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2023 Volleyball Senior Day
Sarah Macias
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Cal St. Monterey Bay CSMB 9-16,6-12 CCAA
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Winner Cal Poly Pomona CPP 20-6,13-5 CCAA
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSMB
9-16,6-12 CCAA
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Final
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Cal Poly Pomona CPP
20-6,13-5 CCAA
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSMB 21 25 19 17 (1)
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 25 22 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Alex Kline, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications

Duke and Tucker Lead Broncos to 20th Win on Senior Day

POMONA, CA – Seniors Daisy Duke and Kaitlan Tucker came up big for the No. 25 Broncos on senior day, leading CPP to a 3-1 win over Cal State Monterey Bay. With the win, the Broncos finish the regular season with a 20-6 record, marking the third consecutive year, and 18th time in program history, that the team has reached 20 wins in a season. The team also finished an impressive 12-1 at home, winning 38-8 (.826) sets in Kellogg Arena this season.
 
Duke followed up her career-best 25-kill performance on Friday with 21 more on Saturday, inching her closer to fourth on the all-time CPP kills list with 1,213. Saturday was the 65th game in her career where she recorded double-digit kills, and the 11th time she passed the 20-kill mark.
 
Tucker collected eight kills against the Otters, swinging at a .421 clip to go along with Duke's .429. Tucker also tied Madison Novak and Alexia Athans for the most blocks on the team at three a piece.
 
In a mirror image of Friday's match, the Broncos won the first set, then dropped the second before bouncing back in the third and fourth to take the 3-1 victory. The team's 64 kills on Friday and 58 kills on Saturday are two of their top three kill totals on the season. Ironically, their top four matches with the most kills this season all came against Cal State East Bay and Cal State Monterey Bay.
 
Setter Caitie Mueller dished out 39 assists against the Otters, bringing her season total to 972 – which is the 23rd most in all of Division II. She is now 197 away from cracking the Top 10 for most assists in a season in CPP history. Her 972 assists already ranks fifth-most in a season during the 25-point scoring format (since 2008).
 
 
Up Next
The Broncos finish the regular season tied for third place in the CCAA with a 13-5 conference record. Because CPP lost the head-to-head matchup to San Francisco State, the Broncos were seeded fourth in the upcoming CCAA Tournament taking place next weekend on the campus of Cal State LA. The Broncos look to defend their 2022 CCAA Tournament Title.
 
As the four seed, the Broncos will face the No. 5 seed Sonoma State Seawolves (17-8) in the CCAA Quarterfinals on Thursday, November 16th, at 5:30 PM. The two teams faced each other a few weeks back, when the Seawolves defeated the Broncos in five sets. The two teams are 5-5 in their last 10 matchups against one another.
 
Should the Broncos win that game, they will advance to the CCAA Semifinals against the No. 1 seed Cal State San Bernardino Yotes - who received a first-round bye - on Friday, November 17th, also at 5:30 PM. The Green & Gold have had recent success against the Yotes in the postseason, eliminating them from both the CCAA Tournament and the NCAA West Regionals in 2022.
 
 
Bronco Bits
  • The Broncos have now made the CCAA Tournament five times since its inception in 2015. In three of their four previous trips, CPP made it to the championship game.
  • Head coach Traci Dahl is now 75-33 (.694) as head coach of the Broncos, including three 20-win seasons.
  • Caitie Mueller ranks 5th on the single-season assists list during the 25-point scoring format (since 2008).
  • The Broncos' top four games with the most kills this season all came against Cal State East Bay and Cal State Monterey Bay.
  • Cal Poly Pomona volleyball is now 25-9 (.735) all-time against Cal State Monterey Bay.