UCF Volleyball lost to No. 10 Arizona State 3-0 Friday in Tempe, Arizona. The defeat snapped UCF’s three-match winning streak and marked the program’s fifth top-25 match of the season. Arizona State won the sets 25-14, 25-16 and 25-11.
UCF stayed tied with Arizona State at 10-10 in both the first and second sets. Arizona State then pulled away with a 9-0 run in the opening set, which the Sun Devils won 25-14. The second-set result was 25-16 before Arizona State completed the sweep with a 25-11 third-set win.
UCF leaders against Arizona State
Kiki Horne led UCF with seven kills on 24 attacks. Ella Chapman recorded UCF’s top hitting percentage at .200 and added three kills. Mikayla Porter finished with seven digs and 18 assists, while leading UCF in digs for the first time in her career.
Natasha Casey recorded UCF’s only ace of the match. The loss was UCF’s first sweep since Oct. 9, when the program lost to Cincinnati. UCF was scheduled to close the road stand at Arizona on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Tucson, Arizona.
FSB Take
The loss ended UCF’s three-match winning streak and left the Knights without a set win against No. 10 Arizona State. UCF’s next scheduled match at Arizona gives the team an immediate opportunity to finish the road stand after facing its fifth top-25 opponent of the season. Porter’s seven digs and 18 assists, along with Horne’s seven kills, were the team’s leading individual contributions in the sweep.
Source: Original report