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CSU Bakersfield CSUB 5-19,2-10 Big West
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Winner Cal St. Fullerton CSF 12-8,6-6 Big West
CSU Bakersfield CSUB
5-19,2-10 Big West
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Cal St. Fullerton CSF
12-8,6-6 Big West
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
CSU Bakersfield CSUB 21 20 25 24 (1)
Cal St. Fullerton CSF 25 25 21 26 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Bakersfield Battles but Falls in 4 at Fullerton

FULLERTON, Calif. – Despite a career-high 16 kills from Ava Palm and Cal State Bakersfield outhitting and outblocking its opponents on the road, the Roadrunners fell to the Cal State Fullerton Titan on Saturday evening. The Big West volleyball matchup came down to the final points as the host Titans held off the `Runners in the fourth set, 26-24.

Quotes from Head Coach Giovana Melo
  • Melo credited Fullerton's service game as a major factor in the result on Saturday: "We got a little better as the match went on, but the aces were definitely the difference in the match."
Notables
  • Palm, a Bakersfield native, tallied 16 kills to go with five blocks, one shy of her career high on the defensive end.
  • The Titans recorded 15 service aces against the `Runners, the second-most Bakersfield has allowed this season.
  • CSUB enjoyed eight kills out of both Lizzie Binder and Hana Makonova with each `Runner hitting over .500 on the match.
  • Bakersfield's setters, Laura De Pra and Ella Erteltova, posted identical stat lines with 22 assists and nine digs each.
  • Senior libero Paige Calvin tallied 17 digs and is now sixth in CSUB's Division I career ranks with 730 digs as a `Runner.
  • CSUB outhit Fullerton, .250 to .176, and the `Runners recorded 11.0 blocks to the Titans' 3.0.
Up Next on the Schedule
  • CSUB returns home to host UC Santa Barbara and CSUN
  • Nov. 4 (6 p.m.) and Nov. 5 (5 p.m.)
  • Bakersfield, Calif. / Icardo Center
  • Tickets available at GoRunners.com/Tickets
Set 1 (CSF, 25-21) 
  • CSUB jumped out to a 7-1 advantage, but a 7-1 Fullerton response found the teams tied at eight points apiece.
  • From a 19-19 tie, Fullerton closed the first set on a 6-2 run.
  • CSUB outhit (.296 vs. .158) and outblocked (5.0 vs. 1.0) Fullerton, but five Titan service aces helped bridge the gap.
Set 2 (CSF, 25-20) 
  • After trailing 16-10, CSUB tied the score at 20-20, but Fullerton sealed the win with a 5-0 finish.
  • Serve reception continue to plague the `Runners as the Titans recorded seven more aces in the second set alone.
Set 3 (CSUB, 25-21) 
  • Trailing 20-18, Bakersfield surged past Fullerton to force a fourth set with a 7-1 run.
  • Palm tallied nine kills in the third set alone.
  • The `Runners limited the Titans to just one service ace in Game 3.
Set 4 (CSF, 26-24) 
  • Midway through the set, a 5-0 CSUB run put the `Runners ahead of the Titans, 17-16.
  • Fullerton tied the score at 23-23 and then had a match-point opportunity that Bakersfield staved off, but the Titans shut the door.
~GoRunners.com~
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