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SAN BERNARDINO -- The 2011 season is building into a special year for the No. 3-ranked Coyotes. Thursday night's performance proved it once again.
CSUSB established a California Collegiate Athletic Association record for hitting percentage with an outrageous .523 effort on 46 kills, only one error in 86 attempts as the Coyotes defeated visiting Cal State Dominguez Hills 3-0 (25-4, 25-11, 25-11) before a crowd of 439 at Coussoulis Arena.
They broke a record of .506 (46-5-81) set by the Coyotes in their 2008 NCAA Tournament win over BYU Hawaii here at Coussoulis.
The Coyotes improved their record to 19-0 overall and 14-0 in the CCAA and increased their home-winning streak to 55 consecutive matches. They never trailed in the match and also pushed their CCAA home winning streak to 38 straight.
Led by a host of Coyotes, senior
Priscilla Collings led in kills with nine and All-American
Samantha Middleborn and
Megan Johnson each had seven. Senior setter
Krista Hasemeyer earned the start and made the most of it as she had 36 assists with nine different Coyotes collected kills.
Senior
Morgan Carty had three service aces and senior libero Kelcie Tolan produced 15 digs.
The Toros (1-17 overall, 0-14 CCAA) have lost their last 17 after opening the season here with a victory over Dominican during the Coyote Labor Day Classic. First-year coach Jennifer Adeva's team didn't give up and hung in there after losing the opening set 25-4.
But the Coyotes were simply too strong, too talented and too athletic on this night.
After the opening set onslaught, CSUSB played out of its mind in the second set. The Coyotes fired off a .704 percentage with 19 kills on 27 attacks. They also finished the night 24-28 on sideout --- an .857 percentage.
Elizabeth Krieger led the Toros with seven kills.
The Coyotes conclude the weekend at home Saturday against Cal State L.A. They will be going for their 20th win -- the 15th consecutive time the Coyotes have crossed that plateau under head coach
Kim Cherniss.