California State University at Northridge
Cal State Fullerton
Matadors Cap 2018 Season With Three-Match Road Trip
11/7/2018 1:41:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
MATADORS THIS WEEK:
MATCH #26Â (BIG WESTÂ MATCH #14):
CSUN Matadors (7-18, 3-10 Big West) at Cal State Fullerton Titans (6-19, 0-12 Big West)
Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 - 7 p.m. PST
Titan Gym - Fullerton, Calif.
Live Stats
Big West TV
In-game Twitter updates:Â @CSUNWVB
MATCH #27 (BIG WESTÂ MATCH #15):
CSUN Matadors (7-18, 3-10 Big West) at UC Riverside Highlanders (8-16, 3-9 Big West)
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 - 7 p.m. PST
SRC Arena - Riverside, Calif.
Live Stats
Big West TV
In-game Twitter updates:Â @CSUNWVB
FORÂ STARTERS
The CSUN Women's Volleyball team (7-18, 3-10 Big West) caps the 2018 season with three straight road matches, beginning Friday (Nov. 9) at Cal State Fullerton. The trip continues Satuday as the Matadors visit UC Riverside, also at 7 p.m. Saturday's CSUN-UCR meeting is the second match in 11 days between the two teams after the Matadors won 3-1 on Oct. 30 in Northridge. CSUN claimed this season's first meeting with the Titans. 3-0 on Sept. 8 in The Matadome. Â Â
FOLLOW YOUR MATADORS ONLINE
All Big West Conference matches will have live stats (links available on the women's volleyball schedule page at GoMatadors.com) and all non-televised home matches this season will streamed live by the CSUNSportsNetworkpresented by Dignity Health via Big West TV.
For road matches, related links to the match, including for any live stats, audio and video, will be posted before the match on the women's volleyball schedule page of GoMatadors.com. Fans are also encouraged to check the CSUN Athletics Department's official Twitter feed (@GoMatadors) and the volleyball-specific feed (@CSUNWVB) for news and notes throughout the week as well as updates of matches in progress.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Cal State Fullerton (6-19, 0-12 Big West) has lost 18 straight matches after opening the season 6-1. Last week, the Titans dropped home matches to UC Davis (3-0) and UC Irvine (3-0). Senior OH Madeline Schneider is averaging a team-high 3.23 kills per set while junior OH Felicia Marshall adds 2.58 kps. The Titans are hitting .155 as a team which ranks ninth in the conference.Â
Series: Friday's match is the 49th all-time between the Matadors and Titans with CSUN holding a 37-11 lead in the series. The Matadors won this season's first meeting on Sept. 8 which ran their current streak to 15 straight over Cal State Fullerton.
UC Riverside (8-16, 3-9 Big West) has split its last four matches which includes a 3-2 win over UC Irvine last Friday. The Highlanders, 4-5 at home this season, are led by sophomore Yulia Ushakova who had 12 kills in the loss at CSUN. Nailah Jones put down a team-high 13 against the Matadors last week. UC Riverside ranks eighth in the Big West, hitting .167 as a team.Â
Series: Saturday's match is the 78th all-time between the Matadors and Highlanders with CSUN holding a 57-20 lead in the series. The Matadors have won six straight after taking this season's first meeting in Northridge 25-19, 25-23, 22-25, 25-19 behind 13 kills apiece from Aeryn Owens and Morgan Salone.
OWENS RANKS SECOND IN CSUNÂ HISTORY IN KILLS
After becoming the third player in school history to surpass 1,400 career kills earlier this season, senior Aeryn Owens became just the second CSUN player with at least 1,500 career kills last week. With 19 kills against UC Riverside and Hawai'i, she upped her career total to 1,506 career kills.
Owens became just the third player in CSUN history with over 1,400 kills when she knocked down her 11th kill at Hawai'i on Oct. 13. Her 13th and final kill against UC Riverside last Tuesday (Oct. 30) gave her 1,500 in her Matador caree. The senior from Rancho Cucamonga passed Missy Clements (1991-94) two weeks and now ranks second only to Laura Walter. Walter holds the CSUN record for career kills with 1,694 from 1998-2001. Owens opened the 2018 season ranked 11th in school history and has moved past nine players this season (Angela Hupp, Mahina Haina, Alexis Cormier, Cieana Stinson, Casey Hinger, Natalie Allen, Nancy Nicholls, Kathleen Dixon, Clements) on the Matador career kills list. Â
CAREER NUMBERS
In addition to Owens, senior Kristey Markle ranks tied for 10th in CSUN history with 90 aces which also places her sixth in the Matadors' rally scorng era. Markle heads into this week's matches with 774 digs and 152 assists in 345 sets played. Senior Erin Indermill has played in 326 career sets and has 638 career digs and 603 career assists along with 47 aces. Indermill ranks eighth in CSUN's rally scoring era in assists with 603. Senior Nada Dragovic has played in 308 career sets and has career totals of 416 kills, 444 digs, 35 aces and 108 blocks.
COACHES CORNER
Matador head coach Jeff Stork shares his thoughts each week on the team, this week's matches and other topics.
On the conclusion of the 2018 season: "I think these are three challenging but winnable matches this week and next week. Fullerton has struggled lately and Riverside is a dangerous team. We had a team discussion this week about what we want to get out of these last three matches. We talked about our core values and bringing your best effort and overcoming all obstacles. We want to come in as competitors saying we still have things we want to accomplish."
MATADOR QUICK SETS
• CSUN finished up the 2018 home season with a 4-6 record. The Matadors were 7-4 at home in 2017 and were 8-1 on the home floor as recently at 2013
• Owens played in the 400th set of her CSUN career against Hawai'i. Natalie Allen holds the Matador career record, playing in 468 sets from 2010-15
• Tuesday's win over UC Riverside was CSUN's second this season when trailing in team kills as well as team digs. The Highlanders had 50 kills to the Matadors' 49 and had 62 team digs to 49 for CSUN
• The series between the Matadors and UC Riverside is the longest in Matador women's volleyball history. The series dates back to 1980 and the two teams have met a total of 77 times. CSUN and UCR were bitter rivals at the NCAA Division II level, squaring off in the 1982, 1986 and 1987 Div. II National Championship tournament.Â
UP NEXT
The 2018 season concludes next Saturday (Nov. 17) as CSUN visits Long Beach State at 7 p.m.
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