Gauchos Beat Fullerton in Four Sets to Take the Thunderdome Rematch
Santa Barbara won the first two sets on Friday night, dropped the third and then held off a late Fullerton push 26-24 in the fourth to close out the Big West rematch.
UC Santa Barbara beat Cal State Fullerton in four sets at the Thunderdome on Friday night, winning a Big West rematch that Fullerton had taken in five sets when the teams met in Orange County last month. The set scores were 25-13, 25-23, 18-25 and 26-24, according to Fullerton Athletics, which carried the visiting account of the match.
The opening set was the widest margin of the night. Fullerton recorded a negative hitting percentage in that first set, its recap says, and Santa Barbara moved ahead two sets to none by taking the second set 25-23.
Fullerton stayed alive in the third set, winning it 25-18, and then pushed the fourth set past the regulation distance before Santa Barbara closed the match out 26-24. Fullerton says the Gauchos finished the night with a kill followed by a Titan attacking error.
The visitors leave Santa Barbara at 7-19 overall and 2-11 in Big West play. Their line for the match was 41 kills on a .128 hitting percentage with nine blocks as a team. Kaia Herweg led Fullerton with 11 kills and three block assists, while Zariah Crosby added nine kills on a .350 hitting percentage and six block assists, according to the Fullerton recap.
Santa Barbara stays at home for the second match of the weekend, against Long Beach State on Saturday night, Nov. 7, with first serve set for 7 p.m., according to the game listing for the match. Fullerton finishes its own weekend on the road at Cal Poly on Saturday, with first serve at 6 p.m., its recap says.
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