SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Jessup women's volleyball team dropped a three-set PacWest match at Westmont on Wednesday afternoon at Murchison Gymnasium. The Warriors fall to 5-18 overall and 3-12 in conference play, while the Warriors from Westmont improve to 12-11 and 9-6.
Sophomore outside hitter
Jadyn Hoffman led Jessup in nearly every phase. She posted a match-high 12 kills on 34 swings for a .235 hitting percentage and added 11 digs and a service ace for 13.0 points.
Mia Rivera hit .312 with eight kills and 8.0 points. Jessup's most efficient hitter was
August Stys, who put down five kills on just 10 attempts for a .500 clip, adding a block assist. Mckinley King also finished with five kills and a block assist, for 5.5 points.
Kjersti Jacobson ran the offense with 17 assists, and
Khaycee Jamias-Cadenas chipped in 13 more. Libero Lillian Smith led the back row with eight digs and 17 error-free receptions, and the Warriors finished with 51 digs as a team and a .955 team reception percentage. The challenge for Jessup was finishing: the Warriors committed 13 attack errors, and Westmont recorded six block assists to Jessup's two.
Set one was the closest. Jessup pulled out to a 14-9 advantage, tied the set at 17 after a successful Westmont challenge, and led 21-18 late. The Warriors then scored just once more as Westmont closed the set on a 7-0 run to take it, 25-21. Jessup hit .196 in the frame, with Hoffman's three errors on 13 attempts the difference. King and Stys each had three kills.
Westmont took control in the second set and never trailed after 2-2. The hosts hit .378 for the set, led by Audrey Hyde, who had eight kills on 11 swings (.727). Jessup got a lift from Rivera (four kills, .800) and Hoffman (four kills, .667) and trimmed the deficit to as few as five late. Even so, Westmont won it 25-19.
The third set followed a similar pattern. Westmont hit .342, and Ceanna O'Loughlin had six kills on 11 swings. Jessup hit .189 with five errors, but Hoffman again led the way with six kills, and
Jenna Kraft added three. The Warriors scored three straight to cut the margin to 14-12 before Westmont called timeout. The hosts steadied and closed it out, 25-17.
For the match, Westmont hit .307 with 50 kills.
Jessup now hits the road for a two-match swing through Southern California, visiting Vanguard on Friday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m. at the Freed Center in Costa Mesa, and Biola on Saturday, Oct. 31, at noon at Chase Gymnasium in La Mirada.
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