Friday, April 29
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
11:30 A.M.
California State University at Northridge
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Cal Poly
Photo by: Steve Fitzgerald
CSUN Concludes Season With 1-2 Finish at Big West Beach Volleyball Championship
4/29/2022 9:01:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - For the second straight year, the CSUN Beach Volleyball team picked up a win on the opening day of the conference championship but the Matadors also suffered a pair of losses and were eliminated from the 2022 Big West Beach Volleyball Championship Friday at Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex.
The Matadors, seeded sixth in the seven-team field, opened the tournament against No. 3-seed Cal Poly and were blanked in all five pairs by the Mustangs who are ranked 14th in the latest AVCA national poll. CSUN responded with a 4-1 victory over Sacramento State in an elimination match before falling to UC Davis, 4-1 to finish the season with an 17-17Â record.
With 17 wins, the Matadors match the program record for season wins with the 2018 CSUN team that posted a 17-8 overall record.
CAL POLY 5, CSUNÂ 0
The Matadors opened the day looking to snap an eight-match losing streak to the host Mustangs but came up empty in all five pairs. Cal Poly opened the scoring with a 21-12, 21-14 win in the No. 1 pairs as Tia Miric and Ella Connor swept the Matadors' pair of Lauren Eknoian and Emily Sparks. Mariah Whalen and Piper Naess made it 2-0 Mustangs with a 21-17, 21-18 victory over Kailey Klein and Victoria Rogers in the No. 4 pairs, the closest the Matadors would get to picking up a win in the dual. The Mustangs clinched the opening round win when Addison Hermstad and Peyton Dueck topped Darbi Honeycutt and Mikaela Maughan at No. 3 by the score of 21-14, 21-10. Cal Poly would finish off the 5-0 win with a 21-16, 21-12 win by Jayelin Lombard and Piper Ferch over CSUN's True McCullough and Seyvion Waggoner in the No. 2's before Vanessa Roscoe and Josie Ulrich defeated Layla Cederlind and Abbey Sweeting in the No. 5 pairs, 21-17, 21-18.
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CSUN 4, SACRAMENTO STATE 1
Needing a win to stave off elimination, the Matadors responded with a 4-1 victory over the Hornets in their second match of the day. In defeating Sacramento State for the second straight year, Klein and Rogers won by forfeit in the No. 4 pairs to open the contest, Honeycutt and Maughan would put the Matadors up 2-0 with a 21-13, 21-17 victory over McKenna Smith and Karlee Soderberg. The win was the 42nd career win for Honeycutt and Maughan as a pair which is a CSUN program record. McCullough and Waggoner then ensured the Matadors' first championship win with a hard-fought 21-19, 21-18 victory over Kalani Hayes and Macey Hayden in the No. 2 pairs. The Hornets would pick up a win in the No. 1 pairs as Caitlin Volkmann and Bridgette Smith knocked off Eknoian and Sparks in three sets (21-17, 18-21, 15-10) before Cederlind and Sweeting pulled out a three-set win (21-16, 20-22, 15-11) over Tiya Kamba-Griffin and Ellie Tisko in the No. 5 pairs.Â
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UC DAVIS 4, CSUN 1
In a battle to advance to Saturday's final day of competition, the Matadors fell to Aggies by the score of 4-1 which ended CSUN's season. The Aggies' Rose Holscher and Ashlee Goycoochea knocked off Klein and Rogers in the No. 4 pairs, 21-11, 21-14. With the earlier win over Sac State, Klein concludes her CSUN career with a program record 52 individual wins while Rogers won a season-record 21 times in 2022. UCD's Colleen McGuire and Chelsea Maeglin would make it 2-0 Aggies with a 21-18, 21-16 victory over Eknoian and Sparks in the No. 1 pairs before Tabitha Mitchell and Lily Justine clinched a Saturday spot for the Aggies with a 21-15, 21-18 win over McCullough and Waggoner in the No. 2 pairs. Kylie Miller and Sam Lazenby swept Cederlind and Sweeting, 24-22, 21-11 in the No. 5's before Honeycutt and Maughan would win for the 43rd time to put the Matadors on the board as the CSUN pair came back to win the final two sets over Megan Luly and Morgan Coolbaugh in the No. 3's (19-21, 22-20, 15-13).
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COACH JOHN PRICE SAID
"I think we had a difficult start to the season so to finish with 17 wins is pretty remarkable, We played much better against UC Davis this time and we had some chances to win if we had made a few more plays. We definitely made some strides since the Big West Challenge in March which was important. The Big West is a very good beach volleyball conference and I'm proud of the progress we made as a team this season."
