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| February 17, 2006 Slugs Fall to Hope in 5 Games SANTA CRUZ, CA The #4 UC Santa Cruz Slugs (6-6, 2-0 NCAA DIII) lost their first 5 game match of the season to visiting NAIA #5 Hope International 30-27, 31-33, 30-27, 24-30, 11-15. Santa Cruz started game 1 hitting an aggressive .406 (14 kills, 6 errors, 32 attempts) to Hope¹s .161 to win the game 30-27. The Slugs¹ hitting then dropped, after leading 20-13 in game 2, the Slugs lost 31-33 and hit .159 (14 kills, 7 errors, 44 attempts). Then, in the deciding game 5, the Slugs committed 7 errors to hit -.167 (4 kills, 7 errors, 18 attempts) to drop the match 3 games to 2. Bryan Shires earned 22 kills for the Slugs while Tyler Madden added 16. Matt Reynolds continued his streak of 10+ assist per game with his 53 assists effort versus Hope. Eric Reid added a personal season high 18 digs. The Slugs next host Sacramento State on Saturday, February 25, 7 pm. |