Saturday, October 26
Long Beach, Calif.
7:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
8-12 (3-5Big West)
2
at
3
Long Beach State
7-13 (4-4Big West)
1
2
3
4
5
F
CSUN
24
24
27
25
13
2
Long Beach State
26
26
25
19
15
3
Team Stats
CSUN
LBSU
Kills
60
67
Errors
23
28
Attempts
164
173
Hitting %
.226
.225
Points
74.0
77.0
Assists
56
64
Aces
5
2
Blocks
9.0
8.0
Game Leaders
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
14
Aces
4
Blocks
3
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
DS/L
/ Women's Volleyball
S
/ Women's VolleyballOH
/ Women's Volleyball
S
/ Women's VolleyballOH
/ Women's VolleyballOH
/ Women's VolleyballOH
/ Women's Volleyball
Photo by: Steve Fitzgerald
Matadors Drop Five-Set Decision at Long Beach State
10/26/2019 8:48:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The CSUN Women's Volleyball team battled back from a two-set deficit but couldn't complete the comeback as Long Beach State held on for the 3-2 win in a Big West Conference match Saturday night at the Walter Pyramid.
With the 26-24, 26-24, 25-27, 19-25, 15-13 win, the Beach improves to 7-13 overall and 4-4 in the Big West. The loss drops the Matadors to 8-12 overall and 3-5 in conference play.
KEY STATISTICS
• Sophomore Seyvion Waggoner led CSUN with 15 kills, hitting .306 on 36 swings to go with three blocks including two solo.
• Fellow sophomore Nicole Nevarez added 14 kills (.184), seven digs and a career-high four aces while sophomore Lexi McLeod chipped in 10 kills (.259) and 16 digs for her fourth double-double of the season. Libero Makayla Bradford led CSUN with 19 digs to go with five assists.
• Senior setter Kamalu Makekau-Whittaker had a team-high 32 assists and Hannah Merjil posted 19 assists and eight digs.
• The Matadors out-hit the Beach by a single percentage point, .226 (60-23-164) to .225 (67-28-173) and behind Nevarez's four aces, had five as a team to two for Long Beach.
• YiZhi Xue and Kashauna Williams each had 19 kills to lead to Beach with Xue hitting a team-high .586 on 29 attacks.Â
SET 1
The hosts jumped out to a 5-2 lead before a kill from Nevarez and a pair from Waggoner evened the score. CSUN extended the run to 5-0 and led 7-5 before opening up a 10-7 cushion following a Salone kill. The Matadors would lead by as many as four at both 12-8 and 14-10 when the Beach rallied behind a 5-1 run to knot the score at 15-15. Another Salone kill fueled a 4-1 Matador run that put CSUN in front 19-16. But the hosts countered with a 4-1 run of their own to forge a 20-20 tie. The Matadors then scored two straight which was quickly countered by the Beach and the score remained tied at 23-all. Xue's kill gave Long Beach set point at 24-23 when Nevarez answered with a kill saving one set point. But a kill from Amanda Henderson followed by a block on Nevarez's swing sent the Beach to the 26-24 win.Â
SET 2
Neither team could gain more than a one-point advantage until CSUN received a kill from Lexi McLeod followed by a Warnock/Waggoner block, a Waggoner kill and a Beach hitting error to open up a 9-5 lead. A Warnock kill helped CSUN maintain a four-point lead at 12-8. A Nevarez kill kept the Matadors in front 14-11 when the hosts went on a 5-0 run to take back the lead 16-14. The Beach led 20-17 when McLeod's attack went long but a Merjil ace and a pair of Long Beach miscues pulled the Matadors even at 20-20. Sideouts ensued until the two teams forged a 24-24 tie when Long Beach used a kill and another block on set point to win by the identical 26-24 score.  Â
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SET 3
With the score tied 3-3 early on, the Matadors took advantage of three straight Long Beach hitting errors to lead 6-3. Following a Beach timeout, the Matadors got kills from McLeod and Taylor Orshoff to lead by as many as five at 8-3. CSUN maintained a five-point lead at 9-4 when the Beach outscored the Matadors 4-1 over the next five points to pull within 10-8. But a pair of Waggoner kills helped CSUN build its lead back to five at 15-10. The Matadors still led by four (19-15) when the hosts engineered a 3-0 run to trim the lead to one. The Matadors would not relinquish the lead and Waggoner's kill set CSUN up with three set points at 24-21. But the Beach erased all three set points before McLeod's kill gave the Matadors another chance at 25-24. Long Beach would answer again before a kill by Orshoff and a Long Beach setting error gave CSUN the 27-25 win.
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SET 4
The Matadors overcame Long Beach State leads of 6-3 and 11-8 as an Orshoff-Warnock block gave CSUN its first lead at 14-13. An Orshoff kill put the Matadors in front by two at 16-14 before Nevarez's kill gave CSUN a three-point lead (18-15). The Matadors then sealed the set with a 6-1 run which put CSUN in command at 24-16. After the Beach saved three set points to get within 24-19, Nevarez put down a kill sending the match to a fifth set.
