CSUN Picks up Saturday Home Wins Over Vanguard and Cal State LA

CSUN-Vanguard Final Results // CSUN-Cal State LA Final Results

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The CSUN Beach Volleyball team evened its season record at 4-4 after picking up a pair of home wins over Vanguard and Cal State LA Saturday at the CSUN Beach Volleyball Complex.

CSUN 3, VANGUARD 2
The Matadors opened Saturday's tri-dual by sweeping the first flight against the Lions, taking wins in the No. 4 and No. 2 pairs. Kailey Klein and Victoria Rogers picked up CSUN's first point in the No. 4's after defeating Hally Herder and Madison Arnold 21-17, 21-18. Seyvion Waggoner and Mikaela Maughan made it 2-0 Matadors with a three-set (19-21, 21-12, 15-10) victory over Morgan Nash and Vashti Elias Romero at No. 2. The Lions claimed the No. 6 exhibition match as Cambria Fernandez and Chloe Knudson topped Layla Cederlind and Madison Klungel (24-22, 21-16) as the CSUN pair made their beach debut.

All three matches in the second flight were close as the Matadors clinched the dual win before Vanguard claimed the final two pairs. Abbey Sweeting and Jadin Williams picked up the decisive third win for CSUN in the No. 5 pair with a hard-fought 21-15, 24-22 win over Bailey Coffin and Emilee Hall. Vanguard's Emma Galloway and Carly McKinney made it 3-1 by edging the Matadors' No, 3 pair of True McCullough and Darbi Honeycutt, 23-21, 22-20. The Lions then won the No. 1 pair as Conley Harris and Natalie Escher held off Lauren Eknoian and Emily Sparks by the score of 21-18, 21-17.

CSUN 4, CAL STATE LA 1
After Vanguard defeated Cal State LA 4-1 in the middle dual, CSUN won by the same 4-1 count in the final dual of the afternoon. Sweeting and Williams earned the first point for the Matadors, making quick work of Malia Apodaca and Beatriz Jimenez in the No. 5 pair 21-14, 21-8. Waggoner and Maughan picked up their second win on the day with a straight-set (21-15, 21-12) win over Emily Elliott and Eliza Cannon in the No. 2 pair. Klein and Rogers gave the Matadors their fourth win of the season when the No. 4 pair went final, sweeping Ayjah Landers and Taila Niu 21-15, 21-10.

McCullough and Honeycutt picked up their first win as a pair to open the second flight, defeating Allison Linder and Jaden Grova by the score of 21-9, 21-13. The No. 1 pair would go the distance as the Golden Eagles won the final two sets in a hard-fought 12-21, 22-20, 18-16 win when Ashley Dittman and Iane Henke topped Eknoian and Sparks on center court.

COACH JOHN PRICE SAID
"We tried some different lineups today and I think it went ok. If you look at the first match, we won 3-2 and people might look at that and think we didn't play well and that wasn't the case. Vanguard is a good team and we won three matches and they beat us in the No. 1 and No. 3 pairs. I didn't think we played poorly in those two matches, they just beat us. We have a long week of matches coming up next week so we've got to be ready to play a lot of volleyball."

UP NEXT
CSUN (4-4) opens a busy week next Tuesday, hosting Westcliff in a pair of dual matches beginning at 11 a.m. CSUN then hosts Nebraska and Concordia-Irvine in a Thursday tri-dual, Nebraska and The Master's in a Friday tri-dual before closing the week with a Saturday tri-dual against Boise State and Cal State LA.

CSUN 3, VANGUARD 2
#1 - Harris/Escher (VU) def. Eknoian/Sparks (CSUN) – 21-18, 21-17
#2 - Waggoner/Maughan (CSUN) def. Nash/Elias Romero (VU) – 19-21, 21-12, 15-10
#3 - Galloway/McKinney (VU) def. McCullough/Honeycutt (CSUN) – 23-21, 22-20
#4 - Klein/Rogers (CSUN) def. Herder/Arnold (VU) – 21-17, 21-18
#5 - Sweeting/Williams (CSUN) def. Coffin/Hall (VU) – 21-15, 24-22
Exh. Fernandez/Knudson (VU) def. Cederlind/Klungel (CSUN), 24-22, 21-16

CSUN 4, CAL STATE LA 1
#1 - Dittman/Henke (LA) def. Eknoian/Sparks (CSUN) – 12-21, 22-20, 18-16
#2 - Waggoner/Maughan (CSUN) def. Elliott/Cannon (LA) – 21-15, 21-12
#3 - McCullough/Honeycutt (CSUN) def. Linder/Grova (LA) – 21-9, 21-13
#4 - Klein/Rogers (CSUN) def. Landers/Niu (LA) – 21-15, 21-10
#5 - Sweeting/Williams (CSUN) def. Apodaca/Jimenez (LA) – 21-14, 21-8

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CSUN Picks up Saturday Home Wins Over Vanguard and Cal State LA

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Players Mentioned

Layla Cederlind

Lauren Eknoian

Darbi Honeycutt

Kailey Klein

Madison Klungel

Mikaela Maughan

True McCullough

Victoria Rogers

Emily Sparks

Abbey Sweeting

Seyvion Waggoner

Jadin Williams