McIntosh fires off her second school record in as many matches

Her 15 block assists lift No. 13 Coyotes over Chico State in five sets

Brenna McIntosh broke her school record for block assists with 15 against Chico State.

Box Score SAN BERNARDINO – One night after establishing a school record for attack percentage, sophomore middle blocker Brenna McIntosh set another record.

McIntosh paved the 13^th-ranked Coyotes' 3-2 victory over Chico State on Saturday with a school-best 15 block assists in the 25-23, 24-26, 25-16, 24-26, 15-9 win.

The 15 assists were three better than her record of 12 set against Chico State on Sept. 29, 2012. And her weekend numbers are eye-popping. Combined with 14-0-15 attack effort against Cal State Stanislaus on Friday, she went 19-2-42 for a .405 percentage against the Wildcats. She totaled 33 kills, just two errors in 57 attacks – a .544 attack percentage and boosted her season average to .353 and a 1.36 blocks/set average.

The Coyotes (18-5 overall, 14-1 CCAA) and Wildcats (10-12, 7-8) went back-and-forth and reached the decisive fifth set.

CSUSB scored the set's first five points – two kills each from Ashley Solis and McIntosh, and McIntosh and senior Danielle Newcombe combined on what else, a block assist.

Up 12-6, the teams traded points until McIntosh threw down a kill for the set and match victory at 15-9.

The Coyotes grabbed a 2-1 lead entering the fourth set and found themselves trailing 21-15.

But with Jordan Ortega serving, CSUSB scored eight straight points for a 23-21 lead.
McIntosh had three block assists and a kill in that stretch that nearly brought the Coyotes back from sure defeat.

But Chico State stopped the Coyotes rally, outscoring its foe 5-1 to force the fifth set.

The Coyotes never trailed in the opening set with McIntosh's five kills and three block assists leading the way.

In the second, CSUSB trailed 20-15, but fought back an 8-1 run capped by junior MB Tori May's three kills.

However, Chico didn't quit and rallied back for the 26-24 win.

CSUSB dominated in the third set, thanks to Solis' five kills and two solo blocks.

Solis and May each had 13 kills and Stephanie Sinohui had 49 assists.

Junior libero Arielle McCullough had 27 kills and surpassed the 1,000-dig mark in her career, good for seventh in school history.

Newcombe had 11 block assists, tied for third best in school history.

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