Sept. 8, 2007
Box Score
DAVIS, Calif. - Senior outside hitter Kristin Hasselberg hammered out a match-high 19 kills to lead San Francisco to a 30-28, 30-15, 35-33 sweep of UC Davis in the final match of the Hallmark Inn Aggie Invitational volleyball tournament at the Pavilion Saturday night.
The Aggies, who lost to Idaho earlier in the day, fall to 3-6 overall. The Dons improve to 7-3 for the season.
Senior middle blocker Kelly Patterson posted 10 kills and hit .400 to lead UC Davis offensively. She also had two aces and a pair of blocks for the match. Sophomore libero Avreeta Singh tallied 21 digs to lead the Aggie floor defense.
Senior Brynn Maurer added nine kills and 11 digs for USF, while junior middle Carly Babin contributed on eight of the Dons' 13 team blocks.
USF battled back from a 9-4 deficit in a Game 1 defensive battle. Don middle blockers Babin and Linzy Kearney combined for eight kills on 15 swings offensively while assisting on four blocks. For UC Davis, Singh had eight of her team's 23 digs in the opener. Setter Carson Lowden and middle Tori Hooper also came up with some key digs, but tough USF serving held the Aggies in check. Hasselberg fired down her fourth kill for game point, then combined with Zuzana Bednarova for a block on the game-winner.
The Dons dominated UC Davis in the second game, attacking at .364 to their host's .023 hitting rate. Hasselberg posted three kills and a pair of blocks during an 8-0 run that helped USF pull from a 6-4 start to a 14-4 edge. Haley Carroll picked up eight digs in Game 2, while older sister Darcy hit 3-0-4 with four digs. The Dons led UC Davis by at least a 12-point margin for the remainder of Game 2, taking a 2-0 match lead at the break.
Hasselberg continued her offensive prowess through the third game, totalling 10 kills in the finale. However, UC Davis enjoyed a final flourish, escaping from a 27-19 deficit to a 30-29 lead. Freshman reserve middle Julie King stuffed a pair of USF shots as the two teams traded points to a 33-33 tie. Maurer finally ended the see-saw battle with a game-winning kill across the middle of the court.
UC Davis returns to action against two more West Coast Conference teams, taking on Santa Clara on September 13, followed by Saint Mary's the following night.
