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Photo by: Steve Fitzgerald
Visiting Vanguard Knocks Off CSUN in Straight Sets
2/1/2023 8:45:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - Playing its sixth match in a season-long, seven-match homestand, the CSUN men's volleyball team was knocked off by the visiting Vanguard Lions in a non-conference match on Wednesday night at Premier America Credit Union Arena.
With the straight-set win (25-22, 25-20, 25-17), Vanguard improves to 2-1 while the Matadors drop their third straight to fall to 4-5 on the season.
KEY STATISTICS
• Junior Kyle Hobus led the Matadors with 11 kills and two digs, but hit .200 on 25 swings. In his first start of the season, sophomore Lorenzo Bertozzi added six kills (.294).
• Luke Krzmarzick came off the bench to chip in four kills on .375 hitting over the final two sets and Jano Tello had three kills on .143 hitting.
• In just his second start of the season, redshirt freshman Lance Krenik had 20 assists, three digs, three blocks and one ace.
• The visiting Lions out-hit CSUN, .359 (43-15-78) to .197 (30-16-71) as Vanguard limited the Matadors to their fourth-lowest hitting percentage of the season. Vanguard also out-blocked CSUN (10.5-4.5) and had 24 digs to the Matadors' 17. Libero Taylan Cook had a team-high four digs for CSUN in the loss.
• Will Anderson led the Lions with a match-high 14 kills (.417) while Kyle Anema added 11 kills on .364 hitting.
COACH THEO EDWARDS SAID
"It was unfortunate that we weren't at full strength tonight but Vanguard played incredibly well. I felt like we weren't mentally prepared to play and we really came out flat tonight. We just didn't bring the same intensity that we brought last week but we'll regroup and get ready for a tough Stanford team on Friday."
SET 1
After a Malcolm King kill tied the score at 1-1 in the opening set, the visitors scored four straight points and would never trail. A Bertozzi kill pulled CSUN within two at 6-4 but the Lions would answer with a 3-1 run to push the lead back to four at 9-5. The Matadors then rallied behind a 6-2 run to trim the deficit to 12-11 following an Anderson hitting error. But Vanguard would outscore the Matadors 7-2 over the next nine points to open up its largest lead at 19-13. Still down six at 20-14, CSUN put together a late 8-3 run to close to within one at 23-22 but a pair of Lion kills sent the visitors to the 25-22 win.Â
SET 2
With the score tied at 5-5 in the second set, CSUN used a Bertozzi kill, a Vanguard hitting error and a Krenik solo block to open up a three-point cushion at 8-5. The Matadors would maintain at least a one-point lead until the Lions used consecutive kills to re-take the lead 14-13. Vanguard would extend its lead to two before CSUN rallied back to within 20-19 after a Lions hitting error. But a Matador service error on the ensuing point would propel the visitors on a 4-0 run that set up set point at 24-19. CSUN saved one set point before Vanguard wrapped up a 25-20 win with a kill on set point.Â
SET 3
CSUN held a slim 8-7 lead in the final set when Vanguard rolled off nine straight points to open up a 16-8 advantage that the Matadors would not recover from. Still trailing by eight at 20-12, another Hobus kill and a Donovan Constable ace cut the margin to six but CSUN would get no closer as the visitors closed out a 25-17 win.
UP NEXT
The Matadors wrap up their season-long, seven-match homestand on Friday, hosting No. 6 Stanford at 5 p.m. CSUN will host an Alumni Welcome Back mixer following the match.
#UniteTheValley
With the straight-set win (25-22, 25-20, 25-17), Vanguard improves to 2-1 while the Matadors drop their third straight to fall to 4-5 on the season.
KEY STATISTICS
• Junior Kyle Hobus led the Matadors with 11 kills and two digs, but hit .200 on 25 swings. In his first start of the season, sophomore Lorenzo Bertozzi added six kills (.294).
• Luke Krzmarzick came off the bench to chip in four kills on .375 hitting over the final two sets and Jano Tello had three kills on .143 hitting.
• In just his second start of the season, redshirt freshman Lance Krenik had 20 assists, three digs, three blocks and one ace.
• The visiting Lions out-hit CSUN, .359 (43-15-78) to .197 (30-16-71) as Vanguard limited the Matadors to their fourth-lowest hitting percentage of the season. Vanguard also out-blocked CSUN (10.5-4.5) and had 24 digs to the Matadors' 17. Libero Taylan Cook had a team-high four digs for CSUN in the loss.
• Will Anderson led the Lions with a match-high 14 kills (.417) while Kyle Anema added 11 kills on .364 hitting.
COACH THEO EDWARDS SAID
"It was unfortunate that we weren't at full strength tonight but Vanguard played incredibly well. I felt like we weren't mentally prepared to play and we really came out flat tonight. We just didn't bring the same intensity that we brought last week but we'll regroup and get ready for a tough Stanford team on Friday."
SET 1
After a Malcolm King kill tied the score at 1-1 in the opening set, the visitors scored four straight points and would never trail. A Bertozzi kill pulled CSUN within two at 6-4 but the Lions would answer with a 3-1 run to push the lead back to four at 9-5. The Matadors then rallied behind a 6-2 run to trim the deficit to 12-11 following an Anderson hitting error. But Vanguard would outscore the Matadors 7-2 over the next nine points to open up its largest lead at 19-13. Still down six at 20-14, CSUN put together a late 8-3 run to close to within one at 23-22 but a pair of Lion kills sent the visitors to the 25-22 win.Â
SET 2
With the score tied at 5-5 in the second set, CSUN used a Bertozzi kill, a Vanguard hitting error and a Krenik solo block to open up a three-point cushion at 8-5. The Matadors would maintain at least a one-point lead until the Lions used consecutive kills to re-take the lead 14-13. Vanguard would extend its lead to two before CSUN rallied back to within 20-19 after a Lions hitting error. But a Matador service error on the ensuing point would propel the visitors on a 4-0 run that set up set point at 24-19. CSUN saved one set point before Vanguard wrapped up a 25-20 win with a kill on set point.Â
SET 3
CSUN held a slim 8-7 lead in the final set when Vanguard rolled off nine straight points to open up a 16-8 advantage that the Matadors would not recover from. Still trailing by eight at 20-12, another Hobus kill and a Donovan Constable ace cut the margin to six but CSUN would get no closer as the visitors closed out a 25-17 win.
UP NEXT
The Matadors wrap up their season-long, seven-match homestand on Friday, hosting No. 6 Stanford at 5 p.m. CSUN will host an Alumni Welcome Back mixer following the match.
#UniteTheValley
Team Stats
VU
CSUN
Kills
43
30
Errors
15
16
Attempts
78
71
Hitting %
.359
.197
Points
57.5
37.5
Assists
40
30
Aces
4
3
Blocks
10.5
4.5
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
3
Aces
1
Blocks
0
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