CSUN Tops Oregon and The Master's in Home-Opening Tri-Dual

CSUN-Oregon Final Results (PDF) // CSUN-The Master's Final Results

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The CSUN Beach Volleyball team bounced back from its season-opening tri-dual on Friday to post a pair of impressive wins on its home sand on Saturday. The Matadors topped Oregon 4-1 before sweeping The Master's University 5-0 at the CSUN Beach Volleyball Complex.

CSUN 4, OREGON 1
The Matadors and Ducks opened the tri-dual with CSUN getting on the board first when Lauren Eknoian and Emily Sparks defeated Daley McClellen and Madelyn LaFollette at No. 2 by the score of 21-19, 21-17. True McCullough and Seyvion Waggoner then made it 2-0 Matadors when they won a tightly contested match at No. 4 by the score of 23-21, 22-20. Oregon would close the first flight with a 21-10, 21-17 win in the exhibition match as Batia Rothstein and Dahlia McAllister topped the Matador pair of Jadin Williams and Darynne Bickers.

The Ducks cut the lead in half as their No. 1 pair of Brooke Nuneville and Reagan Hope came back to win the final two sets over CSUN's Darbi Honeycutt and Mikaela Maughan as Oregon closed to within 2-1 following the 16-21, 21-17, 15-13 win. Williams and Kailey Klein then clinched the win for the Matadors when they defeated the Ducks' No. 5 pair of Savannah Siegrist and Ally Haden in three sets (21-16, 15-21, 15-13). CSUN's No. 3 pair of Abbey Sweeting and Victoria Rogers then capped a 4-1 Matador win with another hard-fought three-set win (21-19, 21-23, 15-12) over Ashley Schroeder and Ella Tyus.

CSUN 5, THE MASTER'S 0
After Oregon took all five pairs in a 5-0 win over The Master's in the middle dual, CSUN did the same in the final dual of the afternoon. Eknoian and Sparks again got the Matadors on the board first with a 21-11, 21-12 victory over Evie Yates and Kasie Spencer at No. 2. McCullough and Waggoner then made quick work of Emily Grace Williams and Annika Booker in the No. 4 pair, winning 21-14, 21-15 to send CSUN to the second flight up 2-0. Willams and Bickers would wind up tied in the exhibition match as Ellie Niehus and Ellie Unruh won the second set to even the match when the dual moved to the second flight.

Sweeting and Rogers clinched the win with a 21-15, 21-17 win over Tara Long and Kaylie Phelps at No. 3 before Honeycutt and Maughan picked up their first win of the season (33rd all-time) with a 21-19, 14-21, 15-6 victory over Chloe Johnson and Kassidy Wilson in the No. 1 pair. CSUN then completed the sweep when Klein and Williams pulled out a three-set win (16-21, 21-16, 15-12) over the Mustangs' CJ Catabona and Gwen Garate in the No. 5 pair.

COACH JOHN PRICE SAID
"The Oregon match was a great win for us. All five of those matches could have gone either way and it was nice that we came out on the 4-1 side of it. Oregon is a good, physical team so it was nice to see us compete with them. I think that win took a little out of us because we didn't play our best against The Master's but finding a way to win when you don't play your best is also a good sign for us."

UP NEXT
CSUN (2-2) travels to Bakersfield next Friday (Mar. 4) as the Matadors will take on the Roadrunners in a pair of duals.

CSUN 4, OREGON 1
#1 - Nuneviller/Hope (ORE) def. Honeycutt/Maughan (CSUN) – 16-21, 21-17, 15-13
#2 - Eknoian/Sparks (CSUN) def. McClellen/LaFollette (ORE) – 21-19, 21-17
#3 - Sweeting/Rogers (CSUN) def. Schroeder/Tyus (ORE) – 21-19, 21-23, 15-12
#4 - McCullough/Waggoner (CSUN) def. Wetton/Laita (ORE) – 23-21, 22-20
#5 - Klein/Williams (CSUN) def. Siegrist/Haden (ORE) – 21-16, 15-21, 15-13
Exh. Rothstein/McAllister (ORE) def. Williams/Bickers (CSUN) – 21-10, 21-17

CSUN 5, THE MASTER'S 0
#1 - Honeycutt/Maughan (CSUN) def. Johnson/Wilson (TMU) – 21-19, 14-21, 15-6
#2 - Eknoian/Sparks (CSUN) def. Yates/Spencer (TMU) – 21-11, 21-12
#3 - Sweeting/Rogers (CSUN) def. Long/Phelps (TMU) – 21-15, 21-17
#4 - McCullough/Waggoner (CSUN) def. Williams/Booker (TMU) – 18-21, 24-22, 15-8
#5 - Klein/Williams (CSUN) def. Catabona/Garate (TMU) – 16-21, 21-16, 15-12
Exh. Williams/Bickers (CSUN) vs. Niehus/Unruh (TMU) - 21-14, 21-23, ended

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CSUN Tops Oregon and The Master's in Home-Opening Tri-Dual

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Players Mentioned

Darynne Bickers

Lauren Eknoian

Darbi Honeycutt

Kailey Klein

Mikaela Maughan

True McCullough

Victoria Rogers

Emily Sparks

Abbey Sweeting

Seyvion Waggoner

Jadin Williams