PASADENA, Calif. — The Beavers faced off against No. 13 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges Tuesday night at Braun Gymnasium as the 2024 SCIAC Women's Volleyball schedule winds down.

A respectable start saw Caltech hold the visiting Athenas close early on, with first-year Ailsa Shen (Calgary, Alb. / Western Canada HS) recording the Beavers' first kill to tie the score at 3-3. Caltech continued to rack up points with kills from Alize Bakker (Portland, Ore. / Westview) and Noelle Wilkinson (Bentonville, Ark. / Thaden School), while effective defense kept several rallies alive that resulted in errors by CMS. Andrea Li (Calgary, Alb. / Sir Winston Churchill) and Stephanie Wallen (Miami, Fla. / Ransom Everglades) each added kills to the group effort before CMS claimed the first set by a 25-16 margin.

First-year setter Lana Saopraseuth (Vancouver, Wash. / Union) delivered a service ace for Caltech early in the second set before Bakker knocked down another kill. Early in the third set, Li hit for three consecutive Beaver kills before Brittany Rosario (San Juan, PR / San Juan Math, Science and Tech Center) earned her first kills of the match.

Li led the Beavers with six kills; Bakker and Shen followed with four each. Saopraseuth led Caltech with a pair of service aces and 12 assists. Sophomore libero Celine Wu (Potomoc, Md. / Montgomery Blair) came up with a team-high 10 digs, trailed closely by Karen Cao (North Potomac, Md. / Montgomery Blair) with seven.

Head Coach Tom Gardner and the Beavers will hit the road for a Friday match at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges; first serve is slated for 7 p.m. Follow the action online at GoCaltech.com/coverage.