Matadors Sweep Stanford to Improve to 5-0

STANFORD, Calif. - Sophomore Ksawery Tomsia put down a team-high 12 kills to go with a season-high five aces to lead the seventh-ranked CSUN Matadors to a 25-17, 25-22, 26-24 sweep over the Stanford Cardinal Wednesday night at Burnham Pavilion.

CSUN improves to 5-0 for the third consecutive season and earns its first win and sweep at Stanford since the 2013 season.

Tomsia had his 12 kills on a team-high 25 swings to hit .240 but served tough throughout the match, ending up with a season-high five aces. Junior Dimitar Kalchev added six kills (.286) and a pair of aces while Josiah Byers and Eric Chance each chipped in three kills.

Junior setter Sam Porter posted 19 assists and matched Kalchev with two aces as the Matadors served a season-high 11 aces as team. Despite winning in three sets, the Matadors were out-high by the Cardinal .200 to .194 but out-blocked Stanford 10.0 to 4.0.

"It was a great win especially since we played without Arvis (Greene)," said CSUN head coach Jeff Campbell. "Ksawery played really well for most of the match but it's really a testament to how tough and gritty our team is playing right now. Anytime you can beat a Pac-12 school on the road is a great win."

With Tomsia serving, CSUN jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the opening set and never looked back. After Stanford trimmed the Matador lead to 12-9, Tomsia served a pair of aces in the middle of a 4-0 run CSUN run that pushed the lead to 16-9. The Matadors' largest lead of the set was the final margin 25-17.

After struggling offensively in set one, both teams cracked up the hitting in the second set. CSUN hit .333 compared to Stanford's .471 but the Matadors had enough to pull out the 25-22 decision. The set was tied at 15 when Chance and Kalchev put up a co-block followed by a Chance kill of a Cardinal overpass. Kalchev's ace made it 20-16 CSUN before the hosts rallied back to within 22-21.

A Stanford service error and a Kalchev kill set set the Matadors up with set point at 24-21 before Stanford saved one set point before a Cardinal serve sailed long.

A Kevin Rakestraw ace gave Stanford an early 10-5 lead to open the final set. Following a CSUN timeout, the Matadors outscored the Cardinal 6-1 over the next seven points to knot the score at 11. The lead see-sawed back and forth until a pair of Stanford hitting errors put CSUN in front 17-15.

The Matadors maintained the lead and went up by two at 24-22 when Porter put up a solo block. Then, after Stanford saved a pair of match points to even the set at 24, Porter and Chance teamed up for another block and Tomsia's attack could not be returned by the Cardinal on match point.

Jaylen Jasper led Stanford (1-5) with a match-high 14 kills while JP Reilly added 10 kills on .278 hitting.

CSUN returns home to host Concordia-Irvine on Friday with first serve at The Matadome scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Matadors Sweep Stanford to Improve to 5-0

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Team Stats

Ksawery Tomsia

Dimitar Kalchev

Eric Chance

Josiah Byers

Players Mentioned

Josiah Byers

Eric Chance

Dimitar Kalchev

Sam Porter

Ksawery Tomsia