Boxscore

The University of La Verne captured a season-high eighth consecutive win in earning a resounding 3-0 triumph over Occidental College by scores of 25-14, 25-17, 25-17 in SCIAC volleyball action Saturday evening at Frantz Athletic Court.

La Verne enjoyed a balanced offensive attack with five players recording at least five kills en route to a .432 hitting clip against the Tigers.  The Leopards enjoyed collective hitting percentages of .379, .517 and .400 in the three sets.

Occidental opened the match scoring the first three points, but the Leopards countered with a 10-0 scoring run which included three service aces from Catie Logan and three kills from Randi Taylor-Toomay.  La Verne extended its lead and would open a comfortable 20-9 advantage.  Up 22-13, the Leos took the final three points culminating on a Kendall Kraiss kill.

The Leopards continued their momentum in the second set, opening a 8-2 margin in the early stages.  Oxy would eventually get within two at 17-15 on a kill from Stephanie Gann, but La Verne reeled off three straight points - culminating on a kill from Brittany Yaxley - for a 20-15 cushion.  The Leos closed the frame with consecutive kills from Taylor-Toomay to take a 2-0 set lead.

La Verne never trailed in the third set, earning an early 5-1 lead.  A kill from Alyssa Mort got the Tigers to within a point at 12-11, but the Leos would again turn back the visitors as back-to-back kills from Logan and Kraiss extended the lead to 18-13.  A 4-0 run later pushed the Leopard lead to 22-15, and at 23-17, Oxy committed consecutive attack errors to end the match.

As a team, the Leopards recorded 7 total blocks and held a 44-35 edge over the Tigers in digs.

Taylor-Toomay led La Verne in kills with 15 with Logan adding 8 on the evening.  Yaxley and Kayla Cribbs totaled 7 kills while Kraiss finished with 5 kills to go along with a match-high 34 assists.  Morgan Donahue and Anna Suarez each collected 11 digs in the win.

Logan Boyer-Hayse posted 11 kills to lead the Tigers, who fell to 13-5 overall and 6-4 in conference play.

The SCIAC leading Leopards return to action next Friday as it hosts Redlands in a 7:30 pm start at Frantz Athletic Court.