Friday, April 27
Honolulu, Hawaii
1:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
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CSU Bakersfield
Matadors Drop a Pair at Big West Tournament
4/27/2018 9:15:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
CSU Bakersfield-CSUN Box Score // CSUN-Cal Poly Box Score
HONOLULU, Hawai'i - The CSUN beach volleyball team lost twice Friday and was eliminated from the team competition at the 2018 Big West Tournament at Queens Beach.
The Matadors, seeded fourth in the six-team field, were upset by fifth-seeded CSU Bakersfield in the opening round (3-2) before falling to No. 2 seed Cal Poly in an elimination match (5-0) Friday afternoon.
"It's disappointing to go out of the tournament so early, as I thought our progress and preparation would lead to a different result today," said CSUN Head Coach Noelle Rooke. "Still you can't take anything away from the great season we had as each player worked really hard to accomplish all that we did."
CSUN finishes the season with a 17-8 overall record, setting a program record for most wins in one season. The Matadors' top two pairs, Katie Sato and Aeryn Owens along with Kristey Markle and Nickeisha Williams will represent CSUN in the Pairs Championship Tournament on Sunday.
In Friday's opener against CSU Bakersfield, a team the Matadors defeated four times this season, the Roadrunners claimed the first two points winning the No. 4 and No. 3 pairs. Mattison DeGarmo and Emily Lopes picked up CSUB's first point, defeating Erin Indermill and Daniella Molinari 21-14, 21-17. Aleksandra Djordevic and Briannah Mariner then made it 2-0 Roadrunners after sweeping Lauren McMurray and Autumn Russell 21-10, 21-15.
Needing to win all three remaining matches, the Matadors cut the lead to 2-1 when Sato and Owens swept Sydney Haynes and Emily Hansen 21-11, 21-19 at No. 1. Nicolette Pinkney and Lauren Conati kept CSUN alive with a 21-18, 21-17 victory over Ally Barber and Sidney Wicks setting up the decisive No. 2 match. The Roadrunners' Desiree Sukhov and Sarah Garrow claimed the pair 23-21, 21-16 over Markle and Williams to clinch the first round win.
Facing the second-seeded Mustangs in the elimination round, the Matadors dropped all 10 sets to Cal Poly which is ranked fourth nationally.
Adlee Van Winden and Taylor Nelson swept Indermill and Molinari 21-11, 21-10 in the No. 3 pair before Samantha Manley and Emily Sonny made it 2-0 Cal Poly with a 21-9, 21-8 win over Markle and Williams at No. 2.
Torrey Van Winden and Tiadora Miric clinched the win for the Mustangs with a 21-7, 21-12 victory over Sato and Owens at No. 1. Cal Poly then picked up a 21-11, 21-15 win over Pinkney and Conati at No. 5 before completing the sweep with a 21-14, 21-17 victory over McMurray and Cassidy Rosso at No. 4.
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HONOLULU, Hawai'i - The CSUN beach volleyball team lost twice Friday and was eliminated from the team competition at the 2018 Big West Tournament at Queens Beach.
The Matadors, seeded fourth in the six-team field, were upset by fifth-seeded CSU Bakersfield in the opening round (3-2) before falling to No. 2 seed Cal Poly in an elimination match (5-0) Friday afternoon.
"It's disappointing to go out of the tournament so early, as I thought our progress and preparation would lead to a different result today," said CSUN Head Coach Noelle Rooke. "Still you can't take anything away from the great season we had as each player worked really hard to accomplish all that we did."
CSUN finishes the season with a 17-8 overall record, setting a program record for most wins in one season. The Matadors' top two pairs, Katie Sato and Aeryn Owens along with Kristey Markle and Nickeisha Williams will represent CSUN in the Pairs Championship Tournament on Sunday.
In Friday's opener against CSU Bakersfield, a team the Matadors defeated four times this season, the Roadrunners claimed the first two points winning the No. 4 and No. 3 pairs. Mattison DeGarmo and Emily Lopes picked up CSUB's first point, defeating Erin Indermill and Daniella Molinari 21-14, 21-17. Aleksandra Djordevic and Briannah Mariner then made it 2-0 Roadrunners after sweeping Lauren McMurray and Autumn Russell 21-10, 21-15.
Needing to win all three remaining matches, the Matadors cut the lead to 2-1 when Sato and Owens swept Sydney Haynes and Emily Hansen 21-11, 21-19 at No. 1. Nicolette Pinkney and Lauren Conati kept CSUN alive with a 21-18, 21-17 victory over Ally Barber and Sidney Wicks setting up the decisive No. 2 match. The Roadrunners' Desiree Sukhov and Sarah Garrow claimed the pair 23-21, 21-16 over Markle and Williams to clinch the first round win.
Facing the second-seeded Mustangs in the elimination round, the Matadors dropped all 10 sets to Cal Poly which is ranked fourth nationally.
Adlee Van Winden and Taylor Nelson swept Indermill and Molinari 21-11, 21-10 in the No. 3 pair before Samantha Manley and Emily Sonny made it 2-0 Cal Poly with a 21-9, 21-8 win over Markle and Williams at No. 2.
Torrey Van Winden and Tiadora Miric clinched the win for the Mustangs with a 21-7, 21-12 victory over Sato and Owens at No. 1. Cal Poly then picked up a 21-11, 21-15 win over Pinkney and Conati at No. 5 before completing the sweep with a 21-14, 21-17 victory over McMurray and Cassidy Rosso at No. 4.
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