IRVINE, Calif. – The Jessup women's volleyball team won the opening set but fell to Concordia (CA) in four, 29-27, 15-25, 18-25, 16-25, on Friday, Oct. 16, at CU Arena. The Warriors fell to 4-14 overall and 2-8 in PacWest play.
Jessup came back from a 4-0 deficit and a late 25-24 deficit in the first set, tying the score at 25 and going ahead on a
Mia Rivera kill. Mckinley King's kills at 27-26 and 28-27 put the Warriors in front, and a Concordia attack error closed out the set. Jessup hit .224 in the set with 16 kills while holding the Golden Eagles to .083. It was the third first set Concordia has dropped in conference play, all in the past week.
The 29-27 opening set was the third first set Concordia has dropped in conference play, all within the past week. The Golden Eagles had swept their first eight league opponents before losing the opener to Point Loma (25-17) and Biola (25-18). Jessup's was the only one of the three to go to extra points.
Jenna Kraft led Jessup with 12.0 points, 10 kills and a team-high 18 digs. King added 10 kills and 11.0 points, and Rivera had a match-high six block assists, four of them in the third set. Kjersti Jacobson handed out 29 assists with 12 digs, and libero Lillian Smith had 21 digs and received 37 serves without an error. Jessup also forced Concordia into a 7.0-to-8.0 blocking battle and posted a .902 team reception percentage.
The Warriors do not have to wait long for another chance. They head to San Diego on Saturday, Oct. 17, to face Point Loma Nazarene at Golden Gymnasium, with the match set for 2 p.m. Point Loma took a four-set decision in Rocklin on Sept. 26. After that, Jessup returns to Warrior Arena for a three-match homestand.
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