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Kaitlyn Raymundo (photo by Larry Newman)
Kaitlyn Raymundo (photo by Larry Newman)
Posted: Oct 18, 2016

Women's volleyball takes early lead but falls in four to Cal Lu

Box Score
Game Leaders
Cal Lutheran
K: Hope Stewart - 17
B: Monica Lundgren - 9
D: Nicki Tetherow - 19
SA: Nicki Tetherow - 2
Chapman
K: Courtney Justus - 13
B: 2 Players (#12, #14) - 3
D: Sara Utsugi - 19
SA: 2 Players (#5, #16) - 2
Team Stats
Full stats

ORANGE, Calif. – The Chapman University women's volleyball team stunned No. 5 Cal Lutheran early on but eventually fell 17-24, 25-21, 25-20, 25-22 to the defending national champions. The Panthers (10-12, 5-8 SCIAC) took the first set and built early leads in all four sets.

Chapman was eyeing the upset early on as the Panthers came out on fire, hitting .275 in the opening set. Sophomore Courtney Justus and junior Kylie Cooke each had four kills in the set to lead the home team to the early 1-0 lead. Justus led the attack with 13 kills on the night while Cooke finished with 11.

Sophomore Lindsey Johnson had a strong night on the attack with 12 kills on .226 hitting. She also had 11 digs as she joined Cooke and Justus with double-doubles.

In the first set, the Panthers and Regal evenly split the first 12 points but a 9-4 Chapman run but the hosts up 15-10. Chapman continued to apply the pressure and build its lead up to 20-12 and traded points to get the set win.

Cal Lutheran turned up its defense at the net with 15 of its 16 blocks coming in the final three sets. Monica Lundgren and Dianna Rohrer led the charge with nine and eight blocks, respectively. The Regals put up five blocks in the second set and six more in the third set to gain control of the match with a 2-1 advantage. Four more blocks came in the fourth to help the Regals seal the win.

Cal Lutheran's Hope Stewart led everyone with 17 kills on .306 hitting.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Raymundo was just shy of a double-double with 43 assists and nine digs. She also had a pair of aces as did Johnson.

Chapman plays its final two home matches of the season on Saturday, beginning with an 11 a.m. nonconference matchup with Oberlin. The Panthers' two senior will be honored prior to Chapman's 4 p.m. SCIAC match against Caltech.

 

by Steven Olveda
 Sports Information Director

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