Cal Poly Pomona Athletics

POMONA, Calif. – Cal Poly Pomona volleyball delivered a dominant all-around performance Thursday night, sweeping Cal State Dominguez Hills, 25-10, 25-16, 25-18, at Kellogg Arena. The Broncos improved to 18-4 overall and 8-2 in CCAA play with their third consecutive victory. CPP hit .382 as a team, recorded 52 kills, and finished with eight service aces and five total blocks.
 
Elle Walker led the Broncos with 14 kills on 29 attacks with just one error, finishing with a .448 hitting percentage. Sarah Ybarra added 11 kills on .500 hitting, while Addi Knight recorded nine kills and hit .571. Charlotte Koerber contributed eight kills, 12 digs, and a service ace, and is now just nine kills away from 1,000 in her collegiate career. Ybarra passed Kellie Francis (2002-05) for 6^th all-time on the Cal Poly Pomona kill list with her 1,119^th of her career.
 
Paige Bowyer directed the offense with 37 assists, two service aces, and six digs. Renee Nachtigall anchored the back row with a team-high 15 digs, while Keira Limbrick added eight digs and two aces.
 
Cal Poly Pomona seized control early in the opening set. After Dominguez Hills took the first point, the Broncos scored six of the next seven points, including kills from Koerber, Ybarra, and Bowyer, to move ahead 6-2. CPP continued to apply pressure from the service line, using a pair of Limbrick aces to extend the advantage to 19-7. Nachtigall later served an ace during a 4-0 run that pushed the Broncos in front 24-8, and Walker closed out the set with her fourth kill, 25-10.
 
The second set was tighter early, with CPP holding a 6-5 lead. The Broncos recorded four consecutive kills by the dynamic duo of Walker and Ybarra to build a 10-5 advantage. Dominguez Hills briefly cut the deficit to 15-10, however Bowyer then served an ace and helped set up kills by Bronwyn Rowse and Knight as the Broncos extended their lead to 24-14. Rowse finished the set with another kill, giving CPP a 25-16 victory.
 
Dominguez Hills opened the third set with three of the first four points, but Cal Poly Pomona quickly responded. The Broncos scored nine of the next 10 points, with two kills from Walker and three from Athans to give CPP a 14-5 advantage.
 
The Toros attempted to rally, cutting the margin to 16-10, but CPP answered to move ahead 22-13. Dominguez Hills scored four of five late, but Ybarra ended the match with a kill from Limbrick, completing the sweep at 25-18.
 
 
Up Next
The Broncos will return home this Saturday, October 31^st, at 2:00 PM against Cal Poly Humboldt. The team will recognize five seniors before the start of the match.
 
 
Bronco Bits

• The Broncos are now 80-14 all-time against Cal State Dominguez Hills, including an 11-match winning streak dating back to 2021.
• Traci Dahl is now 139-49 (.739) as head coach of the Broncos, including 90-27 (.769) in CCAA matches.
• Now in its 46th season, CPP Volleyball is 860-557 (.607) all-time.
• This is the second straight season that CPP has been 18-4 through their first 22 games.
• Charlotte Koerber is 9 kills away from reaching 1,000 in her collegiate career.
• Alexia Zammit is now 22 assists away from reaching 1,000 in her collegiate career.
• The Broncos now have 13 sweeps on the season. The program record is 16, set back in 2024.
• Sarah Ybarra passed Kellie Francis (2002-05) for 6^th all-time on the Cal Poly Pomona kill list with her 1,119^th of her career.
• Alexia Athans' .383 hitting percentage this season would rank first in program history under the 25-point scoring format (since 2008).