By Steven Zymkowitz
The Azusa Pacific women’s volleyball team got off to its best start in program history winning 15 of their first 16 games and were ranked number seven in the country, but their great streak was put to a halt on Tuesday night against their biggest rival, the Eagles from Biola. The Eagles defeated the Cougars in four games (25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23.)
The two squads played evenly throughout the first game, sharing the lead eight different times, but the Eagles proved to be too much in the first game. In the second game the Cougars never lead, before the Eagles took the 2-0 advantage.
The Cougars would not go away without winning a game, but in the third game the Cougars killed at just a .152 clip. After a back and forth in the fourth game, the Eagles eventually proved to be too much taking the game 25-23.
The Cougars were lead in kills by their kill leader, senior Whittany Radcliffe with 15 on the night. Junior Krista Brenner added 12 kills and freshman Jackie Landers added eight kills.
Azusa Pacific falls to 15-2 on the season and 3-2 in the Golden State Athletic Conference while Biola improves to 11-4 and 4-1 in the GSAC.
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