SANTA ANA- The Dons defeated Santiago Canyon College in their last home match of the 2016 season in three sets. The set scores were 25-21, 25-23, 25-21. 

The first point went to the Dons (9-10, 4-9) off a block from freshman Kassandra Murillo and freshman Lily Reissmuller. Freshman Mikelle Taylor scored the first kill for the Dons. Then SAC had a few balls go out of bounds to tie the score 4-4. Hannah De Grasse broke the tie with a kill and assist from sophomore Haylie Slater. Sophomore Viridiana Serrano scored a point to take the lead 7-5 and then sophomore Filana Duvan had two aces to hold on to the lead.  Serrano finished the first set with a kill and a 25-21 win for the Dons.

The Hawks opened the second set with the first two points.  Taylor scored an ace to bring the Dons' score up to 5-8. The Hawks reacted with another point to bring their lead up to four points. Serrano attacked with a kill and an assist from Taylor to bring the score up for the Dons. During the set, sophomore Dayne Bogosian scored a point from an assist by Haylie Slater to only trail Santiago Canyon by one point. Then Slater had three aces in a row to bring the Dons to a 22-19 lead.  The Dons won the second set 25-23.

In the third set, the first point went to SAC from an attack from Serrano. The Hawks tied the score 1-1. Freshman Nekea Strong scored her first ace of the match to bring the lead up to 3-2. Slater scored to extend the lead for SAC. Kassandra Murillo fought defensively by blocking out the Hawks and Slater then gave Viridiana Serrano an assist for a kill to bring the lead for SAC to 21-19. Serrano had another ace to extend the lead 23-20 and won the third set 25-21 and the game 3-0.

 During the match, sophomore Haylie Slater beat the 2007 record for most assists in a season by having a total of 573 assists so far this season.

Volleyball will play again on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Irvine Valley College at 6 p.m.