SAN BERNARDINO (Oct. 6, 2015) — No. 23 Cal State San Bernardino and Cal State Monterey Bay will play three times against each other in the month of October, and Round 1 went to the Coyotes in a 3-1 decision at Coussoulis Arena on Tuesday night.
 
Behind senior OH Alexandra Torline's 15 kills and 15 digs, the Coyotes earned a 25-17, 25-12, 23-25, 25-23 victory over the Otters and remained unbeaten against their foe in all 24 of their all-time matches.
 
Torline led four Coyotes (13-3, 6-2 CCAA) in double figures with Lauren Nicholson (12), All-American Brenna McIntosh (11) and Malika O'Brien (10).
 
CSUSB had things going its way through the first two sets and led 22-19 in the third before the Otters (4-9, 3-5) righted the ship.
 
A block assists and a Coyote attack error forced the Coyotes into a timeout at 22-21. After the break, Anela Visesio tied the set with a kill, but Torline answered with one of her own and the Coyotes led 23-22.
 
But Victoria Clardy tied the set at 23-all and the Otters' Jessica Malcolm brought the final two kills of the set and CSUMB forced a fourth set.
 
CSUSB took control in the fourth, leading 14-7, but the Otters proved they weren't going away. They went a 5-0 run capped by two service aces from Ciara Reistad.
 
The Coyotes remained out front and eventually built the lead to two at 20-18 after a Nicholson kill and a CSUMB attack error.
 
CSUMB then answered with an impressive 4-1 run and led 22-21 on a kill from Ashlynne Armstrong.
 
The Coyotes called timeout and scored three straight points — a ball handling error a solo block from O'Brien and another CSUMB attack error — to lead 24-22.
 
After an attack error from Torline, she came right back with a kill of her own for the set and match winner.
 
On the night, Torline became the Coyotes' all-time points leader, surpassing Jessica Granados' record of 1,549.5 set from 2005-08. Torline will take her record of 1574 into Friday night's match against San Francisco State.
 
Freshman Jayann DeHoog had 50 assist, and McIntosh had three service aces. Both Kaitlyn Christner and Nicholson had 13 digs. O'Brien had two solo blocks and three block assists — both team highs.