California State University Northridge Athletics
Saturday, January 26
Northridge, Calif.
7:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
5-4
2
vs
3
Lewis University
6-3
1
2
3
4
5
F
Lewis
22
25
25
21
15
3
CSUN
25
23
19
25
12
2
Team Stats
LEWIS
CSUN
Kills
54
62
Errors
20
31
Attempts
124
151
Hitting %
.274
.205
Points
76.5
75.5
Assists
48
58
Aces
6
9
Blocks
16.5
4.5
Game Leaders
Kills
24
Aces
1
Blocks
3
Kills
19
Aces
4
Blocks
1
Kills
11
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Shae Hammond
Matadors Fall in Five Sets to No. 9 Lewis
1/26/2019 10:25:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - Junior Ksawery Tomsia pounded a career-high 24 kills but it wasn't enough as the No. 9 Lewis Flyers held off No. 11 CSUN in five sets in a non-conference match Saturday night at The Matadome.
With the 22-25, 25-23, 25-19, 21-25, 15-12 win, Lewis improves to 6-3 on the season while the Matadors drop their third straight and slip to 5-4.
KEY STATISTICS
• Tomsia, who came in with a career-high of 16 kills, pounded 24 over the first four sets while hitting .259 on a career-high 54 swings. Tomsia also added nine digs, three blocks and one ace to lead all players in the match with 26.5 points.
• Senior Dimitar Kalchev added 19 kills (.286) and five digs while also serving four aces, giving him 174 in his CSUN career.
• Setter Taylor Ittner posted a season-high 50 assists while marching his season-high with eight digs.
• CSUN had 62 team kills to 54 for the visiting Flyers but Lewis out-hit the Matadors .274 (54-20-124). The Flyers also had a sizable advantage in blocking with 16.5 team blocks to 4.5 for CSUN.
• Julian Moses came off the bench to lead Lewis with 15 kills (.414) while also posting four aces and five blocks.
COACH JEFF CAMPBELL SAID
"Tonight showed us what we need to work on as the season goes along. Our passing broke down so we need to work on that. For the most part, I thought our serving was pretty good but when it's that close in set five it comes down to one or two plays. I thought we played well in set one and set four but in sets two and three our setting broke down and our passing broke down. They really affected us in a way that affected our attacking."
SET 1
The Matadors jumped out to a 7-3 lead behind consecutive aces from Kalchev before extending the lead to 16-10 forcing Lewis into its second and final timeout. A 5-1 run by the Flyers trimmed the lead to 17-15 but the Matadors held on late to win 25-22. Tomsia put down 10 kills on his first 10 swings of the night before finishing the set at .833.
SET 2
Behind Ptaszynski's serving, the Matadors jumped out to a 5-1 lead. Lewis battled back to within 7-6 but neither team could get much separation as they played to a 13-13 tie. After two straight Flyer points, CSUN tallied three straight for a 16-15 lead. Six more ties ensued, the final one at 22-22, when the visitors scored two straight to set up set point at 24-22. A Ptaszynski kill saved one set point before a Connor Pallman kill ended the set 25-23.Â
SET 3
CSUN led 7-4 early on following a Ptaszynski kill but a 6-1 run forced a Matador timeout at 10-8. The set went back-and-forth until 14-14 when the Flyers engineered a 6-2 run to open up a 20-16 cushion. A Tomsia kill kept the Matadors within three at 20-17 and CSUN was still within three at 21-18 when Lewis closed the set on a 4-1 run to take a 25-19 win.   Â
SET 4
Kills from Ptaszynski and Tomsia opened up an early 9-5 lead for the Matadors and opened up a 17-10 cushion on Tomsia's 24th kill of the night. CSUN was still up by seven (21-14) when the Flyers scored three straight to force a Matador timeout. But another Ptaszynski kill snapped the run as CSUN led 22-17 before closing the set 25-21 on a Kalchev put-away.
