USF Drops a Hard Fought Match at Portland

Thursday, November 10

Portland, Ore.

6:00 pm

University of San Francisco

13-13,6-9WCC

Portland

10-15,3-11WCC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
San Francisco	21	11	27	23	1
Portland	25	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Christina Leung

11/10/2022 6:43:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Beginning their road trip through the Pacific Northwest, the USF Dons volleyball team (13-13, 6-9) lost a hard fought match against the Portland Pilots (10-15, 3-11) 3-1 on Thursday night at the Chiles Center.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Returning to action following a two match home stand, the Dons got off to a strong start in the first set as USF took an early 8-5 lead on the road as Shyia Richardson recorded a pair of kills to put the Dons ahead early. The hometown Pilots were able to regain control of the match as they took a 22-17 lead then the Dons rallied for a few late points before Portland was able to separate and take the first set 25-21.
The second set was a see-saw affair for the first few points as USF was able to take the early 5-4 lead thanks to a kill from Aylen Ayub and a service ace from Branson Lennon. Portland was able to expand their lead throughout the remainder of the set as they won by a 25-11 margin to lead two sets to none.
Down two sets in the match and facing an early deficit, the Dons received kills from Orsula Staka and Claire Crijns to even the set at 12-all. The Dons were facing match point late in the third set but were able to battle back and even the match at 25 of a Pilots' error following an Isadora Nicolai serve. USF fought all the way back to take the third set by a 27-25 score thanks to Abby Wadas service ace to extend the match to a fourth set.
Portland was able to retake control of the set and match in the fourth set as despite the Dons taking a 14-10 advantage thanks to another service ace from Wadas. The Pilots won the match and the fourth set by a 25-23 score at the Chiles Center on Thursday.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Richardson once again had a strong night tying for the team lead with 11 kills against the Pilots while also putting up three aces and five digs for the Dons.
Staka was able to post 11 kills as well against Portland to go along with two blocks and a dig on Thursday.
Crijns got the start and played in all four sets where she totaled 11 kills, seven digs as well as two service aces and two total blocks.
Wadas serving as USF's libero led the way with 12 digs for the Dons and also contributed three service aces for the Dons.

UP NEXT:
USF will continue their final road stretch on Saturday as they travel to Spokane for a matchup at Gonzaga on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 1:00 pm. Live streaming and live statistics are available via the team's schedule page.

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SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our primary sponsor - Provident Credit Union - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.