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CSUN Drops Season Finale to No. 1 Long Beach State
4/8/2017 9:20:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
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NORTHRIDGE, CA - The 2017 season came to an end for CSUNÂ men's volleyball Saturday as the 14th-ranked Matadors dropped a straight-set decision to top-ranked Long Beach State at the Walter Pyramid.
CSUN concludes the season with an overall record of 12-15 and finished the conference season at 5-13 which was good for a ninth place tie with UC Santa Barbara. The match also marked the end of the Matadors' 33-year run as a member of the Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (WIVA) which would later become the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF).
CSUN will be one of six members of the Big West Conference beginning next season.
In his final collegiate match, senior Jakub Ciesla led the Matadors with six kills (.188) while also chipping in three digs. Sophomore Dimitar Kalchev added five kills (.200) and tied for match-high honors with seven digs while sophomore Eric Chance chipped in four kills on five errorless attacks.
Junior Arvis Greene concluded a breakout season with three kills as he finished the season averaging a team-high 3.99 kills per set. Sam Porter and Schylar Lillethorup combined for 19 of CSUN's 20 assists but the Matadors struggled offensively against the top-ranked 49ers, hitting .103 (22-15-68) as a team.
A pair of 49er hitters reached double figures as TJ DeFalco had a match-high 14 kills (.650) while Kyle Ensing added 13 on .286 hitting.
CSUN Season Notes
#GoMatadors
NORTHRIDGE, CA - The 2017 season came to an end for CSUNÂ men's volleyball Saturday as the 14th-ranked Matadors dropped a straight-set decision to top-ranked Long Beach State at the Walter Pyramid.
CSUN concludes the season with an overall record of 12-15 and finished the conference season at 5-13 which was good for a ninth place tie with UC Santa Barbara. The match also marked the end of the Matadors' 33-year run as a member of the Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (WIVA) which would later become the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF).
CSUN will be one of six members of the Big West Conference beginning next season.
In his final collegiate match, senior Jakub Ciesla led the Matadors with six kills (.188) while also chipping in three digs. Sophomore Dimitar Kalchev added five kills (.200) and tied for match-high honors with seven digs while sophomore Eric Chance chipped in four kills on five errorless attacks.
Junior Arvis Greene concluded a breakout season with three kills as he finished the season averaging a team-high 3.99 kills per set. Sam Porter and Schylar Lillethorup combined for 19 of CSUN's 20 assists but the Matadors struggled offensively against the top-ranked 49ers, hitting .103 (22-15-68) as a team.
A pair of 49er hitters reached double figures as TJ DeFalco had a match-high 14 kills (.650) while Kyle Ensing added 13 on .286 hitting.
CSUN Season Notes
- Dimitar Kalchev set the CSUNÂ record for aces in a single season with 63
- With 108 aces in just two seasons, Kalchev already ranks sixth in CSUNÂ history
- With 359 kills, Arvis Greene ties for 10th place on the CSUN Rally Scoring Era list for a single season
- Greene averaged a team-high 3.99 kills per set which ties for ninth in CSUN's Rally Scoring Era
- Eric Chance hit a team-high .458 this season which ranks fifth in CSUNÂ history
- Sam Porter now has 1,925 career assists which ranks ninth in CSUN history
- Jakub Ciesla concluded his CSUN career with 712 kills and 350 digs
- Senior CJ Suarez had five digs vs. Long Beach State giving him 492 for his Matador career
#GoMatadors
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