Box Score SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Dominican University of California women's volleyball team dropped its fourth straight match on Saturday with a 3-1 defeat by Academy of Art Univesity at Kezar Pavilion, 18-25, 25-18, 18-25, 21-25.

The Lady Penguins (5-10/3-4) have hit a rough patch in their last few matches after winning four straight from Sept. 13 to 25, which included a 3-0 sweep of the Urban Knights (5-11/2-5) at home. Dominican started out slow, spotting Art U the first three points and soon thereafter a 15-6 advantage. Two Urban Knights errors allowed Dominican to close the gap to 20-16 but Art U capitalized on Dominican errors, which resulted in four of Art U's final five points in set one.

Dominican righted the ship in set two and came down from 12-11 to take a 19-12 lead on strong service by Hannah Stocking-Siagkris, who tallied two of her four service aces in that stretch.

An 8-1 Art U run doomed Dominican in set three and while set four remained close throughout, the Lady Penguins stumbled in the end, with three more Art U points coming on Dominican errors.

Four Urban Knights reached double digits kills, led by 13 from Taylor Suchy. Rachael Smith dished out 52 assists.

Junior Jessica Jones led Dominican with 16 kills. Senior Ashlee Sand and Stocking-Siagkris each added six kills and Stocking-Siagkris led the Lady Penguins with 20 digs. Junior setter Kelsey Lardner had a dozen assists. Freshman Jamie Lavitoria came in and added 19.

Dominican will look to get back into the win column when the Lady Penguins hit the road for Dixie State College. They face the Red Storm in St. George, Utah on Thursday, Oct. 11, followed by a quick trip to Phoenix, Ariz. to face No. 13 Grand Canyon University on Saturday, Oct. 13.