Junior Bo Culo led the way as LMU volleyball (13-3, 3-2 WCC) played an all-around impressive match en route to sweeping San Francisco (8-7, 1-3 WCC) by scores of 26-24, 25-16, 25-17 on Saturday afternoon from USF's War Memorial Gymn.

CULO SERVES UP IMPRESSIVE MATCH
Culo finished the match with 12 kills on 22 swings (.409), eight digs and six of LMU's 12 service aces … the native of Bjelovar, Croatia had four kills and one ace in the first, added four more kills and three aces in the second, and finished the match with four more kills and her final two aces in the finale.

BOX SCORE NOTES
LMU hit .316 as a team in the sweep, posting 48 kills on 95 swings with just 18 errors … the Lions hit better than .300 in all three sets … junior Tess Reid guided LMU to the solid clip, dishing out 42 assists and adding one ace and five digs … three Lions finished with double-digit kills, including Savannah Slattery with a match-high 14 … senior Kekai Whitford led all players with 17 digs … the Dons managed to win the blocking battle, posting eight to LMU's three, led by Marjolijn Oskam with a block solo and six block assists … the Lions held USF to just .167 hitting, as no Don player collected double-digit kills.

LION NOTES
Culo's six aces are a new career-high, besting her four from Thursday's sweep over Santa Clara, and are the most served up by a Lion since Kristen Castellanos had six against Niagara on August 27, 2016 … the six aces are the fourth-most for a Lion in LMU history, including matching the second-most in a three-set match (last: Besti Metter vs. College of Charleston, 9/14/13) … the 12 Lion aces are the seventh-most in a three-set match in LMU history (last: 8/27/11 vs. Quinnipiac) … LMU's 13-3 start to the year is the best since the 2014 squad began the season 15-1 … LMU has now posted seven sweeps this season.

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS
LMU still has eight home matches remaining to be played in Gersten Pavilion … members of LMU's Little Lions Club get into all LMU home volleyball matches as part of the membership, while students, faculty and staff with a valid One Card also receive free General Admission access to every home match … to purchase season or single-game tickets, please contact the LMU Box Office at 310-338-5466 or visit LMULions.com/buywvb.

QUOTABLE
"Our offense was effective today. Tess did a really nice job with her location and decision making, and our hitters took quality swings over and over again. We also had another really aggressive and effective serving match as well, which allowed us to take USF out of rhythm. Most importantly, our level of focus and effort was where it needed to be to get a win playing to our standard." – Head coach Aaron Mansfield.

NEXT ROTATION
LMU will return home to host Saint Mary's and Pacific next week ... the Lions and Gaels will meet on Thursday at 7 p.m. PT before the Lions welcome the Tigers on Saturday at 1 p.m. PT ... both matches can be watched on TheW. tv with live stats found at LMULions.com.