 clip, also adding five digs and three blocks.
Samantha Grabb added eight kills and four blocks while
Greta Klinkmann had a career-high nine blocks and six kills. Her nine block assists rank as the most in a single game sweep in program history.
Benson posted 16 digs to go with seven assists and her two aces.
Sophie Mies had 17 assists and seven digs while
Paige Butler had 11 assists and eight digs.
Leading 18-16 in set one, Pomona-Pitzer secured four straight points, including three straight blocks involving Klinkmann, to go up 22-16. Chapman scored the next four to hang around before Butler found
Anna Krebs for a kill. Mies later scored on a setter dump and Klinkmann finished off the 25-22 set win with a kill.
The Sagehens seized control early in set two, leading 17-8. Krebs tallied a kill to make it 20-12 Pomona-Pitzer. Chapman scored the next three, but the Sagehens closed the 25-15 set win with five straight points. Mies found Thienprasiddhi for the set clincher.
In set three, Pomona-Pitzer scored six straight to take a 13-7 advantage, capped with a
CC Porter service ace. Chapman later used a 6-0 run of its own to come within a point, 19-18. But a block from Thienprasiddhi and Porter then capped a 4-0 Sagehen run. Thienprasiddhi sealed the straight set victory with a kill.
Up Next: The Sagehens will take on Whittier and Vassar College in Whittier on Friday, Oct. 23, at 2:00 p.m. PT and 4:30 p.m. PT.
