WHITTIER, Calif. — Pomona-Pitzer women's volleyball defeated Whittier in five sets (26-24, 22-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-13) and Vassar College in four (25-16, 25-23, 24-26, 27-25) Friday.
Season Impact: The results put the Sagehens at 13-13 on the season, including 5-5 in SCIAC play.
Sagehens 3, Whittier 2
Kayla Thienprasiddhi led the Sagehen offense versus the Poets with 19 kills to go with 17 digs.
Anna Krebs followed with 12 kills while
Samantha Grabb,
Ella Mesard and
Greta Klinkmann each posted nine.
Corrina Benson notched 35 digs while
Sophie Mies dished out 36 assists.
Down 23-21 in set one, Pomona-Pitzer fought back to tie it at 23 with back-to-back kills from Klinkmann. The Poets then scored to bring it to set point, but the Sagehens responded with three straight points to seal the set win. Thienprasiddhi posted a kill followed by a pair from
Matsa Shi. In set two, the Sagehens led 21-20 late before Whittier scored the next two. Grabb recorded a kill to tie it at 22, but the Poets scored three straight to take set two, 25-22.
Pomona-Pitzer responded with another close win in set three. With the game tied at 19, the Poets had a bad set and Benson recorded an ace to put the Sagehens up two. Kills from Thienprasiddhi and Grabb later brought Pomona-Pitzer to set point, 24-22. A kill from Shi gave the Sagehens set three, 25-23.
After tying set four, 17-17, Whittier scored three to go up 20-17. Krebs and
Charlotte Sekerka traded kills late, followed by a block from Grabb and Sekerka. But the Poets held on for the 25-22 set win to force a game five.
Whittier scored seven straight midway through the fifth to go up 11-8. But Pomona-Pitzer refused to go down, as a Krebs kill sealed a 3-0 run to tie the game at 11. Klinkmann and Krebs traded kills to put the Sagehens up 13-12. Krebs posted another kill before an attack error from the Poets sealed the 15-13 set five win and the five set match victory for Pomona-Pitzer.
Sagehens 3, Vassar 1
Thienprasiddhi again posted a team-high 12 kills in the Sagehens' win over Vassar to go with a career-high seven service aces. Grabb had 10 kills while
Corrina Benson notched 20 digs and
Sophia Kim dished out 18 assists.
The Sagehens cruised to a 21-11 lead in set one after a
Sophia Lee service ace. Vassar scored the next five, but Pomona-Pitzer sealed the opening set win with four straight points, including a Mesard kill and a
Lexi Seres ace.
In set two, the Sagehens came from behind late to take it, 25-23. Trailing 22-18, Thienprasiddhi and
Nicole Rabadi helped fuel a 4-0 run to tie it, 22-22. Vassar scored the next point, but a 3-0 Sagehen run, including a block from
Alex Besteman and Thienprasiddhi, gave the team the set and a 2-0 match lead.
Vassar stayed alive with a late win in set three. The Sagehens earned a match point opportunity at 24-23, but Vassar scored the final three points of the game.
Pomona-Pitzer sealed the 3-1 match win with a 27-25 victory in set four. With Vassar at set point, 24-22,
Makayla Sheffer sparked a 3-0 Sagehen run with a kill to put the Sagehens at match point, 25-24. Vassar then scored, but kills from Mies and Grabb sealed the set four win for Pomona-Pitzer and the match.
Up Next: The Sagehens will travel across Sixth Street to take on CMS on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7:00 p.m. PT.
