LA JOLLA, Calif.—UC San Diego women's volleyball fell to Navy, 3-0, on Friday evening in LionTree Arena on day two of the UC San Diego Invitational. The Tritons (4-4) dropped straight sets, 25-22, 25-19, 25-19, to Navy (7-1). 
 
Lauren Brooker led the Tritons with seven kills, while Emily McDaniel and Reagan McWhinney added five apiece. McDaniel and Jasmine Saran recorded four blocks each, while Natalie Repetti tallied a team-best 11 digs. Nevada Knowles finished one dig shy of a double-double with 12 assists and nine digs. Zaria Henderson recorded four service aces.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons took an early 7-2 lead in the opening set before Navy put together a 5-1 scoring run to close the gap. With UC San Diego leading 9-7, Navy put together another run of 7-1 to take the lead 14-10. The Tritons closed back within one, 20-19, behind two aces by Henderson. Navy closed out the set with back-to-back points to take the opening frame, 25-22.
 
Navy carried the momentum into the second set, taking an early 8-3 lead. Midway through the set, UC San Diego used a four-point run to pull back within one, 13-12. Navy answered with a 4-0 run of its own to lead, 17-12. The Tritons kept things close down the stretch, but Navy took the second set, 25-19.
 
Once again, Navy jumped out to an early lead, 8-3, in the third set and built a comfortable 20-12 advantage late. At 24-16, the Tritons fought off three match points but eventually fell, 25-19.  
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• The Tritons were held to their lowest hitting percentage of the season (.079), while Navy hit .175 as a team.
• It was the first time in her young career that Lauren Brooker led all Tritons scorers.
• With the loss, UC San Diego moved to 0-11 in the all-time series with Navy.

UP NEXT
The Tritons will wrap up the UC San Diego Invitational on Saturday against Denver at 4 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and live statistics will be available on UCSDTritons.com. UC San Diego will celebrate Youth Day during the match, with a water bottle giveaway for the first 150 kids in attendance.
 
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 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.