LOS ANGELES — LMU (17-3, 8-1 in the West Coast Conference) swept San Francisco (10-12, 2-7 WCC) 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-13) on Saturday. The Lions hit .353 and held San Francisco to .135 while finishing with a 12-3 blocking advantage. The Lions' 12 blocks exceeded their season average of 8.5.
Nicole Schuetz led the LMU attack with a team-high 13 kills while totaling 15.0 points and adding five digs.
Delfina Schuh directed the Lions offensively with a team-high 29 assists while contributing three service aces, surpassing her season average of 0.79, eight digs and three blocks. Schuh has now recorded at least three blocks in two consecutive matches.
Camille Pomeroy made an impact at the net with a team-high, season-high and career-high nine blocks, including one solo, while adding one kill on one attempt and totaling 6.0 points.
Zaria Thornton contributed 10 kills with just one error on 13 attempts for a .692 hitting percentage, surpassing her season average of 5.33 kills per match, while adding two blocks and totaling 11.0 points.
Gabriella Cascione anchored the LMU defense with a team-high 13 digs while contributing one kill on one attempt and one assist.
The Lions moved in front 4-2 early on
Delfina Schuh's ace and a
Nicole Schuetz kill, but San Francisco used its attack and Lions errors to build a 12-9 advantage.
Camille Pomeroy and
Maria Tabacuks combined on a block during the response, Tabacuks added a kill, and her ace later put the Lions ahead 14-13. The teams traded points through 16-16 before
Zaria Thornton's kill and a San Francisco attack error gave the Lions an 18-16 edge, and kills by Tabacuks and Schuh helped push the margin to 21-18. Schuetz and Pomeroy combined on a block, Pomeroy added a kill, and after San Francisco cut the gap to 24-22,
Anya Santrac finished the set with a kill for a 25-22 Lions win.
San Francisco scored the first three points of the second set and led 4-2 after a Petra Fritz kill, but
Gabriella Cascione's sideout kill started a seven-point Lions run. Tabacuks served the next six Lions points, with a Schuetz kill and two blocks involving Santrac and Pomeroy among the plays that moved the Lions ahead 9-4. Santrac has recorded at least three total blocks in two consecutive matches. The Lions pushed the score to 13-5 on
Kayla Lopez's serve, getting kills from
Zaria Thornton and Santrac around a Thornton-Santrac block, before San Francisco later strung together four points to get within 18-13. Schuetz ended that stretch with a kill, Thornton added kills at 21-15 and 24-19, and Tabacuks closed the set with a kill for a 25-20 Lions win.
The Lions broke a 4-4 tie in the third set with a San Francisco service error, kills by Thornton and Schuetz, and a Maeve Bailey attack error to move ahead 8-4. San Francisco stayed within 13-8 on an Emma Neukirchen kill, but a service error started a 7-0 Lions run before
Delfina Schuh served the next six points with two aces, two blocks and a Tabacuks kill pushing the lead to 20-8. San Francisco stopped the run with a Talula Lenoir kill, but the Lions kept control through the closing stretch, reaching 24-12 on an
Amanda Mikuzis-Schuh block and finishing the set at 25-13 on a Tabacuks kill from Schuh. Mikuzis recorded her first block of the season. Tabacuks has hit at least .350 in back-to-back matches.
The Lions are 17-3 overall and 8-1 in WCC play. San Francisco is 10-12 overall and 2-7 in WCC play.
Up Next for Lions Women's Volleyball
Up next, the Lions volleyball team visits Portland on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at 6 p.m. in Portland, Oregon.
