Late Run by Dons Not Enough in Loss to Visiting Orange Coast
October 8, 2014

Late Run by Dons Not Enough in Loss to Visiting Orange Coast

After dropping the first two sets, the Dons played a strong third set and nearly extending the match. But Orange Coast won by scores of 25-16, 25-13 and 25-22.

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SANTA ANA - The Dons hosted Orange Coast College for their first home Orange Empire Conference match and fell to the visiting Pirates in three sets. Orange Coast (8-0, 2-0) defeated the Dons (3-6, 0-2) by scores of 25-16, 25-13 and 25-22.

The early stages of the first set belonged to Orange Coast as the Pirates jumped out to a quick 6-1 lead, with the Dons lone point coming on a Chloe Anderson kill. But the Dons would battle back, cutting the Pirates lead to just two at 12-10 on a Fernanda Ruiz block followed by a Zaria Saunders service ace.

However, Orange Coast would pull away from there with an 8-1 run to establish a 20-11 score. After the Pirates made the score 23-12, the Dons scored four-straight points, started by an Anderson kill and capped off by a Saunders ace, before the Pirates closed the set out for the 25-16 win.

Game two saw the Pirates jumping out early to an 8-1 lead before extending their lead to 17-5. The Dons would get points at 17-6 on an Esther Arroyo kill, 18-7 on a Ruiz block, 19-9 on a Ruiz service ace, two points on Anderson kills at 20-10 and 21-11 and one last point at 24-13 on a Daisy Ta'amilo kill. Eventually, Orange Coast would claim the set by a score of 25-13.

The third set proved to be the most competitive with the Dons grabbing the first two points before going on to a 5-3 lead following an Anderson kill. OCC would answer with a 6-0 run to take a 9-5 lead before the Dons came back with three-straight points on a pair of Anderson kills and a Myriah Kunipo-Aguirre kill.

Coast would again reclaim the lead and built it up to 17-12. But the Dons wouldn't concede the match and mounted a rally, led by Anderson with five kills to come back and take the lead at 20-19. But the night belonged to the Pirates as OCC closed out the set, and the match, with a final score of 25-22.