SAN DIEGO—San Diego earned its 12th sweep of the season, defeating Pacific 25-18, 25-17, 25-16 on Thursday night in the Jenny Craig Pavilion.
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The Toreros (17-5, 10-1 WCC) hit .391 as a team, led by
Megan Jacobsen who had a match high 10 kills on 14 errorless swings to finish at a blazing .714 clip.
Katie Lukes added nine kills, hitting .421 and
Grace Frohling and
Lauren Turner chipped in six kills each.
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USD kept the Tigers (12-11, 4-7 WCC) out of system all night, collecting eight aces from the service line. Frohling registered a career-high five aces in the match, including three in-a-row early in the third set.
Anna Newsome (2) and
Camryn Tastad (1) also registered aces for the Toreros.
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Newsome collected 34 assists and was second on the team with six digs.
Annie Benbow and Turner led USD defensively with Benbow tallying a match-high 11 digs. Turner collected seven blocks and
Thana Fayad added four.
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After falling behind, 4-7, in the first set, the Toreros battled back to tie the set 11-11 on a Frohling ace. With the set knotted at 16-all, USD went on a 9-2 run to close out the set handily 25-18. The Toreros hit .387 behind five kills from Jacobsen and four from Lukes to open the match.
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San Diego led the second set from start to finish, using a balanced attack from Frohling, Fayad, Lukes and Turner. Turner also collected three of her seven blocks in the set and the Toreros went up 2-0 in the match.
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The Toreros went on an early run to start the third set, with Frohling collecting three consecutive aces to put USD up 8-2. The Tigers battled within three at 17-14 but San Diego could not be stopped, closing on a 5-point run to take the set and sweep the match.
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The Toreros remain home this weekend to face Saint Mary's on Saturday at 12 p.m. PT.