RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Cal State Fullerton (8-4, 0-1 Big West) fell in four sets (24-26, 25-23, 22-25, 27-29) to UC Riverside in their conference opener on Tuesday night.
Tyler Fezzey led the way matching her career-high with 14 kills while Julia Crawford posted her fourth straight double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs. Makenzi Abelman also posted a double-double with 37 assists and 16 digs.
Fullerton fell behind early in the first set but caught fire down the stretch, scoring four unanswered points to take a 24-23 lead. Unfortunately, they could not hang on as UCR answered with three straight points to take the set 26-24.
The Titans would bounce back taking early control of the second set. The Highlanders would spark a comeback going on a 6-0 run towards the end, but a big kill from Haley Carmo killed the momentum and sealed the Fullerton set victory, 25-23.
A huge kill from Carmo to end a 6-0 UCR scoring run! Her sixth of the night #TusksUp pic.twitter.com/so7oi1143w
— Titans Volleyball (@Fullerton_WVB) September 25, 2019
While the third set started out evenly matched, a 6-0 scoring run for Riverside would break it open. The Titans battled back and brought the deficit down to just one, but the comeback came up short as CSF fell 25-22.
Once again Fullerton would battle back down the stretch after being down five points, but came up just short falling 29-27 in the fourth set.
.@tyfezzey with the soft touch! That's her 14th kill of the night, matching her career-high! #TusksUp pic.twitter.com/5QSSEzqbtF
— Titans Volleyball (@Fullerton_WVB) September 25, 2019
Cal State Fullerton will be back in action this Friday for their home opener against Cal Poly. First serve is set for 7:00 p.m. in Titan Gym.
Tough one tonight. Back at it on Friday as we take on Cal Poly for our home opener #TusksUp
— Titans Volleyball (@Fullerton_WVB) September 25, 2019
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