Tigers Snap Streak: Win at Home

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct. 3, 2008) – After a tough start to conference play, the Occidental College women’s volleyball team snapped a five match losing streak with a 3-0 victory over the Caltech Beavers, marking the first win in the newly renovated Rush Gymnasium.

As a team the Tigers hit .317 with 6.0 total team blocks and 50 digs en route to a sweep with game scores of 25-13, 25-10, 25-16. In game two, Oxy took control from the get-go combining for 13 kills and just one error as they hit .429 as a team.

The freshmen duo of Gwynne Davis and Allie Brown combined for 23 of the Tigers’34 kills in the match, each recording double figures for the first time at the collegiate level. Davis led all players with 13 kills, hitting .545, while adding eight digs and three block assists while Brown hit an astounding .600 with only one error, also adding three block assists.

In game one Ashley Rosenbaum served 12 consecutive times as the Tigers went on an 11-0 run. She had a match-high three service aces for Oxy. In the final game of the match Kathryn Bockmon then had a chance to serve 11 times in a row. She finished with one service ace.

Defensively Kaitlin McAndrews and Lisa Fukuzato each recorded a solo block for Occidental. Ginger Grimes turned in a 12 dig performance while Bockmon and Lysa Sim each tallied seven digs.

Jamie Nikami was responsible for 31 of the 32 assists in the game as Davis recorded the final one.

For Caltech, Lisa Yee led the way with nine kills and 15 digs while Vivian Yang provided all 18 assists for the Beavers.

All 15 Tigers got out on the court before 350 fans who came out to Rush Gymnasium to witness the first conference win of the season for Oxy before the “Rush Rally” to formally re-open the gymnasium to the student population, staff and administrators.

Occidental improves to 2-5, 1-4 in SCIAC while the Beavers fall to 0-11, 0-6.

Tomorrow evening Oxy will travel to Whittier to face off with the Poets beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Graham Athletic Center.