LA JOLLA, Calif.–UC San Diego women's volleyball fell to UC Davis, 3-0, on Friday evening in LionTree Arena. 
 
The Tritons (11-14, 4-9 Big West) dropped their second match of the season to the Aggies (10-13, 5-8 Big West), this time falling in straight sets 25-22, 25-20, 25-12.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC Davis held the advantage in all statistical categories including blocks (10-6), aces (4-1), assists (41-29), digs (44-34) and hitting percentage (.271-.092.).
 
Ava McInnes and Zaria Henderson each tallied eight kills for the Tritons, while Izzi Strand added five. Defensively, Emily McDaniel led the team with six blocks, while Henderson finished with eight digs, McInnes added six and Naya Dong finished with five. Strand also finished with 22 assists. 
 
The teams kept it close to begin the opening set, with UC San Diego leading 8-7 before the Aggies put together a seven-point scoring run. The Tritons continued to battle back and eventually tied the match 20-20 with a 5-1 scoring run of their own. With the set tied 22-all, UCD scored the final three points to take the opening set, 25-22.
 
UC Davis used an early 5-0 run to take the lead, 11-4, in the second set. The Tritons rallied to within three points but were unable to get any closer, with UCD taking the set, 25-20, and the 2-0 lead in the match.
 
The Tritons took the early 6-5 lead in set three, before the Aggies took control of the set. UC Davis outscored UC San Diego, 16-2, to build a commanding lead and never looked back, taking the set, 25-12, and the match, 3-0.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• The 3-0 loss marked the fourth time the Tritons have been swept this season.
• UC San Diego was held to its lowest hitting percentage (.092) of the season and just the second match hitting under .100. The Tritons were also held to their lowest kill total at 32.
• With the loss, UC San Diego falls to 12-9 in the all-time series with UC Davis and 0-2 this season.

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will remain home to play host to UC Riverside on Saturday at 7 p.m PT. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+ and live statistics will be available via UCSDTritons.com.
 
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 83 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.