Matadors Split Final Tri-Dual to Complete Eight-Match Week

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The CSUN Beach Volleyball team concluded a busy week that saw the Matadors play eight matches in five days as CSUN (8-8) split a tri-dual against Boise State and Cal State LA Saturday afternoon at the CSUN Beach Volleyball Complex.

BOISE STATE 4, CSUN 1
In just the third-ever meeting between the two teams, Boise State defeated the Matadors four wins to one to open Saturday's tri-dual. The Broncos' Rori Chartier and Sierra Land got the scoring underway with a straight set win (21-12, 21-15) over Seyvion Waggoner and Mikaela Maughan in the No. 2 pair. The Matadors pulled even when Kailey Klein and Victoria Rogers claimed the No. 4 pair in three sets (21-18, 19-21, 15-7) over Kaylee Mejia and Alyssa Wissinger. Boise State closed out the first flight with a 21-11, 21-8 win in the exhibition match as Alli O'Harra and Katie Martin defeated Layla Cederlind and Madison Klungel.

The visitors went up 2-1 when the No. 5 pair went final as Joey Benson and Emilia Guerra-Acuna swept Abbey Sweeting and Jadin Williams by the score of 23-21, 21-8. Boise State clinched the dual win at No. 3 pair when Danielle Boss and Madison Nichols topped True McCullough and Darbi Honeycutt, 21-14, 21-18. The final pair to be decided was the No. 1 pair on center court when Erin Martin and Yasmin Tan won a marathon first set over Lauren Eknoian and Emily Sparks, 33-31 before taking the second set 21-18 to give the Broncos a 4-1 win.

CSUN 5, CAL STATE LA 0
After Boise State swept Cal State LA in the middle dual, CSUN took four of the five pairs from the Golden Eagles to wrap up the day. The CSUN pairs of Waggoner and Maughan and Klein and Rogers each won by 2-0 sweeps to open the dual. Waggoner and Maughan defeated Emily Elliott and Eliza Cannon (21-13, 23-21) at No. 2 while Klein and Rogers picked up their ninth win of the season after sweeping Haley Roundtree and Jaden Grova, 21-7, 21-16 at No. 4.

McCullough and Honeycutt opened the second flight by defeating Allison Linder and Shelby Grubbs at No. 3 (21-12, 21-11) to clinch the dual for the Matadors. Sweeting and Williams made it 4-0 CSUN with a 21-10, 21-11 victory over Malia Apodaca and Beatriz Jimenez before the Golden Eagles salvaged the final point when Ashley Dittmann and Iane Henke outlasted Eknoian and Sparks in three sets (22-20, 16-21, 15-13) in the No. 1 pair on center court.

COACH JOHN PRICE SAID
"At the start of the week If you had said we would end up 4-4 after Saturday I'd have been a little disappointed. But with all the adversity we had to deal with - missing two players on Tuesday and one player on Friday – that's tough to overcome with a small roster so in retrospect we're happy with a 4-4 week."

UP NEXT
CSUN (8-8) concludes a 10-match homestand next Wednesday, hosting Colorado Mesa in a pair of matches at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.

BOISE STATE 4, CSUN 1
#1 - Martin/Tan (BSU) def. Eknoian/Sparks (CSUN) – 33-31, 21-18
#2 - Chartier/Land (BSU) def. Waggoner/Maughan (CSUN) 21-12, 21-15
#3 - Boss/Nichols (BSU) def. Honeycutt/Cederlind (CSUN) – 21-14, 21-18
#4 - Klein/Rogers (CSUN) def. Mejia/Wissinger (BSU) – 21-18, 19-21, 15-7
#5 - Benson/Guerra-Acuna (BSU) def. Sweeting/Williams (CSUN) – 23-21, 21-8
Exh. - O'Harra/Martin (BSU) def. Cederlind/Klungel (CSUN), 21-11, 21-8

CSUN 4, CAL STATE LA 1
#1 - Dittmann/Henke (CSLA) def. Eknoian/Sparks (CSUN) – 22-20, 16-21, 15-13
#2 - Waggoner/Maughan (CSUN) def. Elliott/Cannon (CSLA) – 21-13, 23-21
#3 - Honeycutt/Cederlind (CSUN) def. Linder/Grubbs (CSLA) – 21-12, 21-11
#4 - Klein/Rogers (CSUN) def. Roundtree/Grova (CSLA) – 21-7, 21-16
#5 - Sweeting/Klungel (CSUN) def. Apodaca/Jimenez (CSLA) – 21-10, 21-11

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Matadors Split Final Tri-Dual to Complete Eight-Match Week

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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