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Photo by: Steve Fitzgerald
Zags Top CSUN in Four Sets to Conclude Gonzaga Invitational
9/3/2022 3:24:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
SPOKANE, Wash. – Taylor Orshoff led three CSUN hitters with double figures in kills but the Matadors fell in four sets to the host Zags to conclude the Gonzaga Invitational Saturday at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre.
After hitting a season-high .241 against Idaho State on Friday, CSUN (1-5) hit .129 against Gonzaga on Saturday. Orshoff, Nicole Nevarez and Lauryn Anderson all had double figures in kills but the host Zags held on for the 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 25-22 win.
KEY STATISTICS
• Orshoff had her best match of the young season as she put down a team-high 11 kills while hitting .226 on 31 swings to go with six digs.
• Senior Nicole Nevarez, who was named to the GU All-Tournament team, posted 10 kills (.000), six digs, four aces and four blocks while Anderson also had 10 kills on .381 hitting along with two aces and a pair of blocks.
• CSUN also got five kills from Taylor Hunter and a career-high three kills on six errorless swings from Magdalena Juric.
• Setters Carisa Barron and Emily Sparks combined for 38 assists, 12 digs and five kills.
• Breanna Mitchell (13) and Layla Cederlind (12) both registered double-digit dig totals while Cederlind served a career-high three aces while Mitchell had two of CSUN's 11 aces in the loss.
• Zoe Thiros and Kennedy Croft each had 12 kills to lead Gonzaga while Alyssa Hughes added 11 kills on .529 hitting.
COACH JOHN PRICE SAID
"I feel like we're playing pretty good volleyball 80% of the match but we're just making too many errors at crucial times. In four of our five losses we've lost close sets by simply making a bunch of mistakes. I feel like we're close to turning things around and I'm optimistic we'll be significantly better by the time we start conference play."
FIRST SET
The Matadors held a pair of two-point leads early in the opening set before a Nevarez solo block opened up a 7-4 cushion. But a 5-0 run by the Zags erased the lead and gave Gonzaga the lead for good at 9-7. CSUN would tie the score on several occasions, the last at 17-17 when three straight points by the Zags gave Gonzaga the margin it needed to take a 25-19 win.
SECOND SET
Looking for their first set win of the weekend, the Matadors overcame an early 7-4 deficit to lead 10-7 following an Orshoff kill. The Zags would battle back to tie the score at 11-11 and the two teams would then trade sideouts until an Anderson kill gave CSUN a two-point lead at 20-18. After knotting the score at 20-20, Gonzaga would trim the lead to one on a pair of occasions before an Anderson ace and a Nevarez kill sent the Matadors to the 25-22 win.
THIRD SET
CSUN was not able to carry the momentum of set two into the third set as the Zags claimed the first four points of the frame and would never trail. The Matadors would trail by as many as eight (13-5) before a 7-3 run, capped by a Juric kill, pulled CSUN within four at 16-12. But an ensuing 8-3 run by the hosts would seal a 25-16 win.
FOURTH SET
The Matadors again faced an early three-point deficit before putting together a 5-0 run, highlight by an Anderson-Juric block, to take a 10-8 lead. An Anderson ace forced a Gonzaga timeout with CSUN leading 15-12. Kills by Nevarez and Hunter maintained a three-point Matador leads at 17-14 and 18-15 when a 5-0 run by the Zags forced a CSUN timeout at 20-18. The Matadors would rally to within one at 20-19, 21-20, 22-21 and 23-22 before a pair of kills sent Gonzaga to the 25-22 victory.
UP NEXT
The Matadors travel to the San Francisco Bay Area for their next three matches beginning next Friday (Sept. 9) against Penn at 11 a.m.
#UniteTheValley
After hitting a season-high .241 against Idaho State on Friday, CSUN (1-5) hit .129 against Gonzaga on Saturday. Orshoff, Nicole Nevarez and Lauryn Anderson all had double figures in kills but the host Zags held on for the 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 25-22 win.
KEY STATISTICS
• Orshoff had her best match of the young season as she put down a team-high 11 kills while hitting .226 on 31 swings to go with six digs.
• Senior Nicole Nevarez, who was named to the GU All-Tournament team, posted 10 kills (.000), six digs, four aces and four blocks while Anderson also had 10 kills on .381 hitting along with two aces and a pair of blocks.
• CSUN also got five kills from Taylor Hunter and a career-high three kills on six errorless swings from Magdalena Juric.
• Setters Carisa Barron and Emily Sparks combined for 38 assists, 12 digs and five kills.
• Breanna Mitchell (13) and Layla Cederlind (12) both registered double-digit dig totals while Cederlind served a career-high three aces while Mitchell had two of CSUN's 11 aces in the loss.
• Zoe Thiros and Kennedy Croft each had 12 kills to lead Gonzaga while Alyssa Hughes added 11 kills on .529 hitting.
COACH JOHN PRICE SAID
"I feel like we're playing pretty good volleyball 80% of the match but we're just making too many errors at crucial times. In four of our five losses we've lost close sets by simply making a bunch of mistakes. I feel like we're close to turning things around and I'm optimistic we'll be significantly better by the time we start conference play."
FIRST SET
The Matadors held a pair of two-point leads early in the opening set before a Nevarez solo block opened up a 7-4 cushion. But a 5-0 run by the Zags erased the lead and gave Gonzaga the lead for good at 9-7. CSUN would tie the score on several occasions, the last at 17-17 when three straight points by the Zags gave Gonzaga the margin it needed to take a 25-19 win.
SECOND SET
Looking for their first set win of the weekend, the Matadors overcame an early 7-4 deficit to lead 10-7 following an Orshoff kill. The Zags would battle back to tie the score at 11-11 and the two teams would then trade sideouts until an Anderson kill gave CSUN a two-point lead at 20-18. After knotting the score at 20-20, Gonzaga would trim the lead to one on a pair of occasions before an Anderson ace and a Nevarez kill sent the Matadors to the 25-22 win.
THIRD SET
CSUN was not able to carry the momentum of set two into the third set as the Zags claimed the first four points of the frame and would never trail. The Matadors would trail by as many as eight (13-5) before a 7-3 run, capped by a Juric kill, pulled CSUN within four at 16-12. But an ensuing 8-3 run by the hosts would seal a 25-16 win.
FOURTH SET
The Matadors again faced an early three-point deficit before putting together a 5-0 run, highlight by an Anderson-Juric block, to take a 10-8 lead. An Anderson ace forced a Gonzaga timeout with CSUN leading 15-12. Kills by Nevarez and Hunter maintained a three-point Matador leads at 17-14 and 18-15 when a 5-0 run by the Zags forced a CSUN timeout at 20-18. The Matadors would rally to within one at 20-19, 21-20, 22-21 and 23-22 before a pair of kills sent Gonzaga to the 25-22 victory.
UP NEXT
The Matadors travel to the San Francisco Bay Area for their next three matches beginning next Friday (Sept. 9) against Penn at 11 a.m.
#UniteTheValley
Team Stats
CSUN
Gonz
Kills
47
46
Errors
28
14
Attempts
147
121
Hitting %
.129
.264
Points
63
61
Assists
45
44
Aces
11
6
Blocks
5
9
Game Leaders
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
10
Aces
4
Blocks
3
Kills
10
Aces
2
Blocks
2
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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