CSUN Comes Up Short in Three Duals in San Luis Obispo

Saturday, March 27

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

10:30 a.m.

California State University at Northridge

UC Davis

Final Results

Photo by: Braden Villanueva

3/27/2021 8:16:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Looking for their first victory of the weekend, the Matador Beach Volleyball team dropped a pair of 3-2 decisions and were swept by No. 5 Cal Poly Saturday at the Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex.

UC DAVIS 3, CSUN 2
After falling to a pair of ranked teams on Friday, the Matadors looked to break into the win column Saturday morning against the Aggies. UC Davis picked up the first point when Paloma Bowman and Colleen McGuire swept Meagan Carter and Lauren Eknoian, 21-14, 21-19 in the No. 1 pair. CSUN then pulled even when True McCullough and Emily Sparks topped Bailey Herdman and Nicole Andrade in the No. 5 pair by the score of 21-16, 24-22. In the No. 4 pair, Lauren McMurray and Kailey Klein claimed a hard-fought three-set 17-21, 21-15, 15-7 victory over Alicia Letvin and Summer Bouquet to put the Matadors one win from the team victory. The final two matches went the distance and both went to the Aggies as Jane Seslar and Ashlee Goycoochea held off Darbi Honeycutt and Mikaela Maughan (21-19, 20-22, 15-9) at No. 3 and Heather Reed and Megan Luly held off Lexi McLeod and Seyvion Waggoner (21-16, 22-24, 15-12) at No. 2.

#5 CAL POLY 5, CSUN 0
The Matadors then ran into the host Mustangs who came into the week ranked No. 5 in the AVCA national beach poll. On its home sand, Cal Poly didn't drop a set in sweeping all five matches in the dual. Macy Gordon and Emily Sonny swept McLeod and Waggoner in the No. 1 pair by the count of 21-10, 21-12. Jayelin Lombard and Amy Ozee then made quick work of Honeycutt and Maughan in the No. 2 spot, 21-16, 21-7 before Cal Poly made it three straight sweeps when Eleonore Johansen and Sam Strah topped McMurray and Klein, 21-16, 21-9 at No. 3. True McCullough and Emily Sparks took the second set in the No. 4 pair to extra points before falling to Laurie McGrath and Erika Foreman, 21-19, 26-24 before the Mustangs capped the victory with 22-20, 21-16 win by Delaney Peranich and Kalee Graff over Victoria Rogers and Abbey Sweeting at No. 5.

CSU BAKERSFIELD 3, CSUN 2
Looking to salvage the weekend's finale, the Matadors again came up just shy in a 3-2 decision to the Roadrunners. Hayley McCluskey and Mapuhola Sekona topped McMurray and Klein, 21-12, 21-15 in the No. 4 pair to get the dual underway before CSUN evened the dual behind Honeycutt and Maughan's 21-17, 21-13 sweep over Brooke Boiseau and Anna Unke at No. 3. Milica Vukobrat and Cameron Solberg made it 2-1 CSUB with a 21-16, 21-19 victory over McLeod and Waggoner at No. 2. Leisa Elisaia and Alaina Gendale then held off McCullough and Sparks, 22-20, 25-23 in a tightly contested match at No. 5 to clinch the win before Carter and Eknoian made the final 3-2 with a three-set (12-21, 21-19, 18-16) victory over Emily Hansen Hana Makonova.

COACH NOELLE ROOKE SAID
"I don't think this weekend's record reflects how hard my team battled. We were in a lot of matches, winning sets and going the distance in many others. We just can't make up for time lost and have to continue to stick to the process of getting better every day. This is not a normal year for CSUN beach volleyball but we'll keep working hard and grinding out this season."

UP NEXT
The Matadors (5-9) return home next Friday for a tri-dual against Vanguard and Pacific before hosting another tri-dual on Saturday against Concordia and Saint Katherine.

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