Matadors Sweep Life Pacific and Marymount in Friday Tri-Dual

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The CSUN Beach Volleyball team evened its season record at 13-13 after sweeping a tri-dual against visiting Life Pacific and Marymount California Friday afternoon at the CSUN Beach Volleyball Complex. With two wins on the day, Matador senior Kailey Klein tied Lauren McMurray for most individual wins in program history with 48.

CSUN 5, LIFE PACIFIC 0
The Matadors opened the day against the Warriors in the first-ever meeting between the two programs. Klein and Victoria Rogers won for a team-leading 13th time this season to get CSUN on the board in the No. 4 pairs, sweeping Daniela Horvath and Bailey Collette, 21-11, 21-9. True McCullough and Seyvion Waggoner also won in straight sets at No. 2, defeating Justyne Dagdagan and Audrianna Guzman, 21-12, 21-17. The Matadors completed the sweep of the opening flight when Jadin Williams and Layla Cederlind topped Alyssa McClure and Kylie Perez in the exhibition match by the score of 21-11, 21-5.

Abbey Sweeting and Madison Klungel clinched the win to open the second flight with a dominating 21-9, 21-7 victory over Marissa Ryerson and Caitlin Riden in the No. 5 pairs. Darbi Honeycutt and Mikaela Maughan then added to their program pairs record total with their 37th career win as CSUN swept the Lindsey Johnson and MacKenzie Grooms in the No. 3 pairs, 21-14, 21-15. CSUN then finished the 5-0 team win when Lauren Eknoian and Emily Sparks won for the 10th time this season, topping Hannah Caddow and MacKenzie Stewart in the No. 1's on center court, 21-10, 21-12.

CSUN 5, MARYMOUNT CALIFORNIA 0
After Life Pacific defeated Marymount 5-0 in the middle dual, CSUN evened its season record with a 5-0 sweep over the Mariners to cap the tri-dual. McCullough and Waggoner made quick work of Samantha Carelock and Jacquueline Foster in the No. 2's (21-4, 21-13) before Klein and Rogers made it 2-0 CSUN with a 21-11, 21-8 victory over Jordan Schirman and Jordan Nunez in the No. 4's. The win was the 48th individual career win for Klein which pulled her even with McMurray who won 48 times from 2018-21. Williams and Cederlind also defeated Ashley Olea and Jaelah Curtis in the exhibition match, 21-4, 21-6.

The Matadors would clinch their 13th team win of the season when Sweeting and Klungel swept Haily Murray and Kiara Amagon, 21-9, 21-12 in the No. 5's. After clinching the dual win, CSUN would also sweep the final two pairs as Honeycutt and Maughan swept Tori Lambert and Cat Angus in the No. 3's, 21-10, 21-5 and Eknoian and Sparks won for the 11th time after sweeping Logan Kaneshiro and Mariana Turner, 21-11, 21-13 in the No. 1's. Honeycutt and Maughan now have 38 career wins as a pair heading into Saturday's tri-dual.

COACH JOHN PRICE SAID
"After last weekend we identified some things we thought we could get better at over the next three weeks, and we spent three solid days in practice this week working on them. I saw some nice carry over from practice to the matches today and hopefully we can keep improving and make a much better showing at the Big West Championship than we did at the Big West Challenge."

UP NEXT
CSUN (13-13) hosts Life Pacific and Saint Katherine in its final home tri-dual of the season Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. The Matadors will honor their five seniors (Honeycutt, Klein, Maughan, Rogers and Waggoner) following the final dual against USK at 3 p.m.

CSUN 5, LIFE PACIFIC 0
#1 - Eknoian/Sparks (CSUN) def. Caddow/Stewart (LPU) – 21-10, 21-12
#2 - Waggoner/Maughan (CSUN) def. Dagdagan/Guzman (LPU) – 21-12, 21-17
#3 - Honeycutt/Cederlind (CSUN) def. Johnson/Grooms (LPU) – 21-14, 21-15
#4 - Klein/Rogers (CSUN) def. Horvath/Collette (LPU) – 21-11, 21-9
#5 - Sweeting/Klungel (CSUN) def. Ryerson/Riden (LPU) – 21-9, 21-7
Exh. - Williams/Cederlind (CSUN) def. McClure/Perez (LPU), 21-11, 21-5

CSUN 5, MARYMOUNT CALIFORNIA 0
#1 - Eknoian/Sparks (CSUN) def. Kaneshiro/Turner (MCU) – 21-11, 21-13
#2 - Waggoner/Maughan (CSUN) def. Carelock/Foster (MCU) – 21-4, 21-13
#3 - Honeycutt/Cederlind (CSUN) def. Lambert/Angus (MCU) – 21-10, 21-5
#4 - Klein/Rogers (CSUN) def. Schirman/Nunez (MCU) – 21-11, 21-8
#5 - Sweeting/Klungel (CSUN) def. Murray/Amigon (MCU) – 21-9, 21-12
Exh. - Williams/Cederlind (CSUN) def. Olea/Curtis (MCU), 21-4, 21-6

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Matadors Sweep Life Pacific and Marymount in Friday Tri-Dual

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Players Mentioned

Layla Cederlind

Lauren Eknoian

Darbi Honeycutt

Kailey Klein

Madison Klungel

Mikaela Maughan

True McCullough

Lauren McMurray

Victoria Rogers

Emily Sparks

Abbey Sweeting

Seyvion Waggoner

Jadin Williams