STOCKTON, Calif. - The University of California San Diego women's volleyball team posted its best hitting percentage of the young season Saturday, but it wasn't enough as the Tritons fell, 3-1, to Tarleton State in their final match of the Community Classic tournament.

With the loss, UC San Diego fell to 0-6 in its first season competing at the NCAA Division I level.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Scores from the Alex G. Spanos Center at the University of the Pacific went 25-20, 25-20, 14-25, and 25-19 in favor of Tarleton State, which improved to 3-1 on the season.

UC San Diego hit .286 with 63 kills and 19 errors in 154 attack attempts. The team's previous best attack this season was .166 (62-30-193) against Marist on Aug. 27.

However, the Triton offense was overshadowed as Tarleton State hit .329 with 58 kills and 10 errors in 146 attempts. 

For the third time this season, the Tritons finished with more digs than their opponent, holding a 69-59 edge.

Freshman Zaria Henderson was on fire for UC San Diego, finishing with a match-high 20 kills and a .429 (20-2-42) attack percentage. She also tacked on four digs, two blocks, and a service ace. Two other true freshmen also posted a double-digit kill total as Emily McDaniel had 14 and Juliette Bokor had 13. McDaniel hit .423 (14-3-26) and Bokor hit .370 (13-3-27).

Senior setter Isabela Dobra set a new career-high with 58 assists. Defensively, junior Naya Dong totaled 16 digs, Dobra was just behind with 15, and senior Susanna Limb had 12. It was the first double-double of the year for Dobra.

Carmen Kinsey led the Texans with 16 kills, Ana Costas amassed 22 digs, and Lorin McNeil had six blocks, three of those solos.

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TRITON TIDBITS
• Bokor was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 3.1 points, 2.5 kills, and 0.6 blocks while hitting .388 (25-6-49) over three matches.
• It was the first-ever meeting between UC San Diego and Tarleton State.
• Tarleton State is located in Stephenville, Texas.
• UC San Diego's 63 kills are the most in a single match this season.
• Sixteen of 19 players on the Tritons' roster have seen action so far this season.
• Juliette Bokor, Emily McDaniel, and Ava McInnes have played in all 23 of the team's sets.
• Only Bokor and McDaniel have started all six matches for the Tritons.
• Naya Dong has finished with a double-digit dig total in five of six matches.
• Bokor has hit .400, .417, and .370 in her last three matches.

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UP NEXT
UC San Diego plays in its third-consecutive tournament next week when it travels to Albuquerque to compete in the University of New Mexico's four-team event. The Tritons take on Seattle and Southeastern Louisiana on Sept. 10 and UNM on Sept. 11.

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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.