CAL POLY 5, CSUNÂ 0
#1 - Tia Miric/Ella Connor (CP) def. Lauren Eknoian/Emily Sparks (CSUN) 21-12, 21-14
#2 - Jayelin Lombard/Piper Ferch (CP) def. True McCullough/Seyvion Waggoner (CSUN) 21-16, 21-12
#3 - Addison Hermstad/Peyton Dueck (CP) def. Darbi Honeycutt/Mikaela Maughan (CSUN) 21-14, 21-10
#4 - Mariah Whalen/Piper Naess (CP) def. Victoria Rogers/Kailey Klein (CSUN) 21-9, 21-15
#5 - Vanessa Roscoe/Josie Ulrich (CP) def. Layla Cederlind/Abbey Sweeting (CSUN) 21-17, 21-18
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CSUN 4, SACRAMENTO STATE 1
#1 - Caitlin Volkmann/Bridgette Smith (SAC) def. Emily Sparks/Lauren Eknoian (CSUN) 21-17, 18-21, 15-10
#2 - True McCullough/Seyvion Waggoner (CSUN) def. Kalani Hayes/Macey Hayden (SAC) 21-19, 21-18
#3 - Darbi Honeycutt/Mikaela Maughan (CSUN) def. McKenna Smith/Karlee Soderberg (SAC) 21-13, 21-17
#4 - Klein/Rogers (CSUN) – won by forfeit
#5 - Layla Cederlind/Abbey Sweeting (CSUN) def. Tiya Kamba-Griffin/Ellie Tisko (SAC) 21-16, 20-22, 15-11
UC DAVIS 4, CSUN 1
#1 - Colleen McGuire/Chelsea Maeglin (UCD) def. Emily Sparks/Lauren Eknoian (CSUN) 21-18, 21-16
#2 - Tabitha Mitchell/Lily Justine (UCD) def. True McCullough/Seyvion Waggoner (CSUN) 21-15, 21-18
#3 - Darbi Honeycutt/Mikaela Maughan (CSUN) def. Megan Luly/Morgan Coolbaugh (UCD) 19-21, 22-20, 15-13
#4 - Rose Holscher/Ashlee Goycoochea (UCD) def. Victoria Rogers/Kailey Klein (CSUN) 21-11, 21-14
#5 - Kylie Miller/Sam Lazenby (UCD) def. Layla Cederlind/Abbey Sweeting (CSUN) 24-22, 21-11
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - For the second straight year, the CSUN Beach Volleyball team picked up a win on the opening day of the conference championship but the Matadors also suffered a pair of losses and were eliminated from the 2022 Big West Beach Volleyball Championship Friday at Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex.
The Matadors, seeded sixth in the seven-team field, opened the tournament against No. 3-seed Cal Poly and were blanked in all five pairs by the Mustangs who are ranked 14th in the latest AVCA national poll. CSUN responded with a 4-1 victory over Sacramento State in an elimination match before falling to UC Davis, 4-1 to finish the season with an 17-17Â record.
With 17 wins, the Matadors match the program record for season wins with the 2018 CSUN team that posted a 17-8 overall record.
CAL POLY 5, CSUNÂ 0
The Matadors opened the day looking to snap an eight-match losing streak to the host Mustangs but came up empty in all five pairs. Cal Poly opened the scoring with a 21-12, 21-14 win in the No. 1 pairs as Tia Miric and Ella Connor swept the Matadors' pair of Lauren Eknoian and Emily Sparks. Mariah Whalen and Piper Naess made it 2-0 Mustangs with a 21-17, 21-18 victory over Kailey Klein and Victoria Rogers in the No. 4 pairs, the closest the Matadors would get to picking up a win in the dual. The Mustangs clinched the opening round win when Addison Hermstad and Peyton Dueck topped Darbi Honeycutt and Mikaela Maughan at No. 3 by the score of 21-14, 21-10. Cal Poly would finish off the 5-0 win with a 21-16, 21-12 win by Jayelin Lombard and Piper Ferch over CSUN's True McCullough and Seyvion Waggoner in the No. 2's before Vanessa Roscoe and Josie Ulrich defeated Layla Cederlind and Abbey Sweeting in the No. 5 pairs, 21-17, 21-18.
