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2022 CPP Volleyball Loses in the NCAA West Region semifinal vs Chaminade
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Winner Chaminade Cham 26-7,19-1 PacWest
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Cal Poly Pomona CPP 24-6,14-4 CCAA
Winner
Chaminade Cham
26-7,19-1 PacWest
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Final
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Cal Poly Pomona CPP
24-6,14-4 CCAA
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Chaminade Cham 29 25 25 (3)
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 27 17 21 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Tyler Lobe, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications

Broncos Season Ends With 3-0 Loss To Chaminade

NCAA DIVISION II WEST REGION TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The 20th-ranked Cal Poly Pomona volleyball team saw its incredible season come to an end Friday with a 3-0 loss to Chaminade in the semifinal round of the 2022 NCAA Division II West Regional Tournament hosted by Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. Set scores were 29-27, 25-17, 25-21.
 
The No. 4 seed Broncos, who captured their first CCAA Tournament title in program history just last weekend, finish with a 24-6 overall record. The No. 8 seed Silverswords (26-7) will play for the regional title for the first time in their program's history on Saturday evening against No. 3 seed Cal State LA, which swept Central Washington in the other semifinal on Friday.

Find out what head coach Traci Dahl, senior Erin McFarland, and sophomores Avery Percival and Caitie Mueller had to say about Friday's season-ending loss by clicking HERE.
 
The first set was extremely close until CPP managed to go on a seven-point run to take a 20-14 lead. However, Chaminade found its stride and rallied to tie the set at 24-24. The teams would go point for point until it was 27-27 and the Silverswords got two kills from Ajack Malual to clinch the first set win.
 
From then on, Chaminade rode the momentum and controlled the match the rest of the way, en route to the three-set sweep.
 
Daisy Duke ended the night with a team-high nine kills and Samantha Campion ended with eight kills. Avery Percival served five service aces and led the defense with 18 digs.
 
As a team, the Broncos hit just .097, their lowest offensive output of the season. Meanwhile, the Silverswords slashed a .290 on offense, getting a match-high 11 kills from Sasha Colombo.
 
Cal Poly Pomona reached the regional semifinal for just the third time in program history in the NCAA's current playoff format, which was instituted in 1998.
 
Bronco Bits 
  • Head coach Traci Dahl moves to 55-27 in her fourth year (third season) at Cal Poly Pomona, including 47-11 the last two seasons.
  • The Broncos have now played in 18 NCAA Tournaments in program history, and are now 8-19 in such games.
  • CPP falls to 1-5 against Chaminade all-time, having lost the last three matches to the Silverswords.
  • Ranked in the Top 25 this week at No. 20, CPP is now 285-168 as a nationally-ranked team since 1986.
  • As a program, CPP is now 776-535 all-time, including 198-137 in neutral-site matches since the program's inception in 1980.
  • CPP is now 319-205 in three-set matches all-time.
  • The Broncos plummet to 4-1 this season when Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance Christie Joines and Assistant Athletics Director for Communications Tyler Lobe make in-match seat selection adjustments.
  • Additionally, CPP is 0-1 this season when the Broncos hold a 23-21 lead in the first set, and Tyler Lobe left his seat, only to see the Broncos go on to lose the set 29-27 (sorry, ladies, it was amateur hour).
 
Record Book Updates
  • Daisy Duke, the second CCAA Player of the Year in program history, ended the season with 439 kills, which is tied for 10th all-time in a single season in program history, and the most since 2008 when the NCAA went to its current 25-point scoring format. Her kills per set average of 4.03 is seventh all-time in a single season in program history, and the most since 2008.  She hit .346, which is sixth-best all-time, and the third-best since 2008. With 505.5 points, she tied for 10th all-time, and was the most since 2008). Duke is up to 916 career kills, and her 3.37 kills per set is third-best in a career in program history. She now has a career hitting percentage of .331, which is second all-time in program history.
  • Caitie Mueller handed out 1036 assists, which is tied for second-most since 2008, and her 33 aces are tied for seventh-most since 2008.
  • Kaitlan Tucker ended the season with 134 total blocks, including 115 assisted blocks, and a blocks per set average of 1.23, all of which are the second-most since 2008. For her career, Tucker has 273 total blocks, and with a blocks per set average of 1.03, she is now 10th all-time for best career blocks average.
  • Avery Percival scored 48 service aces, which is the second-most since 2008, and her 404 digs are the 10th-most since 2008.
  • Mackenzie Sullivan ended her collegiate career with 1,211 digs, including 506 in two seasons at CPP.