SAN DIEGO — A historic group of San Diego seniors set forth a fitting performance in their final regular-season home match as Toreros on Saturday afternoon, leading No. 2 USD volleyball (24-1, 15-0 WCC) to a 3-0 Senior Day win over Pacific (13-13, 5-9 WCC) at the Jenny Craig Pavilion that marked the team's 21st consecutive victory and 13th straight sweep.

The Toreros took the first set 25-18, cruised to a 25-12 win in the second, and pulled away late for a 25-20 win in the third to take down the Tigers in straight sets.

Graduate outside hitter Breana Edwards, graduate setter Gabby Blossom, redshirt senior middle blocker Gabby Goddard, senior opposite/setter Grace Frohling, redshirt senior libero Annie Benbow, and redshirt senior outside hitter Katie Lukes were honored prior to the match in an on-court ceremony.

Edwards led the contest with 13 kills while hitting a remarkable .632, helping USD out-hit Pacific .203 to -.041 as they out-blocked the Tigers 18.0 to 3.0.

The victory moved San Diego's final 2022 regular-season home record to 14-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Set - No. 2 San Diego, 25-18

• Saturday's first set featured ten tie scores and five lead changes, the majority of which coming in the frame's early stages as the match got underway.
• The final tie came at 14-14 before an attack error from the Tigers gave USD a 15-14 lead it would not relinquish.
• Edwards and Lukes followed with kills to expand the San Diego advantage, forcing a Pacific timeout.
• Another kill from Edwards, a handful of Tiger errors, and a pair of kills from Frohling came next to seal a 25-18 win for the Toreros in set one, pushing San Diego ahead 1-0 over Pacific in the match.

First Set Notables:

• Edwards: Six kills (.750) and a block assist
• Frohling: Three kills (.400), one dig, and two block assists
• Lukes: Two kills (.200), one assist, two digs, and three block assists
• Goddard: One kill (.500) and two block assists
• Junior middle blocker Leyla Blackwell: Four block assists
• Blossom: Seven assists, two digs, and two block assists
• Benbow: One dig and two block assists

Second Set - No. 2 San Diego, 25-12

• USD took control far earlier in Saturday afternoon's second set, snapping a 4-4 tie on a kill from Edwards before nine Pacific errors, two service aces from Blossom, and a kill from Blackwell allowed the Toreros to take a commanding 16-5 lead.
• Another kill from Blackwell put USD up by 12 at 19-7, then a flurry of Tiger errors secured San Diego a dominant 25-12 victory in set two, putting it up 2-0 in the match over Pacific.

Second Set Notables:

• Edwards: Two kills (1.000) and a block assist
• Blackwell: Two kills (.250) and four block assists
• Lukes: One kill (.000), two digs, and one block assist
• Blossom: Five assists, two service aces, and one dig
• Benbow: Four digs
• USD: .125 team hitting percentage
• Pacific: -.241 team hitting percentage

Third Set - No. 2 San Diego, 25-20

• The Toreros again battled back-and-forth with the Tigers early on in set three, but they again found a way to pull ahead midway through.
• A 10-10 tie was snapped by a pair of Pacific errors that put USD up 12-10, then Blossom expanded that advantage with a service ace.
• Edwards followed a couple points later with a kill, and San Diego was up 16-11.
• The Tigers pulled within two down the stretch at 19-17, but USD regrouped out of a timeout and finished on a 4-0 run to take the set 25-10 and sweep Pacific 3-0.

Third Set Notables:

• Edwards: Five kills (.444), one solo block, and one block assist
• Blackwell: Two kills (.667), and three block assists
• Blossom: Six assists, two service aces, and one kill
• Stoner: Two block assists
• Benbow: Two digs
• Junior libero Madi Allen: One dig

TORERO TIDBITS

• Edwards led the match with 13 kills while hitting .632, also adding a solo block and three block assists.
• Blackwell was next with four kills of her own while hitting .182, tying her career high with 11 total blocks.
• Frohling had three kills (.000) to go with a dig and seven block assists.
• Lukes also had three kills (-.125), notching two assists, six block assists, and six digs, which was just one short of the match high.
• Goddard contributed one kill while hitting .500 to go with two block assists.
• Blossom set forth 18 assists, a match-high four service aces that tied her season-high, three digs, and a kill.
• Stoner chipped in three block assists and a dig.
• Benbow notched seven digs on Saturday afternoon, putting her just 14 digs away from passing Hunter Jennings' San Diego-record total of 1,489 (2013-2016) to become USD's all-time digs leader.
• Freshman libero/defensive specialist Olivia Bennett totaled two digs, and Allen had a dig, a service ace, and an assist.
• The Toreros have now won 21 straight matches and have swept 13 matches in a row.
• Their final 2022 regular-season home record sits at 14-0.

UP NEXT
The Toreros will wrap up their West Coast Conference schedule on the road next week, traveling to Los Angeles to take on Loyola Marymount in the first of three away contests to conclude its regular-season schedule. First serve on Thursday (November 17) at the Gersten Pavilion is set for 7:00 p.m.