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| Kelly Fink's 15 kills
helped UCR upend Gonzaga and earned her a spot on the
All-Tournament Team |
August 30, 2008 - The UC Riverside Women's Volleyball
Team picked up two three-game sweeps in the final day of the
Montana Invitational to improve to 3-1 on the year. The Highlanders
3-1 record ties the school Division I era mark for best four-game
start to a season most recently accomplished by the 2005 squad.
UCR's three-game winning streak is also the program's longest
streak since the 2005 team ran off 10 straight wins from September
2 to 23.
The Highlanders led comfortably for most of
the first game before the Bulldogs closed to within two at
16-14. However, UCR ended the game on a 9-3 run to take a
one games to none lead. An 8-2 run midway through the second
game helped the Highlanders secure a 2-0 advantage, but closing
out Gonzaga in the third set was far from easy. The Bulldogs
stormed out to a 12-4 lead, but UC Riverside scored the next
five points and slowly climbed back into the game taking its
first lead at 20-19. A Gonaga service error gave the Highlanders
the 25-22 win.
Kelly Fink (San Dimas, CA) recorded 15 kills
in the match while Kelly Simpson (Modesto, CA) added 10. Brittney
Murrey (El Cerrito, CA) paced the team in assists with 30
earning her a spot alongside Fink on the All-Tournament team.
In the first match of the afternoon, UCR had
to battle for each win of the three-game sweep over Bradley.
In the first, the Highlanders never trailed, but they also
never led by more than three points finally taking the game,
25-22. In game two, Bradley took an early lead, but UC Riverside
closed out the 25-15 win on a 13-5 run. The final game saw
the Highlanders erase a three-point deficit midway through
to pick up the win, 25-22.
Simpson and Fink each had 11 kills in the match,
and Brittney Murrey added 25 assists.
The Highlanders welcome UCLA to the Student
Rec Center on Wednesday, Sept. 3 for UC Riverside's 2008 home
opener. The match begins at 7 pm.
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