Box Score 1 |
Box Score 2 Harding vs. No. 22 Cal – San Diego
Harding: 10 team blocks
Cal – San Diego: Sophie Rowe – 10 kills and 15 digs
Cal – San Diego: Amber Hawthorne – 21 assists, 14 digs
Harding vs. Cal State – Los Angeles
Harding: Mollie Arnold – 21 kills and 21 digs
Harding: Taryn Eubank – 46 assists and 15 digs
Harding: Liv Savage – nine blocks
Cal State – Los Angeles: Kymberly Silveyra – 23 kills and .392 hitting percentage
Cal State – Los Angeles: 15 team blocks
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The Harding volleyball team fell to California – San Diego 3-0 and No. 22 California State – Los Angles 3-2 in its final two matches of the Cal State – San Bernardino Tournament. The Lady Bisons fall to 1-3 on the season.
In the first match, California – San Diego held Harding to only 25 kills and forced 25 hitting errors. The Tritons were led by Sophie Rowe who had 10 kills and 15 digs. Calif. – San Diego had eight service aces and 63 digs in the match. Harding senior middle blocker
Alyssa Short had six blocks.
In the second match, the Lady Bisons fell behind 2-0 but battled back to force a fifth and deciding set. Harding senior outside hitter
Mollie Arnold had a double-double with 21 kills and 21 digs. Senior defensive specialist
Lisa Copeland had 20 digs. The last time two Harding players had 20 or more digs a match was against Southern Arkansas in 2011. Amber Parker (2008-11) had 34 digs and Arnold had 21.
Junior middle blocker
Liv Savage tied a career-high with 12 kills and captured a career-high nine blocks for HU. Junior setter
Taryn Eubank had a season-high 46 assists and 15 digs.
Harding had a season-high 92 digs. It was the most digs a match, since the Lady Bisons had a 100 against Southwestern Oklahoma State in the second round of last season's Great American Conference Tournament.
California State – Los Angeles was led by Kymberly Silveyra who had 23 kills and a team-high .392 hitting percentage.
The Lady Bisons will be back in action on Tuesday as they travel to Jackson, Tenn., to face Union at 6 p.m.