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CSUN 4, SACRAMENTO STATE 1
Needing a win to stave off elimination, the Matadors responded with a 4-1 victory over the Hornets in their second match of the day. In defeating Sacramento State for the second straight year, Klein and Rogers won by forfeit in the No. 4 pairs to open the contest, Honeycutt and Maughan would put the Matadors up 2-0 with a 21-13, 21-17 victory over McKenna Smith and Karlee Soderberg. The win was the 42nd career win for Honeycutt and Maughan as a pair which is a CSUN program record. McCullough and Waggoner then ensured the Matadors' first championship win with a hard-fought 21-19, 21-18 victory over Kalani Hayes and Macey Hayden in the No. 2 pairs. The Hornets would pick up a win in the No. 1 pairs as Caitlin Volkmann and Bridgette Smith knocked off Eknoian and Sparks in three sets (21-17, 18-21, 15-10) before Cederlind and Sweeting pulled out a three-set win (21-16, 20-22, 15-11) over Tiya Kamba-Griffin and Ellie Tisko in the No. 5 pairs.Â
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UC DAVIS 4, CSUN 1
In a battle to advance to Saturday's final day of competition, the Matadors fell to Aggies by the score of 4-1 which ended CSUN's season. The Aggies' Rose Holscher and Ashlee Goycoochea knocked off Klein and Rogers in the No. 4 pairs, 21-11, 21-14. With the earlier win over Sac State, Klein concludes her CSUN career with a program record 52 individual wins while Rogers won a season-record 21 times in 2022. UCD's Colleen McGuire and Chelsea Maeglin would make it 2-0 Aggies with a 21-18, 21-16 victory over Eknoian and Sparks in the No. 1 pairs before Tabitha Mitchell and Lily Justine clinched a Saturday spot for the Aggies with a 21-15, 21-18 win over McCullough and Waggoner in the No. 2 pairs. Kylie Miller and Sam Lazenby swept Cederlind and Sweeting, 24-22, 21-11 in the No. 5's before Honeycutt and Maughan would win for the 43rd time to put the Matadors on the board as the CSUN pair came back to win the final two sets over Megan Luly and Morgan Coolbaugh in the No. 3's (19-21, 22-20, 15-13).
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COACH JOHN PRICE SAID
"I think we had a difficult start to the season so to finish with 17 wins is pretty remarkable, We played much better against UC Davis this time and we had some chances to win if we had made a few more plays. We definitely made some strides since the Big West Challenge in March which was important. The Big West is a very good beach volleyball conference and I'm proud of the progress we made as a team this season."
CAL POLY 5, CSUNÂ 0
#1 - Tia Miric/Ella Connor (CP) def. Lauren Eknoian/Emily Sparks (CSUN) 21-12, 21-14
#2 - Jayelin Lombard/Piper Ferch (CP) def. True McCullough/Seyvion Waggoner (CSUN) 21-16, 21-12
#3 - Addison Hermstad/Peyton Dueck (CP) def. Darbi Honeycutt/Mikaela Maughan (CSUN) 21-14, 21-10
#4 - Mariah Whalen/Piper Naess (CP) def. Victoria Rogers/Kailey Klein (CSUN) 21-9, 21-15
#5 - Vanessa Roscoe/Josie Ulrich (CP) def. Layla Cederlind/Abbey Sweeting (CSUN) 21-17, 21-18
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CSUN 4, SACRAMENTO STATE 1
#1 - Caitlin Volkmann/Bridgette Smith (SAC) def. Emily Sparks/Lauren Eknoian (CSUN) 21-17, 18-21, 15-10
#2 - True McCullough/Seyvion Waggoner (CSUN) def. Kalani Hayes/Macey Hayden (SAC) 21-19, 21-18
#3 - Darbi Honeycutt/Mikaela Maughan (CSUN) def. McKenna Smith/Karlee Soderberg (SAC) 21-13, 21-17
#4 - Klein/Rogers (CSUN) – won by forfeit
#5 - Layla Cederlind/Abbey Sweeting (CSUN) def. Tiya Kamba-Griffin/Ellie Tisko (SAC) 21-16, 20-22, 15-11
UC DAVIS 4, CSUN 1
#1 - Colleen McGuire/Chelsea Maeglin (UCD) def. Emily Sparks/Lauren Eknoian (CSUN) 21-18, 21-16
#2 - Tabitha Mitchell/Lily Justine (UCD) def. True McCullough/Seyvion Waggoner (CSUN) 21-15, 21-18
#3 - Darbi Honeycutt/Mikaela Maughan (CSUN) def. Megan Luly/Morgan Coolbaugh (UCD) 19-21, 22-20, 15-13
#4 - Rose Holscher/Ashlee Goycoochea (UCD) def. Victoria Rogers/Kailey Klein (CSUN) 21-11, 21-14
#5 - Kylie Miller/Sam Lazenby (UCD) def. Layla Cederlind/Abbey Sweeting (CSUN) 24-22, 21-11
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