Cal Lutheran women's volleyball swept Caltech 3-0 on Sunday, Sept. 27, winning 25-18, 25-15, 25-19 at the Braun Athletic Center in Pasadena. The Regals improved to 2-0 in SCIAC play and 6-5 overall.

The Thousand Oaks program hit .320 as a team and piled up 46 kills to Caltech's 24, according to CLU Athletics. Six players hit .333 or better.

Emily Ford led the attack with nine kills on 19 swings, hitting .368, and added three blocks. Tarin Rueckert was right behind her with eight kills on 15 attacks and a team-best .467 hitting percentage. Kennedy Smith and Cienna Alvarez each recorded eight kills.

Reese Balagot added six kills at a .417 clip.

Setters Makenna Kawamura (19 assists) and Kimmy Wilson (15 assists) ran the offense. Alvarez anchored the back row with 13 digs, while Keegan Corley added 10 digs and two aces. Wilson also served two aces.

The closest Caltech came to disrupting the sweep was in the third set. The Beavers rallied from an early deficit to grab their first lead of the afternoon at 13-11. Cal Lutheran answered with seven straight points to close out the match 25-19.

The sweep followed Cal Lutheran's SCIAC-opening win on Thursday, Sept. 24. The Regals beat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in five sets, 3-2 (25-19, 22-25, 25-9, 22-25, 15-11), at Gilbert Arena in Thousand Oaks. That was Cal Lutheran's first victory over the Athenas since 2018 and the program's first five-set win since the 2024 preseason, according to CLU Athletics.

In the CMS match, Rueckert hit .600 with 12 kills and Aby Tibesar posted 12 kills on 17 attacks at a .647 clip. Corley recorded a match-high 31 digs.

Rueckert was named SCIAC Offensive Athlete of the Week on Monday, Sept. 21, according to CLU Athletics, after she totaled 25 kills, a .380 hitting percentage and 36 total points across three matches at the Cal Lu Fornia Invitational.

Cal Lutheran, Whittier and Redlands are the three undefeated teams in SCIAC play through the first week of conference action, according to the D3VbWest blog. Caltech dropped to 4-7 overall and 0-2 in conference.

The Regals travel to Redlands on Tuesday, Sept. 29, for a 7 p.m. match against the Bulldogs, who are 1-0 in SCIAC play.