Women’s Volleyball loses at home to APU

The Eagles couldn’t find success as they drop three straight sets in last night’s loss to Azusa Pacific University.

Zachary Devane, Deputy Sports Editor • November 10, 2019

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The Eagles played rivals Azusa Pacific University on Saturday, Nov. 9, and after winning the first set, lost three in a row. Junior middle blocker Bekah Roth led the team with 11 kills, and junior librero Sami Hover led with 30 digs. This was volleyball’s second loss to APU this season.

STRONG START

The team, starting with four freshman tonight, came out strong in the first set. Multiple players combined for Biola’s 18 kills in this set including Roth, senior outside hitter Becca Branch, freshman setter Abby Brewster, freshman outside hitter Madison Beebe, and the two freshman middle blockers, Abigail Copeland and Reagan Tjempka. After APU called a timeout when the score was 18-18, the Eagles went on a 7-2 run to finish off the first set.

The Cougars then came out for the second set and went on a 12-2 run. They went on to win the set 25-10.

“They came out and played well, we didn’t know what to do with ourselves after playing well in game one, we just slowly fizzled away,” said head coach Aaron Seltzer.

In this set, the Eagles only managed six kills and had eight errors. It was more of the same in the third set as APU again dominated, winning 25-13 with only six errors.

HEADS UP

“We worked really hard and played our hearts out, we will get them next time,” Tjempka said.

This no-quit attitude was shown by the Eagles in the fourth set, where they were down 20-13, but then rallied it back to a four-point-game at 20-24. In this set, Roth tallied five of her eleven kills. However, that was not enough as APU closed the set out, winning the game 3-1.

The Eagles (13-11, 10-6 PacWest) will be back in action again to face Hawaii Hilo University at home on Monday, Nov. 11 at 7 pm.

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Zachary Devane, Deputy Sports Editor

Zach Devane is a sophomore journalism major from Indio, California. He loves Jesus, the Los Angeles Lakers and will eat chicken in almost any form. Hi! I am from Indio, California, home of the famous Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. I know it sounds like a dream come true to live so close to where all the excitement and chatter takes place, but I assure you that hundreds of thousands of people flooding your hometown for three weeks straight is more like a nightmare. Fun fact, I have lived in Indio for 17 of my 20 years of life and I have only been to Coachella once. The people I look up to most in my life are my parents. My father grew up playing basketball in Los Angeles and ever since I was a little kid he wanted to make sure that I would be a “BALLER!” (which he also called himself very often, and was just as often met with an eye-roll from my mother). Although I never made it to the NBA, my love for basketball, and sports in general, has never waned. I get excited to watch a game, hear sports talk on the radio, or even read/write an article about sports, even if I am a NARP. I decided to combine my love for sports with a love for storytelling here at the Chimes. Sports in their nature are inspiring. They call for one to go beyond what they think is possible in order to achieve a goal, and when one does so, that story should be heard. I want to tell these stories here at Biola and hopefully inspire a generation of students to reach for more.

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STRONG START

HEADS UP

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