Box Score SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — The Dominican University of California women's volleyball team looked like it may have a breaktrhough night on Saturday. The Penguins started hot and Amanda Wasko recorded 12 kills but Dominican fell in four sets (25-20, 20-16, 22-25, 25-19) to visiting California Baptist University in Pacific West Conference play on Saturday night.

Dominican (1-9/0-2) built a 9-4 lead in set one and led 19-17 after four consecutive kills from the trio of Jessica Jones, who had two of those kills, Wasko, and Megan Callen. The Lancers (6-5/3-0) called timeout and caught fire by closing out the set on an 8-1 run and the early 1-0 match lead.

A Callen kill and a Lardner service ace gave Dominican another early lead in set two but the Lancers again stormed back to take a 7-3 advantage. The Penguins coudln't regain their footing and fell quickly in set two, 25-16.

Out of the intermission, Dominican fell behind 8-3 but kills from Jones and Wasko, paired with two CBU errors, put Dominican ahead 8-7. Leading 19-18, the Penguins used a 4-1 run to make it 23-19, then fended off a three-point Lancers run with a Madeline Powelson kill to pull the Penguins within a set, 2-1.

The Penguins fell behind early yet again in set four and after trailing by as many as six points, pulled within a pair, 11-9. A 6-1 Lancers run again extended the deficit and while the Penguins pulled back within three, it was too little too late as California Baptist took the set 25-19 and the match.

Hannah Stocking-Siagkris added eight kills for the Penguins. Kelsey Lardner dished out 36 assists and had a pair of service aces in the loss. Wasko had 10 digs while defensive specialists Amanda Lee and Sari Kwan had 17 and 11, respectively.

Dominican hosts Dixie State University on Monday, Sept. 23. First serve is slated for 6:00 p.m. Live coverage will be available at dominicanathletics.com/live.