Tigers swept by Poets

WHITTIER, Calif. (Oct. 2, 2009) – Returning to Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play tonight on the road the Whittier College Poets defeated the Occidental College Tigers three sets to one. Oxy battled the whole night, losing close games 25-23, 26-24 and 26-24.

Logan Boyer-Hayse finished with 15 kills in just 18 attempts to hit at a phenomenal .667 clip. She had five kills in each of the first two games (in just six chances both times) and was the only played to reach double figures in kills for Oxy. Freshman Kasey Rose chipped in with seven kills while junior setter Ginger Grimes supplied 25 assists.

Defensively Boyer-Hayse and Ashley Rosenbaum each had four block assists as the Tigers combined for 7.0 blocks. Freshman Anna Kurnizki had a tema-high 17 digs while Boyer-Hayse and Grimes finished with 13 apiece.

Whittier looked to Aya Nakano who recorded a match-high 18 kills and 20 digs.

Occidental falls to 8-10 overall, 2-3 in SCIAC play while WC improves to 4-5, 2-3.

Tomorrow night the Tigers will return to Rush Gymnasium where they will host the Cal Lutheran Regals (8-7, 3-2) at 6:00 p.m. Tonight CLU lost a heart-breaker to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 3-2, and have dropped back-to-back five-game matches.