SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – The Alaska Nanooks volleyball team suffered a pair of losses on Friday, as the team opened up the Division II West Region Volleyball Showcase at the Conlan Center on the Dominican University of California campus. Alaska fell 3-0 to Cal State Monterey Bay before dropping a 3-1 decision to Dominican later in the evening.
Coach's Comments
"Today was a rollercoaster of play. Far too many ups and downs in every area. It felt as though we would correct something defensively and then we would start making hitting errors. We'd make a correction there and then we would make a string of service errors. Today, we simply could not put the whole package together." – head coach
Brian Scott.
Alaska (2-2) vs. Cal State Monterey Bay (3-1)
The Nooks were swept for the first time throughout the 2018 season on Friday afternoon, falling 25-20, 25-16 and 25-18 to the Cal State Monterey Bay Otters.
Inside the Box Score
- Sophomore outside hitter Lahra Weber led all Nanooks in game one of the D2 West Region Showcase, collecting a team-best seven kills.
- Junior middle blocker Kim Wong collected five kills and zero errors from eight attempts for a game-high hitting percentage of .625.
- Sophomore setter Cate Whiting tallied a team-best 20 assists.
- Freshman libero Makena Overbey led all players on the court in digs, registering a game-high 32 throughout the match.
- As a team, the Nooks tallied 32 digs, 25 kills, 22 assists, three aces and 1.0 blocks.
Alaska (2-3) vs. Dominican (2-1)
In a much closer match, the Nanooks fell 3-1 to the Dominican Penguins, going 25-21, 20-25, 30-28 and 25-23 against the home team.
Inside the Box Score
- Weber led the charge once again for the Nanooks, tallying a game-high 24 kills with only seven errors off of 54 attempts for a game-high hitting percentage of .315.
- Weber also chipped in 12 digs for her second double-double of the season, two aces, two blocks and one assist for 28 points on the night.
- Redshirt-sophomore outside hitter Tatum Upchurch was the only other Alaska player to register double-digit kills against the Penguins, collecting 10.
- Whiting led all players in the Nooks' second game of the day in assists, producing 44 for the visitors.
- Overbey held it down for Alaska's defense once again, boasting 26 against the Penguins.
- Junior right side Mica Shenglan chipped in 16 digs for the Blue and Gold.
- As a team, Alaska's best offensive set was the fourth, as they registered 13 kills and five errors off of 44 total attempts for a set hitting percentage of 66 percent.
Next Time Out
The Nanooks will close out the D2 West Region Showcase tomorrow (Saturday), Sept. 1 with another double-header at the Conlan Center on the DUC campus. The Nooks will take on Point Loma at 9:45am AKT before facing the Cal State LA Golden Eagles at 2:15pm AKT.
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