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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – After a weekend of action at the Cal Lutheran Fall Classic the Whittier College volleyball team returned to Thousand Oaks on Tuesday evening where it dropped a 3-0 decision to the No. 23 Regals at Gilbert Arena.

Despite the loss, the Poets (5-18, 1-8 SCIAC) finished the three-game match with a team attacking percentage of .235. WC combined for 36 kills on 98 attempts with only 13 errors.

Courtney Dickerson continued her solid play with nine kills while Alayna Rigo matched her efforts with nine of her own. Both Dickerson and Rigo had a mere three errors on 24 and 23 attempts, each, respectively.

Cal Lutheran (20-3, 9-0 SCIAC) showed why it's ranked nationally as it finished with a .333 attacking percentage. The Regals had two players record double-digit kills and finished with just nine errors on 105 attempts.

Rigo added to her stat line with 11 digs and a team-high two aces and Alyssa Acosta dug-out 14 CLU attacking attempts.

As a team the Poets posted five aces with Shannon Orlins, Maria Montero and Ashley Terich joining Rigo with an ace apiece.

Whittier had assists on all 36 of its kills as Terich lead the way with 20. Vanessa Amran added 13 in the loss.

The Poets lost by no more than seven points in all three games. Cal Lutheran erased an early 7-2 deficit to win the first game 25-18; it outlasted Whittier 25-21 in the second and held off the purple and gold 25-18 in the final game of the evening.

Whittier will have a quick turnaround as it travels to Claremont, Calif., to face Pomona-Pitzer at 7:30 pm on Thursday evening.