San Diego Mojo VS Columbus Fury | HIGHLIGHTS | PVF 2025. The San Diego Mojo dropped a four-set decision on the road to the Columbus Fury, 25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 25-19, at Nationwide Arena on Wednesday night. San Diego fell to 8-15 on the season, while Columbus improved to 8-15 with a third consecutive victory.
Rookie outside hitter Maya Tabron had a match-high 17 kills for the Mojo and added seven kills. Middle blocker Ronika Stone had 15 points with 11 kills and four blocks, her fifth match of the season with at least four blocks.
Setter DaYeong Lee led the Mojo with 30 assists and libero Shara Venegas had 13 digs, her 14th consecutive match with 13 or more digs.
The opening set was a battle, as neither side was able to gain more than a one-point advantage midway into the frame. With the score tied at 13-13, the put together a three-point run and appeared to be in command of the set. But the Fury rallied, tying the score at 17-17 and cruising ahead, taking set one by a score of 25-22.
It was all Columbus to start the second set, as the hosts took command early with a 7-3 lead and built upon the lead throughout the remainder of the frame. The Fury extended the advantage to seven points midway through the set, holding a 16-9 lead at the technical timeout. San Diego battled back, chipping away at the deficit and cutting the Columbus lead to one, 18-17, before the Fury caught fire and closed out the set claiming seven of the final 10 points to win it 25-20 and move ahead two sets to none.
San Diego looked more comfortable in set three, moving to an 11-7 lead after a Pittman block and Fury attack error gave the Mojo their largest lead of the match. Columbus battled back to even the score, 12-12, before a Mojo three-point run gave San Diego a little breathing room. The squads split the next 12 points before Columbus found a rhythm and evened the score, 22-22. It was all Mojo from there, as back-to-back blocks by Pittman and Stone and a Stone kill in the middle of the Fury defense gave San Diego the set, 25-22.
The teams matched each other point-for-point to start out set four until a three-point run gave Columbus a 13-10 lead and forced Mojo head coach Tayyiba Haneef-Park to take a time out. San Diego scored coming out of the break, but the Fury picked up the next three points to take a 16-11 lead into the technical timeout. Columbus extended the lead to 19-12 before a four-point run for San Diego brought the visitors back into the set. The Fury settled in from there, regaining command of the pace of play and closing out the match with a 25-19 win.
Next up, San Diego will host the Vegas Thrill at Viejas Arena on Saturday, April 19 with first serve is set for 6 p.m. The match will air live on Roku Channel with Paul Sunderland and Holly McPeak on the call.
Happy to be home too in Southern California. She played collegially at Texas.
Strong serve receive game against Vegas for the Fury victory last time out.
But they're working with the slide and stone, the queen of it.
Strider is aggressive and has a point to prove out on the court. We saw it with that back row attack.
And she's not replacing someone who just hangs out on the street corner.
The Dahlke's been one of the best players in the league this year. What a block, Columbus.
5-5, Rayna Terry. Start to finish. So impressive this season.
Really good job lining up, taking the lead.
One of the leaders in blocks per set to the PVF. She's been excellent in the middle.
Speaking of, the opposition, the San Diego Mojo made the playoffs last year.
It's a long shot for both of these teams, but they're not mathematically eliminated yet.
Megan Lush lashed it home through the seam.
If you're going to be good on the outside in this league,
you better learn how to terminate an out-of-system set.
Here you see a perfect bump set all the way out.
Just trust that she will put it in your hands, and that's exactly what Tompom does.
Tabron. The hammer blow to the middle.
A confident player now in her first professional season.
I feel like her serve receive is better.
She knows she's going to get picked on, and yet she has risen to the occasion.
She is confident in all aspects of the game.
I especially like her blocking.
And again, like I mentioned, varying her shots, trying to grow as an outside hitter.
Great little rally here, back and forth.
Pittman delivers the hammer blow once and twice.
Leal drops it where San Diego isn't.
And even Angel Perez applauds that rally.
Hey, sometimes you just have to stick with it.
Watch her play that makes her elite.
Well, I think her delivery is very unique.
We always train American setters to get the ball at the highest point of contact.
