LOS ANGELES – The UCLA women's volleyball team earned its first-ever Big Ten Conference victory after taking down Ohio State in four sets on Sunday afternoon inside Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom.
Set scores were 25-16, 25-22, 23-25, and 25-14
The Bruins (7-4, 1-1 Big Ten) delivered an outstanding all-around performance in front of their home fans, outmatching Ohio State (7-5, 0-2 Big Ten) across nearly every statistical category. UCLA's defensive prowess was on full display with 15 total blocks, with graduate middle blocker
Anna Dodson leading the effort with a game-high seven blocks.
"First Big Ten win for UCLA women's volleyball and it was a nice win against a great team," said head coach
Alfee Reft. "I thought our team did a great job putting pressure on them from the end line. I thought our team did really nice job with the scout and adapting to some changes they made in the third set."
Enjoying her best performance in a UCLA uniform was graduate middle hitter
Leilani Dodson, who tallied a season-high 10 kills at an outstanding .444 clip. She impressed on the defensive end as well, coming up with six total blocks.
Junior outside hitter
Cheridyn Leverette made it 10 straight matches in double figures, putting down 17 kills on the day and freshman
Kiki Horne reached double-digits for the seventh time, racking up 12 on the day.
Graduate setter
Audrey Pak posted her first double-double since Sept. 1, dishing out 38 assists and snuffing out 14 digs. The Moraga, Calif. native facilitated a UCLA offense that hit .254 for the match, including a .467 mark in the final set.
