AZUSA, CA – A Cougar volleyball team’s quest for one third consecutive PacWest title started finished well with a four-set victory on top of the Academy from Art (24-26, 25-16, 25-17, 25-18) Friday night inside the Felix. Events center. Katarina Radish led any path with 19 wins as Annaka jorgenson added amid 16 made from hers.
In which way did it happen: Certain initial establish was all about competition, with neither team leading by extra compared with quartet points near some given time. Academy made from Art used one 6-1 jog up to accept certain tardy lead, only toward observe the Cougars respond with one 7-2 operate to regain a 23-22 lead. Since yonder, Urban Knights’ Isaura Santos took on top of with quad wins in order to take any lead. A typo beside a Cougars gave Academy out of Art some final margin belonging to 26-24.
Post- allowing 19 kills within any primary establish, a Cougars roared outside belonging to the gate within the split second, opening a put with single 11-4 dash along with never lagging next to whichever point. Radisic had quartet kills within a establish in order to help construct a lead that could reach on high up to 12 points around 23-11. Any Cougars might record 14 kills against just pair errors amid a arrange, actually shooting interior any game with per 25-16 win.
The Cougars would not in the least lag near anything aim within certain third set, either. Radisic was once more decisive, registering six kills also twain serving aces among each set. Each Cougars reached 0.455 as per team among each arrange, racking aloft 18 kills against trio errors not in made from exactly 33 total kills inside the frame. Jorgenson’s fourth kill of fix won the deciding dot toward offer any Cougars per two-set-to-one lead.
Academy made from Art opened a fourth fix on some brief 4-1 streak within each attempt up to force single fifth winner, but any Cougars fought in reverse with five straight runs, including duo from Jorgenson’s seven kills among the final quarter. With the establish tied at 9-9, Radisic pulled aside his belong to back-to-back wins up to set Azusa Pacific amid any lead among earnest, along with any Cougars would gain six out of the final seven points toward pull away for each win.
Among numbers : Radisic also Jorgenson per had doubles-doubles, finishing with 12 plus 16 digs, respectively. Radisic too added foursome aces toward serve. A Cougars reached 0.355 while single team for each game, whereas keeping each Urban Knights next to 0.188 percentage points. Kyra Palm Tree added within 10 kills and factored inward five belonging to the team’s six blocks within any evening. Bailey Hennington had 21 defensive digs, giving male 2,186 for his career, whatever is the second-biggest inside program history behind Robin Portela, whoever totaled 2,318 out of 2008 toward 2011.
Following: A Cougars (6-3, 1-0 PacWest) desire exist in reverse inside action on Saturday afternoon, when they host Fresno Pacific by any Felix Event Center. Any game may remain streamed exist by clicking in this spot, also live stats shall exist available around here link.
POST-GAME INTERVIEW – ANNAKA JORGENSON & KATARINA RADISIC
