SEASIDE – Freshman Cassie Taylor recorded 13 kills in her debut and Angelina Cabal made 18 assists to contribute to Cal State Dominguez Hills' three-set win (25-13, 25-17, 25-18) over Dominican at Cal State Monterey Bay's Otter Classic to start the 2022 volleyball season Friday.
 
It is the second season-opening win in three seasons for the Toros, excluding the canceled 2020 campaign.
 
While the Toros as a whole collected 31 kills, the trio of Ava Hurry, Shelby Saporetti and Camila Sanchez-Tellez combined for 15 of them.
 
The Toros also hit 29 percent on the attack.
 
Despite an attack error to start the first serve of the season, Dominguez Hills went on an 11-1 rally to build a commanding first-set lead.
 
The Toros opened the second round with a 7-2 run, with four of those points coming from Penguin attacking errors. Dominguez Hills then went on to score eight straight rallies to build an 11-point lead and a runaway win.
 
Dominican opened the third set scoring the first point on a service error, but Dominguez Hills went on to win six of the next eight serves to take a 6-3 lead. The Toros then went on a 6-1 run to take a 10-point lead.
 
The Toros return to The Kelp Bed Saturday to play two more matches starting with Michigan Tech at 9:30 a.m. followed by Academy of Art at 5 p.m.