Matadors Drop a Pair of Duals to Seventh-Ranked LMU

Thursday, March 18

Northridge, Calif. / CSUN Beach Volleyball Complex

11:00 a.m.

California State University at Northridge

Loyola Marymount

Photo by: Matt Monroe

Matadors Drop a Pair of Duals to Seventh-Ranked LMU

3/18/2021 5:05:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

Dual One Final Results // Dual Two Final Results

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The CSUN Beach Volleyball team dropped a pair of duals to seventh-ranked Loyola Marymount Thursday afternoon at the Matador Beach Volleyball Complex.

LMU 5, CSUN 0
The first dual began with the Lions claiming the exhibition match as Jacinda Ramirez and Cassie Chinn defeated CSUN's True McCullough and Emily Sparks, 21-6, 21-4. Megan Rice and Iya Lindahl then picked up LMU's first point after topping Lexi McLeod and Seyvion Waggoner by the score of 21-16, 21-16. The Lions made it 2-0 in the first flight when Darby Dunn and Sydnie Herrmann swept Lauren McMurray and Kailey Klein, 21-14, 21-18.

In the second flight of the opening dual, Madi Firnett and Emma Doud clinched the team win for the Lions, topping Victoria Rogers and Abbey Sweeting in the No. 5 pair, 21-12, 21-10. Darbi Honeycutt and Mikaela Maughan nearly went the distance in the No. 3 pair before falling the LMU's Savannah Slattery and Jessie Prichard, 21-17, 21-18. The Lions capped the dual sweep when the No. 1 pair of Reka Orsi Toth and Selina Marolf swept CSUN's Meagan Carter and Lauren Eknoian, 21-12, 21-13.

LMU 5, CSUN 0
The afternoon dual went to the visitors by the same 5-0 count as Dunn and Herrmann swept McMurray and Klein by the count of 21-8, 21-13 in the No. 4 pair. Michaela Rezentes and Georgia Fusco then defeated Rogers and Sweeting, 21-14, 21-14 in the exhibition contest before Rice and Lindahl topped Carter and Eknoian in the No, 2 match, 21-12, 21-18.

The Lions opened the second flight by clinching the dual win when Slattery and Prichard swept Honeycutt and Maughan in the No. 3 pair, 21-17, 21-9. LMU then swept the final two matches, as Firnett and Doud topped McCullough and Sparks in the No, 5 pair, 21-17, 21-11 and Orsi Toth and Marolf swept McLeod and Waggoner by the score of 21-9, 21-19 in the NO. 1 contest.

COACH NOELLE ROOKE SAID
"I'm really proud of the fight my team showed today. We knew the level of competition we saw today was going to be really good and we battled. We learned a lot from today and we know what we need to work on moving forward and we'll have that much of a better showing next time we face them."

UP NEXT
The Matadors (3-3) continue their season-opening homestand Saturday, hosting Boise State at the CSUN Beach Volleyball Complex at 11 a.m.

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