FULLERTON, Calif. — The Cal State Fullerton women's volleyball team fell to Cal State Bakersfield in five sets (20-25, 25-23, 29-27, 24-26, 14-16) Saturday afternoon. The Titans moved to 7-18 overall and 2-10 in conference play.Â
Sofia Shine led the Titans offensively with a career-high 25 kills, surpassing her previous mark of 20 kills against UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 10.
Zariah Crosby added 10 kills and six blocks, while
Hannah Hass added six kills and six block assists. Together, the Titans tallied 64 kills compared with Bakersfield's 60 kills.Â
The Titans fell to Bakersfield in the opening set, 25-20, before Fullerton won the second set, 25-23, to tie the match at 1-1.Â
Fullerton defeated the Roadrunners in the second set, 25-23. The teams traded points through 15 ties and nine lead changes. Bakersfield pulled to a 19-17 lead, while Fullerton rallied behind a crosscourt kill from
Neeva Gaine. Hass and Shine combined at the net to tie the set at 19-19 before pulling ahead with a service ace from
Sibley Oster. Bakersfield evened the set at 22-22, but the Titans secured the win on a visiting attack error to even the match.Â
The Titans took a 2-1 match lead with a 29-27 win in the third set. The set saw 12 ties and seven lead changes. Shine recorded eight kills and a .667 hitting percentage in the set, while the team hit .235. A solo block from Risling gave the Titans a 13-12 lead, and
Marisa Nakata used a kill to tie the set at 14-14.
Jaiden Mojica entered off the bench and evened the set at 23-23 with a service ace. Hass and Shine posted a block at the net to take a 27-26 lead before Shine shut the door in extra points with a kill.Â
Bakersfield answered with a 26-24 win in the fourth set. The Titans recorded 12 block assists at the net, featuring strong defensive efforts from Crosby, Shine and Hass. Shine tied her career-high 20 kills to push the Titans to a 16-15 lead. Crosby and Shine added a block to extend Fullerton's lead to 17-15, but the Roadrunners went on a 3-0 run to lead 18-17. Shine evened the set at 18-18 with her 21st kill of the match before a big block from Crosby and Ellis tied the set at 24-24. The Roadrunners forced a fifth set after closing the fourth on consecutive errors by the Titans.Â
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The Titans fell to the Roadrunners in the deciding set, 16-14. Crosby recorded a kill down the middle, and
Arianna Ellis extended Fullerton's lead to 10-5 with a kill. Shine recorded her 25th kill of the match for a 13-11 lead before the Roadrunners tied the set at 13-13 with a service ace. Bakersfield took the lead with a kill, but Hass responded with a kill to tie the set. The Roadrunners closed the set on a kill to take the match in five sets.Â
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Fullerton will travel to UC Santa Barbara for a 6:00 p.m. match on Friday, and close the weekend at Cal Poly on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.Â
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