Box Score

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The University of San Diego women's volleyball team dropped a hard fought 3-1 decision to No. 3 Minnesota Saturday afternoon.

With the 19-25, 21-25, 31-29, 16-25 loss, the Toreros fall to 1-1 on the young season. With the win, the Golden Gophers improve to 1-0 on the season.

Freshman outside hitter Thana Fayad led the USD offense with 16 kills on 35 swings to hit for a .286 clip. Kaity Edwards was the second of four Toreros in double digit kills, as she had 14, and hit for a .667 clip, while Lauren Fuller recorded 12 kills, and Lauren Schad added in 10 kills. Kristen Gengenbacher recorded a double-double with 45 assists and 19 digs, while Hunter Jennings had 16 digs, and Lizzy Tardieu added in 15 digs.

As a team, USD hit for a .227 clip, while Minnesota hit .314. The Toreros had 70 digs, to Minnesota's 61, while the Golden Gophers had 15.5 total blocks, to USD's three.

For the Golden Gophers, Sarah White led the offense with 23 kills, while Alexis Hart had 14 kills, and Paige Tapp chipped in with 12 kills.

The Toreros will return to action on Friday, as they travel to Wisconsin to take on the Badgers in a 45:00 p.m. non-conference match.