HAYWARD – Starting the season with nine contests on the road may have taken a toll for the Cal State Dominguez Hills volleyball team, as the Toros ended the trek with a four-set loss (17-25, 22-25, 25-19, 24-26) to Cal State East Bay Saturday.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Tati Yandall – 22 kills, 11 digs, .271 hitting percentage
Rylee Brown – 15 kills (career-high), 16 digs, 2 assists
Jordan Ramirez – 26 assists, 13 digs
 
WHAT HAPPENED?
- After clinching the third game, 25-19, the Toros managed to tie the fourth round at 24 points apiece but back-to-back kills by Deja Thompson sealed the win for the Pioneers.
- It was an evenly match-up on paper, with the Pioneers edging the Toros in kills (55-54) and digs (76-72). The only distant advantage East Bay had was in the attack percentile. The Pioneers combined to hit .237 while the Toros hit .192.
- Rylee Brown led the effort in Dominguez Hills' game-three win, posting four kills, four digs, two assists and one block assist. Tati Yandall was another big contributor with five kills and four assists.
- Tati Yandall racked up 11 of the Toros 19 kills in the fourth game along with hitting nearly 48 percent.
 
POST-MATCH NOTES
- Tati Yandall earned her third double-double in four matches while adding 16 to her career.
- Jordan Ramirez also had a double-double for the second time in three contests. It is also her fifth in her career.
- In addition to matching her career-high in kills, Rylee Brown earns her first career double-double with the 15 kill, 16 dig night.
- Tati Yandall came up one kill shy from tying her career mark of 23 set against Montana State Billings last weekend.
 
WHO'S NEXT?
Dominguez Hills will (finally) open the home portion of its schedule Wednesday hosting the NAIA's San Diego Christian. First serve is 7 p.m.