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<\/p>\n SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2013 The Pacific Tigers moved their win streak to three matches after defeating UC Riverside in five sets (25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 22-25, 15-12) Thursday night at Spartan Gym in their first match at the SJSU Invite.<\/p>\n Pacific (3-1) wasted no time jumping out to a two-set lead before a Highlanders (1-2) comeback forced the Tigers to grit out a fifth set win. Powering the team to the win was a well-rounded performance from several student-athletes. No Tiger personified the well-rounded approach like sophomore setter Alessia Couchond<\/a> \u2013 who posted her first double-double (23 assists, 12 digs) of the season while also serving up a career best five aces from the service line. The five aces make her the third Tiger since the 2023 season with five aces in a match (Aly Cox, 2025 and Biamba Kabengele, 2023).<\/p>\n The service ace was a major component of the Tigers attack during the night, serving up 16 total aces \u2013 giving the program its single match high since at least the 2009 season.<\/p>\n Junior Nicole Zake<\/a> posted her third consecutive double-double, leading the team with 14 kills and contributing ten digs from the back row. Over the past three matches Zake is swinging for 2.9 kills\/set and averaging just under 14 kills a match (13.6).<\/p>\n Rounding out the Tigers’ night offensively, graduate Hanna Vorhies<\/a> reached double digit kills at ten while sophomore Chloe Giehtbrock<\/a> chipped in 15 assists setting.<\/p>\n Defensively, sophomore libero Bella Gutierrez<\/a> paced the team with 19 digs to continue her torrid start to the season. After Thursday’s match, the sophomore is ranked top-100 nationally in digs per set (31st, 4.75) and total digs (71st, 57).<\/p>\n Pacific is back in Spartan Gym later today at the team takes on host San Jose State at 6 p.m. on the Mountain West Network<\/p>\n Tigers Tickets #PacificProud
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