Matadors Drop Sunday Dual Match to UAB

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - Behind Abbey Sweeting and Gabriela Griego, the CSUN beach volleyball picked up a straight-set win in the No. 5 pair but the Matadors (7-5) dropped the remaining four matches in a 4-1 loss to UAB Sunday at the CSUN Beach Volleyball Complex.

In the first-ever meeting between the two teams, the Blazers earned the first point of the dual in the No. 4 pair as Ella Alexander and Jessica Ennis topped Seyvion Waggoner and Mac McCarthy, 21-15, 21-16. UAB took a 2-0 lead to close the first flight as Arden Copping and Mikayla Law-Heese held off CSUN's Emily Sparks and Mikaela Maughan in the No, 2 pair, 21-17, 24-22.

After Sweeting and Griego swept Ali O'Donnell and Olivia Stant for their team-leading eighth win of the year (21-18, 21-11) in the 5's, the Blazers clinched the dual win with a 21-18, 21-16 win in the No. 3 pair as Emma Andraka and Adriana Pereira swept True McCullough and Victoria Rogers. Lauren Eknoian and Tasha Mae dropped the opening set to Brooke Pertuit and Jasmine Haas (21-17) before dominating the second set 21-12 setting up a third and deciding set that the Blazers would take 15-9.

COACH ARI HOMAYUN SAID
"We didn't take care of the ball as well as we could have today. We looked a bit sloppy and UAB came out polished and ready to go. We have a lot of work to do and a ton of improvements to make and I'm looking forward to getting in some practice this week before we compete again on Thursday."

UP NEXT
The Matadors will host San Diego City College in a pair of exhibition matches on Thursday (10 a.m./12 p.m.) before traveling to Long Beach to meet Texas and Utah in a tri-dual match on Friday at the LBSU Sand Courts.

UAB 4, CSUN 1
#1 - Pertuit/Haas (UAB) def. Eknoian/Mae (CSUN) – 17-21, 21-12, 15-9
#2 - Copping/Law-Heese (UAB) def. Sparks/Maughan (CSUN) – 21-17, 24-22
#3 - Ostojic/Smith (UAB) def. McCullough/Rogers (CSUN), 21-18, 21-16
#4 - Alexander/Ennis (UAB) def. Waggoner/McCarthy (CSUN) – 21-15, 21-16
#5 - Sweeting/Griego (CSUN) def. O'Donnell/Stant (UAB) – 21-18, 21-11
Exh. - Clifton/Souza (CUI) def. Alvarez/Cederlind (CSUN) - 23-21, 22-20

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Matadors Drop Sunday Dual Match to UAB

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Eknoian

Gabriela Griego

Tasha Mae

Mikaela Maughan

Mac McCarthy

True McCullough

Victoria Rogers

Emily Sparks

Abbey Sweeting

Seyvion Waggoner