On Friday afternoon, the University of Redlands volleyball team faced off against the University of La Verne for the second time this week but came up short in its latest encounter by scores of 10-25, 18-25, 25-21,16-25.

The Bulldogs also took on Caltech later that day, garnering a solid 3-0 sweep of the Beavers by scores of 25-9, 25-7, 25-9.

Against the Beavers, Redlands posted an impressive hitting percentage of .429 with sophomore middle blocker Dominique Atherley (Bainbridge Island, WA) leading the charge at a .615 clip. She knocked down nine kills on 13 attempts with only one error.

Senior outside hitter Jackie Hamilton (Loma Linda, CA) supplied a match-high 15 kills for a .500 mark, while sophomore outside hitter Sam Dodson (Alamogordo, NM) and senior middle blocker Kirby McCord (Huntington Beach, CA) recorded six kills each.

Freshman libero Gabriela Levesque (Santa Monica, CA) came up with a match-leading 22 digs as freshman setter Alisha Cornick (Hollister, CA) dished out 30 assists.

Against La Verne, the Bulldogs struggled offensively, hitting .089 as a group. However, freshman outside hitter Morgan Buckner (San Rafael, CA) registered an impressive mark of .375, which came off of 12 kills, no errors, and 32 attempts.

Senior libero Chelsea Arcaris (Vista, CA) tallied a match-high 19 digs from the back row.

The Bulldogs (17-9, 5-6 SCIAC) currently sit in fifth place in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) standings and face fourth-place foe Pomona-Pitzer Colleges on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Currier Gym.