CARSON — From the start of the first set throughout the four-set match, it was clear both Humboldt State and Cal State Dominguez Hills were going to battle for each point. Long rallies wore down each side, but ultimately CSUDH prevailed and took the match 3-1 (26-28, 25-19, 25-16, 25-10) over the Jacks Saturday night.

With the loss, Humboldt State drops to 3-23 overall and 1-18 in California Collegiate Athletic Association action. On the other side of the net, the Toros improve to 11-16 overall, 9-11 in conference.

Alexa Rosendale led the Jacks with 14 kills. Allison Drobish assisted five of HSU's six blocks and attacked with a team-high .316 percentage. Defensively, Tiffany McCray registered a match-high 26 digs to try to keep her team in the game.

Three Toros finished the night with double-digit kills, led by Elizabeth Krieger and Abby Prusa, who both grabbed 15 kills. Whitney Lee followed closely behind the pair and ended the night with 12 kills of her own. 

CSUDH grabbed the first point of the match, but couldn't break away from the Jacks just yet. Both teams went back and forth until the Toros made their move with the set tied at 4-4. Prusa initiated a 5-1 run with a powerful kill, helping her team to only surrender one point to the Jacks off a service error to put Cal State Dominguez Hills up 9-5. HSU continued to battle, staying within four points of the Toros, but couldn't seem to find an equalizing point. 

Down 23-18, desperation kicked in as Rosendale put down three kills and an ace to help the Jacks tie the set at 25-25. Neither team seemed willing to surrender the final set point as each dug deep in long rallies. Rosendale found a hole in the Toro defense to give the Jacks a 27-26 lead, before Channel Washington finished the set with a kill off Kelci Renshaw's assist to hand the Jacks the 28-26 set win.

Merry Ellen Ackema gave the Jacks the first point of the second set, but Humboldt State didn't hold onto the lead for very long. The Toros grabbed the next two points, but couldn't shake the Jacks as another back-and-forth battle commenced. 

Tied at 6-6, CSUDH keyed down on defense and picked up three points off putting down a kill, setting up a block and forcing the Jacks to commit an attack error. Ackema put the game back within two points, but the Toros drove on to keep the Jacks in their trail. Down by six points, Drobish and Rosendale teamed up to block a Toro attack and Rosendale added a kill in the next play to put the game at 23-19, but Cal State Dominguez Hills finished the next two points to take the set 25-19 and tie the match at 1-1.

Feeling revived from the second set, the Toros started the third strong and grabbed an early 3-1 lead. Although the Jacks couldn't surpass CSUDH, they weren't ready to give in to the Toros and matched the host team's points to tie the set at 8-8. Attack errors plagued the Jacks, however, as Humboldt State handed Cal State Dominguez Hills five of its next six points, one of which came off a solo block effort from Delea Pursel.

Two attack errors from the Toros brought the Jacks back in the game, but Humboldt State couldn't find its rhythm and quickly found itself trailing 20-12. The hole proved to be too much for HSU to climb out of as the Jacks fell 25-16, giving CSUDH a 2-1 edge in the match.

With the momentum in its favor, Cal State Dominguez Hills dominated a huge 9-0 lead to start the fourth. An attack error from Prusa put the Jacks on the board and Washington's ace cut the lead to seven, but the Toros were determined to finish the match and used long rallies to wear out the Jacks. 

Down 19-7, Humboldt State tried to regain its confidence and grabbed three-straight points, but surrendered a point off a service error to put the set at 20-10 in favor of the Toros. Cal State Dominguez Hills exploited the holes on the Jacks' side of the net and put itself within match-point at 24-10. The Jacks fought to keep the Toros back, but Hannah Oros and Prusa teamed up to block the Jacks, ending another long rally to give CSUDH the fourth set 25-10.

Humboldt State will look to bounce back as it concludes the 2012 season at home, hosting Sonoma State and San Francisco State. The Jacks will first take on the powerful Seawolves on Thursday, Nov. 15, before playing the Gators on Saturday, Nov. 17, for Senior Night. Both matches will begin at 7 p.m. at Lumberjack Arena.