California State University at Northridge
San José State
San José State Holds Off CSUN in Five Sets
8/25/2023 10:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
SAN JOSÉ, Calif. – Senior Taylor Orshoff posted her first career double-double but the CSUN women's volleyball team dropped their second match of the Santa Clara/SJSU Invitational to the host San José State Spartans Friday night at Spartan Gym.
Orshoff led CSUN (0-2) with a team-high 13 kills (.233) and a career-high 11 digs but the Matadors dropped their second five-set match of the day. Leah Miller added nine kills while Perri Starkey and Carisa Barron each chipped in seven kills.
For the match, San José State out-hit CSUN .203 to .076 and had seven aces to the Matadors' two. The Spartans also out-blocked CSUN by the total of 14-9.
S1 l #CSUN saves a pair of set points and comes all the way back to win the opening set at San Jose State 26-24#GoMatadors pic.twitter.com/AkBMYUxlfe
— CSUN Women's Volleyball (@CSUNWVB) August 26, 2023
Set 1: CSUN 26, SJSU 24
Neither team held more than a one point lead until CSUN used an Orshoff kill and a pair of Spartan miscues to open up an 11-9 advantage. Another SJSU attack error gave the Matadors a 13-10 lead and CSUN would extend the margin to as many as four at 15-11. Still trailing by three at 18-15, the hosts rallied to tie the score at 18-18 forcing a CSUN timeout. With the score tied at 21-21, the hosts claimed three of the next four points to take set point at 24-22. CSUN would then close the set on a 4-0 to pull out the 26-24 win.
Set 2: SJSU 25, CSUN 21
CSUN jumped out to a 4-0 lead and would lead 5-2 following a Perri Starkey kill. But a 9-1 run by the Spartans erased the CSUN lead and put San José State up 11-6. A 3-0 CSUN run trimmed a 14-9 deficit to two but SJSU quickly built the lead back to six at 20-14. CSUN responded by claiming five of the next seven points to pull within 22-19 but the Spartans would hold on for the 25-21 win.
Set 3: SJSU 25, CSUN 10
The Spartans dominated the set, out-hitting the Matadors .440 to -208. CSUN was within two at 9-7 when San José State claimed six of the next seven points to extend the lead to 15-8. A Spartan service error on the next point pulled CSUN within 15-9 before San Jose State won 10 of the final 11 points in a 25-10 win.
S4 l Barron deals the ACE on set point and for the second straight match #CSUN is going 5 sets ... Matadors come back to win the 4th set 26-24!#GoMatadors pic.twitter.com/zAbqg1qDSE
— CSUN Women's Volleyball (@CSUNWVB) August 26, 2023
Set 4: CSUN 26, SJSU 24
The Spartans jumped out to a 4-0 lead and would eventually lead by seven at 13-6. CSUN then used a 6-2 run to cut into the lead, trailing 15-12 after a co-block from Miller and Tatiana Turgeon. Three straight SJSU points boosted the lead back to 18-12 when CSUN engineered an 8-1 run to take the lead 20-19. A Barron kill gave the Matadors set point at 24-21 when the Spartans saved three set points before a Starkey kill and a Barron ace sent the match to a fifth set.
Set 5: SJSU 15, CSUN 6
The Spartans scored the first five points in the final set and would never trail. A Spartan hitting error trimmed the CSUN deficit to 6-2 but the Matadors would get no closer, falling 15-6.
NOTES
- Taylor Dunlap posted a season-high 18 assists as she and Barron combined for 33 assists for the Matadors.
- Kelsey Knudsen led all players in the match with 23 digs.
- With the win, San José State snapped CSUN's four-match winning streak in the series. The Matadors are now 7-5 all-time against the Spartans.
UP NEXT
CSUN concludes the Santa Clara/SJSU Invitational on Saturday as the Matadors take on California Baptist at Spartan Gym in San Jose at 2 p.m.
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