With Tompom, she gets it high, and on her way down is when she releases it.
So it really does mess up the timing of the blocker on the other side of the net.
And then she's able to set no matter where her body is positioned.
We've already seen her set the middle with her back.
Who hasn't played since March 19th.
She was initially on the Columbus roster last year.
They go at her in the serve game.
Off the overpass.
The Fury scrambling to keep it alive on their half.
Ronika Stone at Serame, who's ready for the slide.
Lush shovels it over.
And off the fake, they go back to Moore.
Running that slide for Stone, and she delivers.
Boy, if you are an outside hitter, you have to have a very short memory.
You just have to keep hammering away.
And that's a serving pass is the game for Columbus right now.
It's Stone.
Liao.
That's well done.
The dig is there.
This is one of the top defensive teams in the league.
Liao's effort.
Serame's got to send it over.
Almost to the undercarriage of the scoreboard.
And off the overpass.
Terry pummels.
The defensive effort started, though, in the back row.
Well, defense will win you a ton of points.
That ball could have been out,
but there was no communication on San Diego's side.
With a dart sent there toward Vanegas.
Terry then defends.
Rapoche at Sponsel.
Vanegas.
What a block.
Liao, who continues her stellar play in the middle.
And the first set to the Fury.
Kaylee Cox on cue, helping with that block.
She gets subbed in.
And take a look at this.
Perfectly placed left back area of the court.
That's a big first set win for the Fury.
Back area of the court for a point.
Nice job by the libero Serame.
She missed some time with injury this year to set up lush there.
Now digs.
Liao.
Quickly, Pittman takes that soft little touch up high.
It's a great play.
And, again, just magical as a setter.
Twice over 40 assists in her brief time already with the Fury.
Signed on March 26th.
Lush over.
Vidarhani.
Tompkom goes to work, flying in late.
Lush.
Rapoche.
Great dig by Vanegas.
The Puerto Rican Olympian.
Fantastic rally.
And Rapoche gets it to go.
Wedged in between Tabron and Pittman.
How about Liao in the back court?
Just running down tips and having a lot of fun out there.
You see the ball.
Fury leading San Diego 16-8.
Another time this season they won three matches in a row.
Trying to accomplish that here with a victory against the Mojo for the first time.
In their brief histories.
Moore out of the time out.
Off the left delivers.
Yeah, that's exactly what you want from your team out of a time out.
They were starting to...
They arrive in San Diego, Southern California until after Christmas.
Right before the start of the season.
December 28th.
Season kicked off a week later.
She was humming up to speed.
Moore's got two of the last three points for San Diego.
Getting really hot.
Moore would love that back.
Lee with the joust with Walker.
Holding her own in the middle.
And that one-handed set.
And Lush blocks Stone off the slide.
That's something you'd put on a poster.
Up near 50% in the receive game.
That's excellent from Columbus.
That's excellent from Stone.
The queen of the slide.
You've heard it over and over again.
What makes that so tough to defend?
Well, I think it's the speed of her approach.
Take a look at that.
And then she has different areas.
Stone trying to keep San Diego alive.
Raina Terry.
Into the net.
Glenn Pittman.
The Columbus Fury take a two-sets-to-none lead on the San Diego Mojo.
Good heads-up play by Rupach.
Janice Liao serving for Columbus.
Tabron.
Look out, head coach Angel Perez.
Spicy from the rookie from SMU,
who's got to close the gap to one here in set three.
8-7.
Sarah Tomcom.
Paige vicious.
Sarame fights it off.
Raina Terry.
Tabron does the same from the back.
Dahlke.
A missile.
Despite Terry's best efforts to save it.
Walker's hands, but the timing of that approach was perfect.
Three-time all.
First team Big Ten.
Raina Terry scattering San Diego,
whose receive was poor, and Columbus punishes.
Love the way Tomcom is just giving Liao just the amount of sets that she needs
just to keep the defense on the other side.
Regan Pittman.
Sarame.
Liao has the back of Tomcom,
and it starts the process with Lush coming up with the kill.
Ball control is so important as you're running down a ball on defense for San Diego.
They get the pass.
There you can see, but it's an over the net for San Diego.