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SET 5
The decisive set was tight throughout as the teams battled to a 9-9 tie. A Beach kill followed by a McLeod service error forced a CSUN timeout with the Matadors trailing 11-9. A Long Beach ace out of the timeout extended the lead to 12-9 when kills from McLeod and Waggoner pulled CSUNÂ within one. Another Beach kill out of a timeout pushed the lead back to two (13-11) before the Matadors would get within one at 13-12 and again at 14-13 before a kill by the Beach ended the match.Â
UP NEXT
The Matadors remain on the road for a Tuesday night match at Cal Poly at Mott Gym at 7 p.m.
#UniteTheValley
With the 26-24, 26-24, 25-27, 19-25, 15-13 win, the Beach improves to 7-13 overall and 4-4 in the Big West. The loss drops the Matadors to 8-12 overall and 3-5 in conference play.
KEY STATISTICS
• Sophomore Seyvion Waggoner led CSUN with 15 kills, hitting .306 on 36 swings to go with three blocks including two solo.
• Fellow sophomore Nicole Nevarez added 14 kills (.184), seven digs and a career-high four aces while sophomore Lexi McLeod chipped in 10 kills (.259) and 16 digs for her fourth double-double of the season. Libero Makayla Bradford led CSUN with 19 digs to go with five assists.
• Senior setter Kamalu Makekau-Whittaker had a team-high 32 assists and Hannah Merjil posted 19 assists and eight digs.
• The Matadors out-hit the Beach by a single percentage point, .226 (60-23-164) to .225 (67-28-173) and behind Nevarez's four aces, had five as a team to two for Long Beach.
• YiZhi Xue and Kashauna Williams each had 19 kills to lead to Beach with Xue hitting a team-high .586 on 29 attacks.Â
SET 1
The hosts jumped out to a 5-2 lead before a kill from Nevarez and a pair from Waggoner evened the score. CSUN extended the run to 5-0 and led 7-5 before opening up a 10-7 cushion following a Salone kill. The Matadors would lead by as many as four at both 12-8 and 14-10 when the Beach rallied behind a 5-1 run to knot the score at 15-15. Another Salone kill fueled a 4-1 Matador run that put CSUN in front 19-16. But the hosts countered with a 4-1 run of their own to forge a 20-20 tie. The Matadors then scored two straight which was quickly countered by the Beach and the score remained tied at 23-all. Xue's kill gave Long Beach set point at 24-23 when Nevarez answered with a kill saving one set point. But a kill from Amanda Henderson followed by a block on Nevarez's swing sent the Beach to the 26-24 win.Â
SET 2
Neither team could gain more than a one-point advantage until CSUN received a kill from Lexi McLeod followed by a Warnock/Waggoner block, a Waggoner kill and a Beach hitting error to open up a 9-5 lead. A Warnock kill helped CSUN maintain a four-point lead at 12-8. A Nevarez kill kept the Matadors in front 14-11 when the hosts went on a 5-0 run to take back the lead 16-14. The Beach led 20-17 when McLeod's attack went long but a Merjil ace and a pair of Long Beach miscues pulled the Matadors even at 20-20. Sideouts ensued until the two teams forged a 24-24 tie when Long Beach used a kill and another block on set point to win by the identical 26-24 score.  Â
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SET 3
With the score tied 3-3 early on, the Matadors took advantage of three straight Long Beach hitting errors to lead 6-3. Following a Beach timeout, the Matadors got kills from McLeod and Taylor Orshoff to lead by as many as five at 8-3. CSUN maintained a five-point lead at 9-4 when the Beach outscored the Matadors 4-1 over the next five points to pull within 10-8. But a pair of Waggoner kills helped CSUN build its lead back to five at 15-10. The Matadors still led by four (19-15) when the hosts engineered a 3-0 run to trim the lead to one. The Matadors would not relinquish the lead and Waggoner's kill set CSUN up with three set points at 24-21. But the Beach erased all three set points before McLeod's kill gave the Matadors another chance at 25-24. Long Beach would answer again before a kill by Orshoff and a Long Beach setting error gave CSUN the 27-25 win.
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SET 4
The Matadors overcame Long Beach State leads of 6-3 and 11-8 as an Orshoff-Warnock block gave CSUN its first lead at 14-13. An Orshoff kill put the Matadors in front by two at 16-14 before Nevarez's kill gave CSUN a three-point lead (18-15). The Matadors then sealed the set with a 6-1 run which put CSUN in command at 24-16. After the Beach saved three set points to get within 24-19, Nevarez put down a kill sending the match to a fifth set.
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SET 5
The decisive set was tight throughout as the teams battled to a 9-9 tie. A Beach kill followed by a McLeod service error forced a CSUN timeout with the Matadors trailing 11-9. A Long Beach ace out of the timeout extended the lead to 12-9 when kills from McLeod and Waggoner pulled CSUNÂ within one. Another Beach kill out of a timeout pushed the lead back to two (13-11) before the Matadors would get within one at 13-12 and again at 14-13 before a kill by the Beach ended the match.Â
UP NEXT
The Matadors remain on the road for a Tuesday night match at Cal Poly at Mott Gym at 7 p.m.
#UniteTheValley
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