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Women's Volleyball:
UC Irvine Swept by Pacific
Oct. 10, 2008 STOCKTON, Calif. --- Alexandra Filkins logged a career-high .688 average and was errorless on the night, putting away 11 of 16 swings for UC Irvine but it was not enough as the Anteaters dropped to 2-2 in the Big West (7-10 overall) with a 27-25, 25-21, 25-20 loss to Pacific Friday at the Alex G. Spanos Center. The 11 kills were al;so a career-high for Filkins and sophomore Kari Pestolesi added 13 kills and 10 digs while hitting .321 on the evening. Taryn Robertson recorded 33 assists, five digs and a pair of block assists while Riley Cropper led the team with three block assists. Neither team was unable to hold more than a two-point lead early in the match. Trailing 17-16, UC Irvine rattled off three straight points to take a 19-17 edge on an attack error by Alexa Anderson to force a Pacific timeout. The Tigers chipped at the lead and the two sides traded points. With the score deadlocked at 25 points apiece, Pacific took the lead on a service error by Robertson and Shannon Krug found Mallori Gibson for the win on set point. UC Irvine established the early lead in the second set at 10-7 on a kill from Cropper but the Tigers strung together three consecutive points to tie the set. Leading 14-13, UOP went on a 5-2 run to open up a four-point lead at 19-15. The lead extended to five at 21-16 and the Tigers went on to capture the set on a kill from Anderson. Pacific jumped out to a 10-5 lead in the final set. Trailing 15-10, UCI capitalized on a pair of Tiger miscues to shave the lead to two at 15-13 but pacific went to Gibson and Anderson on consecutive plays to extend the margin to four (17-13). UCI came as close as four but would get no closer as Svenja Engelhardt put away a Krug assist on match point.
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