Oct. 11, 1998
TEMPE, Ariz. -- UCLA's Ashley Bowles had a match-high 14 kills and 13 digs to lead the UCLA Bruins to a 3-0 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils this afternoon in the Wells Fargo Arena. Games scores were 15-11, 15-3, 15-2.
ASU is now to 7-8 on the year, 4-4 in conference play. UCLA improves to 4-9 on the season, 4-3 in the Pac-10.
Freshman outsdie hitter Jami Coughlin led ASU with seven kills and eight digs, while sophomore outside hitter Amanda Burbridge added a team-high 11 digs. Junior setter Jolynn Faatulu tallied 25 assists for the Sun Devils. Arizona State hit .000 for the match and were outblocked by the Bruins 12 to 2.
"Obviously we're very disappointed in the way we played this afternoon," said head coach Patti Snyder-Park. "We committed way too many hitting errors and did not pass the ball well. We need to regroup before next weekend."
Outside hitter Kristee Porter had 12 kills while rightside hitter Chaska Potter added six block assists. Middle Amy Nihipali contributed three block solos and five block assists on the afternoon. The Bruins hit .435 as a team in the last game, committing only two errors and hit .208 for the match. UCLA tallied 54 digs to ASU's 48.
Arizona State will take on in-state rival Arizona on Friday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wells Fargo Arena in continued conference action.
UCLA def. Arizona State, 3-0.UCLA 15 15 15 Arizona State 11 3 2 Attendance: 535 Referees: T. Beall-Martin, Williams Length of Match: 1:25