Wednesday, February 9
Northridge, Calif. / The Matadome
7:00 P.M.
California State University at Northridge
3-1,0-0Big West
3
vs
0
Vanguard
0-2
1
2
3
F
Vanguard
16
18
13
0
CSUN
25
25
25
3
Team Stats
VU
CSUN
Kills
28
36
Errors
14
7
Attempts
72
67
Hitting %
.194
.433
Points
29
50.5
Assists
27
32
Aces
0
9
Blocks
1
5.5
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
2
Blocks
3
Kills
8
Aces
4
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
2
Blocks
3
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Steve Fitzgerald
CSUN Sweeps Vanguard to Remain Unbeaten at Home
2/9/2022 8:43:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The CSUN Men's Volleyball team remained unbeaten inside The Matadome in 2022 as the Matadors swept the Vanguard Lions, 3-0 in a non-conference match Wednesday night.
Set scores were 25-16, 25-18, 25-13 as the Matadors improve their season record to 3-1 and their home record to 3-0. The loss snaps a five-match winning streak for Vanguard which drops to 5-2.
KEY STATISTICS
• Redshirt sophomore Kyle Hobus led all hitters in the match with 10 kills, hitting .588 on 17 errorless attacks. Hobus also added five digs and one block in the win.
• Sophomore Griffin Walters and junior Luke Krzmarzick each added eight kills with Walters connecting at .400 clip on 15 swings while Krzmarzick hit .278 on a team-high 18 attacks. Walters would add a match-high four aces which gives him seven aces in his last two matches.
• Freshman Olumide Allen chipped in six kills on seven attacks (.857) while adding a pair of aces and three blocks.
• Setter Donovan Constable posted a season-high 28 assists in setting the CSUN hitters to a .433 team hitting clip. The Matadors, who had nine aces as a team, had 36 kills and just seven errors on 67 team attacks.
• The Matadors limited the Lions to a .194 hitting clip (28-14-72) as Christian Nowtash and Filippo Meoni led Vanguard with six kills apiece.
COACH JEFF CAMPBELL SAID
"I thought our serving was good tonight and when you serve tough it causes the other teams' offense so many problems. Kyle and Griffin both hit very well and both middles hit well. We're getting better defensively too. Vanguard is a good team and I was pleased that we played hard and finished off the third set when we could have drifted off mentally. We'll go on the road and play an elite team tomorrow night but we're improving every week and that needs to happen for us to prove we're an elite team also."
SET 1
Neither team led by more than two points in opening set until three straight errors by the visitors opened up a 13-9 CSUN lead. Another miscue out of a Vanguard timeout extended the lead to five before Allen's ace gave the Matadors a 16-10 cushion. Leading 19-12, the Lions scored two straight to trim the lead to 19-14 but Vanguard would get no closer as a Walters ace closed the set 25-16.
SET 2
After set one featured seven ties, the second set saw five ties as the Lions overcame an early 6-3 Matador lead to knot the score at 8-8. A Hobus kill capped a 3-1 CSUN run as the Matadors opened up an 11-9 lead. CSUN maintained a two-point edge at 12-10 before a 4-0 Vanguard run, capped by three straight Matt Roussin kills, put the Lions in front 14-12. A Meoni kill kept Vanguard in front by two (17-15) when a Walters kill fueled a 10-1 Matador run to close the set in CSUN's favor 25-18.
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SET 3
After hitting .478 in set two, the Matadors upped their hitting to .520 in leading from start to finish in the final set. Walters served the first four points before a Krzmarzick kill forced a Vanguard timeout at 11-6. Walters' third ace of the night upped CSUN's advantage to 15-7 lead and the Matadors would pull away down the stretch in a 25-13 win.
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UP NEXT
The Matadors travel to No. 7 USC Thursday night as first serve in the Galen Center is scheduled for 7 p.m.
#UniteTheValley
Set scores were 25-16, 25-18, 25-13 as the Matadors improve their season record to 3-1 and their home record to 3-0. The loss snaps a five-match winning streak for Vanguard which drops to 5-2.
KEY STATISTICS
• Redshirt sophomore Kyle Hobus led all hitters in the match with 10 kills, hitting .588 on 17 errorless attacks. Hobus also added five digs and one block in the win.
• Sophomore Griffin Walters and junior Luke Krzmarzick each added eight kills with Walters connecting at .400 clip on 15 swings while Krzmarzick hit .278 on a team-high 18 attacks. Walters would add a match-high four aces which gives him seven aces in his last two matches.
• Freshman Olumide Allen chipped in six kills on seven attacks (.857) while adding a pair of aces and three blocks.
• Setter Donovan Constable posted a season-high 28 assists in setting the CSUN hitters to a .433 team hitting clip. The Matadors, who had nine aces as a team, had 36 kills and just seven errors on 67 team attacks.
• The Matadors limited the Lions to a .194 hitting clip (28-14-72) as Christian Nowtash and Filippo Meoni led Vanguard with six kills apiece.
COACH JEFF CAMPBELL SAID
"I thought our serving was good tonight and when you serve tough it causes the other teams' offense so many problems. Kyle and Griffin both hit very well and both middles hit well. We're getting better defensively too. Vanguard is a good team and I was pleased that we played hard and finished off the third set when we could have drifted off mentally. We'll go on the road and play an elite team tomorrow night but we're improving every week and that needs to happen for us to prove we're an elite team also."
SET 1
Neither team led by more than two points in opening set until three straight errors by the visitors opened up a 13-9 CSUN lead. Another miscue out of a Vanguard timeout extended the lead to five before Allen's ace gave the Matadors a 16-10 cushion. Leading 19-12, the Lions scored two straight to trim the lead to 19-14 but Vanguard would get no closer as a Walters ace closed the set 25-16.
SET 2
After set one featured seven ties, the second set saw five ties as the Lions overcame an early 6-3 Matador lead to knot the score at 8-8. A Hobus kill capped a 3-1 CSUN run as the Matadors opened up an 11-9 lead. CSUN maintained a two-point edge at 12-10 before a 4-0 Vanguard run, capped by three straight Matt Roussin kills, put the Lions in front 14-12. A Meoni kill kept Vanguard in front by two (17-15) when a Walters kill fueled a 10-1 Matador run to close the set in CSUN's favor 25-18.
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SET 3
After hitting .478 in set two, the Matadors upped their hitting to .520 in leading from start to finish in the final set. Walters served the first four points before a Krzmarzick kill forced a Vanguard timeout at 11-6. Walters' third ace of the night upped CSUN's advantage to 15-7 lead and the Matadors would pull away down the stretch in a 25-13 win.
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UP NEXT
The Matadors travel to No. 7 USC Thursday night as first serve in the Galen Center is scheduled for 7 p.m.
#UniteTheValley
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