Box Score OMAHA, Neb. -- The Omaha volleyball team pushed Denver to four sets but came up short in a rematch of last year's conference championship match, falling 3-1 (27-25, 14-25, 20-25, 25-27) Saturday evening at Baxter Arena. The Mavericks are now 3-13 (0-2 Summit League), while the Pioneers improve to 9-4 (1-0 Summit League).

Freshman Hannah Angeli recorded her third double-double of the season on team highs of 14 kills and 18 digs with a pair of blocks. Junior Sydney O'Shaughnessy also had a double-double -- her team-leading seventh of the season and the 50th of her career -- with 34 assists and 18 digs.

Junior Kayla Torson added 11 kills with a pair of blocks and two service aces, while freshmen Ashley Smith and Olivia Spanton both had double-figure dig efforts with 15 and 10, respectively. Junior Amanda Conlin led the way at the net, totaling a match-high six blocks for the night.

As a team, Omaha outblocked DU 8.0-5.0, while the Pioneers had the edge in hitting, .265-.099. Denver was led by a match-high 18 kills from Kayla Principato and a double-double from Monique Domme, who had 31 assists and 14 digs.

A tight first set saw nine ties and three lead changes between Omaha and Denver. The Pioneers got through a 9-9 tie and worked to a 17-12 lead before the Mavericks called for a timeout. Down 20-17, Omaha strung together a short 3-0 run with a kill by senior Elise Brown, a DU setting error and an Angeli ace, which knotted it at 20-20. From there, the score stalled four times up to 25-25, but UNO pulled through with back-to-back kills from Torson and Brown to put it away at 27-25.

Denver then rebounded in the second set, hitting .419 as a team. The Pioneers never trailed and claimed the game 25-14 to even the match at 1-1.

DU's momentum continued in game three, as it built a 5-0 lead to start. Denver again led the entire set en route to a 25-20 win, taking the match lead, 2-1.

Principato was the Pioneers' primary target in the fourth set, totaling 10 kills. Omaha, however, did not go down without a fight, as the game included 17 ties and seven lead changes. Down 17-15, the Mavericks came out of a break and pulled to an 18-18 tie with a kill by freshman Ellie Brown.

After trading points to put the game in a 22-22 tie, Omaha brought it to set point with back-to-back DU errors. Following a timeout, the Pioneers evened it again at 24-all with a Nola Basey kill and a Maverick attack error. UNO then elected to take a timeout, after which Angeli immediately pounded a kill to make it 25-24 and force another timeout, this time by DU. A Maverick service error pushed it to another tie at 25-25, but Denver capitalized thereafter with a Cassie Baird kill and a UNO attack error that ended the set at 27-25 and the match at 3-1.

Omaha returns to action on Tuesday, Sept. 27, welcoming Western Illinois to Baxter Arena at 6 p.m. Links to live stats, audio and video will be available on OMavs.com.