LA JOLLA, Calif. — The Cal State Monterey Bay volleyball team couldn't sustain a strong start as CCAA South Division leader UC San Diego rallied to take a 21–25, 25–18, 25–14, 25–12 win Friday night in RIMAC Arena.

Senior outside hitter Maddy Underwood (Spokane, Wash./Mead HS) reached double figures for the fourth consecutive match by finishing with a team–leading 17 kills. Anela Visesio (Seaside HS) added 13 kills.

The rest of the Otter offense made nearly as many errors (8) as kills (9), however, as CSUMB couldn't duplicate its early success.

Four Otter aces in the opening set helped keep the UCSD offense out of rhythm, allowing CSUMB to jump to the early lead. Once the Tritons got their serve receive in order, however, they took control and never let the Otters back in the match.
 

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THE MATCH WAS OVER WHEN… A Marie Paris service aced capped a 7–1 UCSD run to open Set 4. The Otters never got closer than five points the rest of the way.

MOVING ON UP… Maddy Underwood passed Melanie Lashbrook (2008–11) for No. 8 on the CSUMB career kills list Friday night. Her 17 kills at UCSD give her 643 in 2–plus seasons, passing Lashbrook's total of 626.

JUST ONE AWAY… With 13 kills Friday night, Anela Visesio moved to within one kill of 600 for her career. She is looking to become just the 10th player in Otter history to reach 600 career kills.

ANELA MAKES ANOTHER TOP 10… Anela Visesio scored 13 points Friday night to pass Kerri Sudarsana (2006–09) for No. 10 on the Otter career points list with 663.5.

LEADERS OF THE PACK… POINTS: Maddy Underwood 19.0; KILLS: Maddy Underwood 17; BLOCKS: Erica Chapa/Hannah Haveman 1; ACES: Kyra Galloway/Maddy Underwood 2; DIGS: Maddy Underwood 16.

THE LAST WORD… "We are still struggling to find the confidence in ourselves to finish hot starts like tonight. I thought Maddy and Anela did a great job tonight and we got better at the things we worked on this week, but we have to be better moving forward.." — CSUMB Head Coach Moe Melhart

THEY'VE GOT NEXT… The Otters continue their 4–match roadtrip Saturday at Cal State San Marcos. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.