LA JOLLA, Calif. - The UC San Diego women's volleyball team won its third-consecutive Big West Conference match Saturday night, taking down UC Davis, 3-1, at RIMAC Arena.

Scores were 25-22, 25-19, 22-25, and 25-20. 

The Tritons are now 6-9 overall and 3-1 in the Big West.

Having lost their last three matches, the Aggies are 5-10 and 1-3.

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HOW IT HAPPENED
Freshman middle blocker Emily McDaniel had a monster night with a season-high and team-high 14 kills and a .462 hitting percentage with only two errors in 26 swings. She caused problems for the Aggies at the net, finishing with three blocks, two of those solos. 

Freshman outside hitter Sabire Karacaova joined the double-digit kills club with 12. She also contributed a career- and match-high 18 digs for her third-consecutive double-double.

Opposite Trinity Castaneda had nine kills and outside hitter Ava McInnes totaled eight.

Senior setter Isabela Dobra rang up 39 assists, three service aces, nine digs, and a pair of kills.

For the night, UC San Diego hit .207 with 51 kills and 21 errors in 145 attack attempts.

On the other side of the net, UC Davis hit .176 with 49 kills and 24 miscues in 142 swings.

The Aggies were led offensively by Amara Aimufua as she had a match-high 16 kills. Josephine Ough finished with 13 kills.

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HIGHLIGHT REEL



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QUOTABLES FROM SENIOR SETTER ISABELA DOBRA



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TRITON TIDBITS
• The Tritons' current win streak includes Big West opponents CSUN on the road plus UC Riverside and UC Davis at home.
• Sabire Karacaova has posted a double-digit kill total in seven of 10 matches played this season.
• UC San Diego played its first 13 matches as an NCAA Division I team on the road.
• Prior to Friday night's tilt with UC Riverside, the last time the Tritons played an official match at RIMAC Arena was on Nov. 9, 2019 (692 days between).
• Tonight's contest was the second of a four-match home stand.

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UP NEXT
UC San Diego plays two Big West matches at home next week when it hosts UC Irvine on Tuesday, Oct. 5 and Hawaii on Friday, Oct. 8. Both contests are slated for 7 p.m. starts inside RIMAC Arena.

All home matches this season will be broadcast live by ESPN+ and fans will also be able to follow along with live stats. For coverage links and UC San Diego's complete 2021 schedule, click here.

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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.