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\n at\u00a0Santa Clara
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History <\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 LMU defeated San Francisco 3-2 on Thursday, taking the match 25-14, 25-18, 26-28, 19-25, 15-8. The Lions finished with 61 kills and a .220 hitting percentage while holding San Francisco to .146. The team also achieved at least nine blocks for the third consecutive game.<\/p>\n Maria Tabacuks<\/a> powered the LMU attack with a team-high 26 kills while hitting .306 and totaling a team-high 26.5 points. Tabacuks also added 10 digs and has now maintained a hitting percentage of at least .306 in two consecutive matches. Delfina Schuh<\/a> directed the Lions offensively with a team-high 45 assists while also recording a team-high 18 digs, four kills and one block. Nicole Schuetz<\/a> added 13 kills on a .286 hitting percentage while collecting a career-high 15 digs. Anya Santrac<\/a> delivered 11 kills, surpassing her season average of 4.91, while adding nine digs and five blocks, well above her season average of 0.91, to total 13.5 points. Aleksandra Stojanovic<\/a> contributed five blocks, surpassing her season average of 3.8, along with two kills. Kayla Lopez<\/a> added a season-high three service aces.<\/p>\n The Lions moved in front early in the opening set, using Delfina Schuh’s<\/a> serve to turn a 2-1 edge into a 6-1 lead with a Maria Tabacuks<\/a> kill, a Tabacuks-Zaria Thornton<\/a> block and a pair of San Francisco attack errors. After San Francisco pulled within 9-4, the Lions answered with six straight points, including two Kayla Lopez<\/a> service aces and a block by Anya Santrac<\/a> and Aleksandra Stojanovic<\/a>, to build a 15-4 lead. San Francisco scored three straight to make it 16-8, but the Lions kept the margin in hand behind kills from Schuh, Nicole Schuetz<\/a>, Stojanovic, Tabacuks and Thornton. Schuetz’s kill pushed the Lions to 24-13, and a San Francisco attack error closed the set for the Lions, 25-14.<\/p>\n With the Lions ahead 4-3, Santrac’s kill began a seven-point run, and Lopez served the next six points as the Lions built an 11-3 lead behind her ace and kills from Schuh, Santrac, Schuetz and Tabacuks. San Francisco scored consecutive points to make it 11-5 and later used a Petra Fritz kill and Emma Neukirchen ace to get to 17-11, but the Lions answered those stretches with kills by Schuetz and Tabacuks to stay ahead. After Andjela Sojic’s kill brought San Francisco to 19-14, a San Francisco service error and three straight Santrac kills moved the Lions to 23-14. The Lions reached set point at 24-15 on a San Francisco attack error, and after San Francisco scored three straight, Tabacuks closed the set at 25-18 with a kill.<\/p>\n The Lions built a 6-2 lead in the third set behind two Tabacuks kills, a Schuetz kill, and a Thornton-Santrac block, but San Francisco drew even at 6-6 on Adelynn Legates’ service ace. San Francisco moved in front 14-12 on Jordan Smart’s kill, and the Lions answered with four straight points \u2014 a San Francisco service error, kills by Schuetz and Santrac, and a Legates attack error \u2014 to go ahead 16-14. After San Francisco tied the set at 16-16, 18-18, and 19-19, the Lions used a Tabacuks kill, a Gabriella Cascione<\/a> ace, and a Katariina Korhonen attack error to move ahead 22-19, then later reached 24-23 on an Anica Bobic attack error. San Francisco came back to tie it at 24-24, traded points through 26-26, and closed the set on Andjela Sojic’s kill and Laura Amaro’s service ace for a 28-26 win.<\/p>\n