LA MIRADA, Calif. – The Chaminade University women's volleyball team continued their trip through the Southern California portion of their schedule but couldn't overcome Biola University, falling 23-25, 25-16, 25-23, 23-25, 15-12 at Chase Gymnasium.
Emma Tecklenburg (Plano, Texas/Plano Senior) hammered down a career-high 24 kills for the Silverswords (9-7, 4-4 Pacific West Conference) in the first-ever meeting against the Eagles.
Kira Long (Vista, Calif./Rancho Buena Vista) contributed with a season-high 15 kills, followed by
Brooke Bell (Escondido, Calif./North Idaho College) who had 10.
Karly Dantuma led Biola (10-5, 4-3 PacWest), which is in its first year in the conference, with 17 kills.
Tecklenburg added five digs and two service aces to her stat line while
Danielle Wiley (Peoria, Ariz./Centennial) and
Skyler Curry (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Westlake) combined for 54 assists with Wiley getting 30.
Meanwhile
Nina Torio (Mililani, Hawai'i/Mililani) matched her season-high of 18 digs with Wiley and
Claire Zanon (Beaverton, Ore./Jesuit) each had 10.
While Chaminade led in kills (66-58), assists (62-54), aces (5-4) and points (75-72), Biola's block proved to be one of the match's biggest factors. The Eagles out-blocked the 'Swords, 10-4, and forced them to hit .168 on the night while hitting .268 themselves.
The Silverswords will have two nationally-ranked foes to close out their road trip with No. 6 California Baptist on Wednesday and 25
th-ranked Azusa Pacific the following day.
