SAN DIEGO — No. 20 San Diego volleyball (16-4, 10-1 WCC) rolled to its 10th West Coast Conference victory of the season on Saturday afternoon in the Jenny Craig Pavilion, taking down San Francisco (0-20, 0-11, WCC) 3-0 behind 15 kills from senior Katie Lukes, 13 from junior Grace Frohling, and a breakout performance from freshman Haylee Stoner (Mission Hills High School).

Stoner added seven kills of her own and a pair of blocks assists in what marked the San Marcos, California native's first college start, complementing three block assists from fellow local talent Leyla Blackwell (La Jolla High School) and redshirt sophomore Isadora Terçariol. Libero Annie Benbow led the way for USD with 14 digs, and Terçariol wasn't too far behind with 10, as well as a game-high 38 assists. 

The Toreros took the first two sets 25-14, then closed things out with a 25-19 win in the third set after a back-and-forth battle in the final frame's early stages.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET - (SAN DIEGO, 25-14)

• Stoner got USD on the board first with a kill, then Lukes tossed a filthy changeup over the net to make it a 2-0 San Diego lead.
• Blackwell notched her first kill of the afternoon a few minutes later, expanding the USD advantage to five.
• Freshman Emily Wilson checked in and hammered a kill to make it 10-5 in favor of the Toreros, before Lukes demolished a kill to move the score to 15-7.
• Stoner showed off her prowess once again midway through the first, delivering her third kill of Saturday's match to make it an 11-point, 18-7 Torero lead.
• Lukes ended the first set with a kill, locking in a 25-14 USD win in the set to put them ahead 1-0 in the match as a whole.

SECOND SET - (SAN DIEGO, 25-14)

• After trading points with the Dons early in the second set, Lukes was a factor again in the second, hammering a kill to pull the Toreros ahead by two, 9-7.
• Stoner maintained the two-point USD lead a few plays later, making it 12-10 with a kill of her own.
• Frohling notched her 22nd service ace of 2021 to make it 20-12, then Stoner got her team on the board again to make it 24-14.
• It would be Frohling again to finish the second set, securing a 25-19 win to pull USD ahead 2-0 with another kill.

THIRD SET - (SAN DIEGO, 25-19)

• A back-and-forth battle early in the third set saw the set tied 7-7, but USD quickly pulled ahead to earn a 8-7 advantage that swelled to as many as four before the Dons reeled them in.
• San Francisco made it as close as 20-17 USD late in the set, but two kills by the Toreros earned them a 24-19 lead before Frohing finished things off with a service ace.

TORERO TIDBITS
The sweep marks USD's ninth of 2021, and its eighth out of 11 WCC games.

UP NEXT
The Toreros will travel to Portland, Oregon next time out on Thursday, November 4 as they continue WCC play against the Pilots. First serve in the Chiles Center is set for 6 p.m.