SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. --- The Portland Pilots opened their first road match of conference, battling San Francisco through five sets on Thursday night in the War Memorial Gym. Despite starting the match ahead 1-0, Portland made a comeback to win the fourth and fifth set, with scores of 25-14, 25-27, 22-25, 25-23, and
Portland (11-4, 2-1) opened up the first set with a 6-2 run, before USF (3-14, 0-4) added a pair of kills to keep the Dons within three. The Pilots produced two more sizeable runs to surge forward to 17-8 led by kills from freshman Emily DeMots, junior Reghan Pukis, and an ace from sophomore Cali Thompson.