POMONA – Madison Novak went for 15 kills, but the No. 17-ranked Cal Poly Pomona volleyball team suffered a four-set loss to No. 15 Cal State San Bernardino (18-25, 21-25, 25-19, 16-25) on Saturday evening at Kellogg Arena in Pomona.
 
Both teams moved to identical 14-3 overall records and an 8-2 record in conference play, moving into a tie for second place in the CCAA standings behind Cal State LA (14-4, 9-1 CCAA).
 
Facing each other for the second straight night, the teams battled through 24 ties and seven lead changes, but the Coyotes held the upper hand in the first, second and fourth sets to earn the victory.
 
Novak was the only Bronco with double-digit kills on the night, Kaitlan Tucker added eight, Erin McFarland chipped in with six and Daisy Duke was held to just five kills on 25 tries. Kacy Bolding set the offense for the second night in a row, handing out 30 assists. Defensively, Tucker scored a career-best four solo blocks to go along with two assisted blocks, while Avery Percival (17), Mackenzie Sullivan (16) and Samantha Campion (13) turned in double-digit digs.
 
As a team, CPP hit .145 while CSUSB recorded a .245 hitting percentage. The Coyotes had double-figure kills from three players, led by the 18 off the hand of Ashley Robinson. CSUSB also led the match in team blocks, 11.0-9.0.
 
Cal Poly Pomona will look to regroup on the road next week with matches at Stanislaus State (Friday) and Chico State (Saturday).
 
Bronco Bits 

• Head coach Traci Dahl moves to 47-24 in her fourth year (third season) at Cal Poly Pomona, including 37-8 the last two seasons (four of the eight losses have come against CSUSB).
• The Broncos have opened their season with an 14-3 record through the first 17 matches for the sixth time in program history, and for the third time in the last four seasons.
• Cal Poly Pomona has lost the last eight matchups against Cal State San Bernardino, falling to 26-46 all-time against CSUSB.
• Ranked in the Top 25 this week at No. 17, CPP is now 275-165 as a nationally-ranked team since 1986.
• The Broncos fall to 53-107 when both CPP and its opponent is ranked in the AVCA Division II Top 25 poll.
• As a program, CPP is now 766-532 all-time, including 294-159 in home matches and 376-297 in conference play since the program's inception in 1980.
• CPP is now 222-162 in four-set matches all-time.

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