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Whittier College

Women's Volleyball

Poets split Saturday's doubleheader with Bates and La Verne

Photo by: Tony Leon/ActionWestPhotography.com

WHITTIER, Calif. – The Whittier College volleyball team went 1-1 this past weekend as it hosted Bates College and the University of La Verne on Saturday. The Poets defeated Bates 3-0 but lost to the Leopards, 3-0, in SCIAC action.

The first match of the day saw Whittier (6-20, 1-10 SCIAC) roll to a 25-20, 25-18, 25-19 win. Courtney Dickerson attacked at a .333 percentage with 10 kills on 21 attempts. She had just three errors for the match.

Shannon Orlins added a match-high 11 kills on 29 attempts while the duo of Vanessa Amran and Ashley Terich combined for 23 of the team's 31 assists.

Alyssa Acosta had 12 digs as the team had seven players with at least four digs.

Alayna Rigo continued her solid freshman campaign with three aces. Nicole Boyer and Orlins had a pair of aces in the win.

As a team the Poets finished with a .206 attacking percentage. Whittier totaled 14 kills in Game 1, 12 kills in Game 2 and 13 kills in Game 3.

In the night cap of the twin bill, La Verne rallied after being pushed in the first game to close out the Poets. ULV hung on for the 28-26 win and then rolled to a 25-13 and 25-16 win to complete the sweep.

Rigo had 12 kills on 25 attempts with just three errors. Boyer had nine kills and Orlins chipped in with eight.

Amran had 19 assists and a match-high four aces.

The Poets return to action on Tuesday evening with a 7:30 pm road match against Caltech.

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Acosta

#21 Alyssa Acosta

DS
5' 5"
Freshman
Ashley Terich

#5 Ashley Terich

S
5' 6"
Sophomore
Nicole Boyer

#45 Nicole Boyer

OH
5' 9"
Freshman
Courtney Dickerson

#14 Courtney Dickerson

MB
5' 10"
Junior
Alayna Rigo

#27 Alayna Rigo

OH
5' 6"
Freshman
Shannon Orlins

#11 Shannon Orlins

OPP/MB
5' 11"
Senior
Vanessa Amran

#9 Vanessa Amran

S
5' 9"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Alyssa Acosta

#21 Alyssa Acosta

5' 5"
Freshman
DS
Ashley Terich

#5 Ashley Terich

5' 6"
Sophomore
S
Nicole Boyer

#45 Nicole Boyer

5' 9"
Freshman
OH
Courtney Dickerson

#14 Courtney Dickerson

5' 10"
Junior
MB
Alayna Rigo

#27 Alayna Rigo

5' 6"
Freshman
OH
Shannon Orlins

#11 Shannon Orlins

5' 11"
Senior
OPP/MB
Vanessa Amran

#9 Vanessa Amran

5' 9"
Senior
S