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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — The Dominican University of California women's volleyball fell in five sets to visiting Grand Canyon University on Friday night, 25-23, 19-25, 25-19, 19-25, 8-15.

The Lady Penguins (6-23/1-14) got out to a terrific start, almost taking the first set wire-to-wire until point 23, when the Antelopes caught up to tie the score. However, two GCU (20-8/9-6) attack errors gave the first set to Dominican.

Dominican got out to a 3-0 lead in set two but GCU answered with three straight points of their own. The Antelopes used a five-point run halfway through the set to take a 17-12 advantage and the Lady Penguins never got closer than three points the rest of the way.

A Tianna Tuatagaloa service ace capped a 4-1 Lady Penguin run and set the pace for set three.  A 7-2 run that included a Brooke Swingle service ace and two Tuatagaloa kills gave Dominican the third set 25-19.

The Lady Penguins ran out of steam down the stretch though and sets four and five went to the Antelopes. GCU took an early 9-3 lead in the fourth set and used a 7-3 run to push the match to the final set. GCU raced to the 8-3 lead and recorded four straight points to take the match with the 15-8 win in set five.

Pecora led all players with 19 kills and had a team-high 25 digs. Cayla Morphew tallied a career-high 16 kills and 13 digs. Tuatagaloa added 15 kills in the loss.

Swingle and Antelope setter Katie Meyers matched each other with 47 assists apiece.

Three Antelopes reached double digit kills. Dana Edington led GCU with 15 kills. Whitney Estes and Erica Ehlo put down 12 kills apiece.

The Lady Penguins finish the season on Satuday, Nov. 14 with a rematch against the Antelopes. A pregame ceremony honoring the squad's four seniors will start shortly before first serve, which is set for 7:00 p.m.