It's getting easy kills for Walker.
That efficiency goes so high.
Tabron was mad and goes down the wing.
Hard to believe over a year ago gave birth, baby Nora.
So fun.
Regularly at the Fury matches, and mom says I'll deliver for you.
And she's in the playing shape that was pre-pregnancy.
Absolutely, and she is playing even better with the tempo of every single shot in the book,
and you saw a nice tip over the block for a winner.
Kettering and Bishop Alter High School inside of Dayton.
Veronica Stone.
Everyone who's worked on a show in collaboration with Mills James Productions.
We thank you so much.
Our great team here throughout the 2025 season.
Roku Channel has Friday's game nationally.
2017 San Diego here in set three.
Dahlke.
Classy.
Yeah.
Really tricky.
She's been.
Kaylee Cox.
Had a little time in set one.
Came up with a big assist block with Liao.
Going the wrong way for San Diego.
What a play by Vanegas to get that back over.
And lush.
Sarame covers.
Tomkam Rapac rolls along.
It's last off San Diego.
Sarame making some key.
Two points away.
Mojo trying to extend to a fourth.
Rapac at Pittman.
She fought it off.
Rapac.
The block comes from Stone.
Another great season.
Year two.
The Blossoming League.
Liao.
Stone the block.
San Diego trying to close it out here.
Stone.
Sarame.
Cox over.
Fury keep it alive.
Stone.
Does the damage.
When in doubt.
Go to your all.
Player has great ball control.
There you see her on server C.
And it's also in a clutch moment too.
Stepping into this role.
Where Terry has went toe to toe with Rapac.
Balancing the offense.
She's very intellectual.
She understands the game at a very high level.
Despite being just a rookie.
Perez right from meeting number one within the season.
She's a sleeper.
We got her in the draft.
People aren't really counting Western Kentucky a high level pro
bank.
But she can play.
That was Tom Com.
For Rapac.
Backspin revolves off the receive by Paige.
Same with Dahlke.
Tom Com.
Cox.
Now Lee.
Stone wants that back.
Excellent rally.
High as 20.
Double figure points in the last seven games.
Combination of digs and kills.
Blocks.
Put down by Rapac.
Who's the game high leader for Columbus tonight.
Yeah.
In that rotation.
Rotation one.
She sometimes stays outside.
I don't think she's missed on one of those tonight.
12 kill 20 dig performance against San Diego previously.
She has 10 kills tonight.
That kill goes San Diego's way.
For point.
Dahlke.
At Cox.
Is on for the injured Terry.
That hand finger injury at the end of the third set.
Paige.
Sarame.
That's her 12th dig.
Exquisite swing with the left hand.
Walker blocks Dahlke.
Fury back up.
Walker so disciplined on that one.
Wasn't going to move or lean either way.
Dahlke has just been such a force in the back row.
The mobsters so popular here.
During the timeouts.
Lush.
Did her best to get back from the serve.
And yet she comes on the last few matches.
And has been a difference maker for the Fury.
Third all time in blocks at the U.
University of Miami.
In four seasons.
Tom Com.
Cox gets it to drop down the well.
And that brings everyone to life here at Nationwide.
What a serve.
Are you kidding?
Unbelievable bump set.
Just put it high.
You can see again that San Diego has tousled with all season long.
Yeah, you change your right side, you change your center.
There's a lot going on here for San Diego.
Dahlke.
In the midst of all of that.
Sarame.
Another highlight reel dig there.
And at page it goes.
Rapoche puts it down.
Columbus 18-12.
Love Sarame.
It almost seems to me like she's like, yep.
I can make any play in my area.
She lays out.
Saves the ball.
Shows the versatility in the tool bag.
Lisa Rapoche.
Big swing Dahlke.
2016 Columbus.
Rapoche.
Tabron fights it off.
And says fight.
Gilroy, California.
That's in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Lee Au.
The unsung hero tonight really has been.
Love the setting choice there.
Lee is moving along the net.
Take a look at the block.
There's one up.
But Tom Cometh.
Dahlke.
Sarame.
Walker.
The Fury.
Show their classy against San Diego for the first time.
And they win their third straight.
