Highlanders Fall in Three to Cal State Bakersfield

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – UC Riverside fell in three sets to Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday night at the SRC Arena. HOW IT HAPPENED UCR hit a cool .200 early in an evenly matched first set. Both sides played a game of runs in set one and the Highlanders had a 5-2 spurt of their own, as Beatriz Silva’s ace followed up a double block from Nikki Hughes and Sydnee Rowe to tie the match at 13. Mylei Vargas-Deason led UC Riverside with four kills and three digs in set one while UCR and Bakersfield each put up 12 kills. Vargas-Deason…