RECAP: SFA Drops Heartbreaker to Cal in Five-Set Battle

NACOGDOCHES, Texas- Stephen F. Austin lost to California 3-2 on Saturday. The Ladyjacks took the second and third sets before the Bears won the fourth and fifth, with set scores of 18-25, 25-22, 25-12, 16-25, 11-15. After Katherine Holtman and Madi Zorn connected for the first point, Cal moved ahead 4-1 and later stretched the margin to 7-2. SFA cut it to 10-7 on a Caroline Kahle kill and Kyanna Creecy service ace, but the Bears answered and kept SFA from pulling closer than five through the middle of the set. Avery Koonsen had three kills during SFA’s middle-set scoring,…