SET 5
CSUN scored the first two points in the fifth and after Lewis came back to take a 4-3 lead, the Matadors scored three straight for a 6-4 lead. Following a Tomsia service error, a kill by Ptaszynski followed by a Flyer hitting error put CSUN up 8-5. Lewis called timeout before claiming three of the next four points to close to 9-8. A Kalchev kill maintained an 11-10 Matador lead before the visitors struck for three kills and an ace to take the lead for good at 14-11.Â
UP NEXT
The Matadors travel across the Valley next Wednesday to renew a decades old rivalry with Pepperdine before returning home Feb. 1 to take on Princeton.
#GoMatadors
With the 22-25, 25-23, 25-19, 21-25, 15-12 win, Lewis improves to 6-3 on the season while the Matadors drop their third straight and slip to 5-4.
KEY STATISTICS
• Tomsia, who came in with a career-high of 16 kills, pounded 24 over the first four sets while hitting .259 on a career-high 54 swings. Tomsia also added nine digs, three blocks and one ace to lead all players in the match with 26.5 points.
• Senior Dimitar Kalchev added 19 kills (.286) and five digs while also serving four aces, giving him 174 in his CSUN career.
• Setter Taylor Ittner posted a season-high 50 assists while marching his season-high with eight digs.
• CSUN had 62 team kills to 54 for the visiting Flyers but Lewis out-hit the Matadors .274 (54-20-124). The Flyers also had a sizable advantage in blocking with 16.5 team blocks to 4.5 for CSUN.
• Julian Moses came off the bench to lead Lewis with 15 kills (.414) while also posting four aces and five blocks.
COACH JEFF CAMPBELL SAID
"Tonight showed us what we need to work on as the season goes along. Our passing broke down so we need to work on that. For the most part, I thought our serving was pretty good but when it's that close in set five it comes down to one or two plays. I thought we played well in set one and set four but in sets two and three our setting broke down and our passing broke down. They really affected us in a way that affected our attacking."
SET 1
The Matadors jumped out to a 7-3 lead behind consecutive aces from Kalchev before extending the lead to 16-10 forcing Lewis into its second and final timeout. A 5-1 run by the Flyers trimmed the lead to 17-15 but the Matadors held on late to win 25-22. Tomsia put down 10 kills on his first 10 swings of the night before finishing the set at .833.
SET 2
Behind Ptaszynski's serving, the Matadors jumped out to a 5-1 lead. Lewis battled back to within 7-6 but neither team could get much separation as they played to a 13-13 tie. After two straight Flyer points, CSUN tallied three straight for a 16-15 lead. Six more ties ensued, the final one at 22-22, when the visitors scored two straight to set up set point at 24-22. A Ptaszynski kill saved one set point before a Connor Pallman kill ended the set 25-23.Â
SET 3
CSUN led 7-4 early on following a Ptaszynski kill but a 6-1 run forced a Matador timeout at 10-8. The set went back-and-forth until 14-14 when the Flyers engineered a 6-2 run to open up a 20-16 cushion. A Tomsia kill kept the Matadors within three at 20-17 and CSUN was still within three at 21-18 when Lewis closed the set on a 4-1 run to take a 25-19 win.   Â
SET 4
Kills from Ptaszynski and Tomsia opened up an early 9-5 lead for the Matadors and opened up a 17-10 cushion on Tomsia's 24th kill of the night. CSUN was still up by seven (21-14) when the Flyers scored three straight to force a Matador timeout. But another Ptaszynski kill snapped the run as CSUN led 22-17 before closing the set 25-21 on a Kalchev put-away.
SET 5
CSUN scored the first two points in the fifth and after Lewis came back to take a 4-3 lead, the Matadors scored three straight for a 6-4 lead. Following a Tomsia service error, a kill by Ptaszynski followed by a Flyer hitting error put CSUN up 8-5. Lewis called timeout before claiming three of the next four points to close to 9-8. A Kalchev kill maintained an 11-10 Matador lead before the visitors struck for three kills and an ace to take the lead for good at 14-11.Â
UP NEXT
The Matadors travel across the Valley next Wednesday to renew a decades old rivalry with Pepperdine before returning home Feb. 1 to take on Princeton.
#GoMatadors
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