SAN DIEGO—The Sea Lions hosted the Urban Knights on Saturday afternoon, in an error-filled match the Urban Knights were able to come away with their first conference win, 3-1 over PLNU. Point Loma came out strong in the first set, swinging for a .364 hitting percentage leading them to a 25-17 win. The offense would struggle with errors over the next three sets, those issues compounded with a lack of blocking allowed ARTU to gain momentum and take three straight sets for the victory.
 
Madelynn Fox would have the best offensive game for Point Loma swinging for a season-high .529 percentage, notching 10 kills. Jaime Cymbaluk would make her mark for the second match in a row setting a new career-high with 16 kills. Cara Keturakis had a solid line for the Sea Lions posting 30 assists, 7 kills, and 8 digs. The team is now on a three-game skid, falling to 3-5 in conference play.
 
Team Records
PLNU (6-10, 3-5), ARTU (4-11, 1-7)
 
Scott's Thoughts
On Fox: 
"Madi had some good offense today, I just wish we could have gotten her the ball more."
 
On the defense: 
"That might have been the worst pass and digging match in my seven years at Point Loma."
 
 
On getting back on track: 
"We have to work harder if we want to get back on track." 


Scoring Summary
Set 1: PLNU 25, ARTU 17
Set 2: ARTU 25, PLNU 21
Set 3: ARTU 25, PLNU 15
Set 4: ARTU 25, PLNU 21

 
News and Notes
> Through two sets the Sea Lions had three players hitting over .600. 
> Fox hit .529 for the match, a team-high on the season thus far.
> PLNU had a season-high 13 serve receive errors in the match. 
> Cymbaluk set a new career mark for kills in each of the last two matches. 

Up Next
The Sea Lions will wrap-up their three-game home stand hosting the Eagles of Biola University next Thursday, Oct. 12. These teams met previously at Biola where PLNU came away with an impressive 3-2 win. Point Loma will look to go 2-0 on the season against the Eagles at 7 p.m. in Golden Gymnasium.