California State University at Northridge
Concordia Irvine
CSUN Sweeps Cal State LA to Split Mid-Week Tri-Dual
3/13/2024 5:49:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
CONCORDIA IRVINE 4, CSUN 1
In a rematch from the season opener three weeks ago in Irvine, four of the five pairs went three sets before the visiting Golden Eagles came away with a second straight 4-1 win. CUI claimed the first two points in the first flight behind wins at No. 2 and No. 4. Sara Ostojic and Tatum Smith defeated the Matadors' No. 2 pair of Lauren Eknoian and Tasha Mae by the score of 21-19, 21-18. CUI's Eva Prewitt and Ashleigh Souza made it 2-0 by holding off Abbey Sweeting and Taylor Buckley in three sets (20-22, 21-15, 15-10) in the 4s.
Concordia would clinch its second straight win over CSUN when the No. 1 pair went final as Kali Uhl and Kelissa Lemoine opened the second flight by going the distance to defeat CSUN's Gabriela Griego and MayaMay Brown, 17-21, 21-16, 15-11. The Matadors picked up its only win in the No. 5 pair as Layla Cederlind and Julia Bazylevych pulled out a three-set win over Jordyn Nichols and Lexi Godbey, 24-26, 21-19, 15-12. The final pair at No. 3 would also go to the Golden Eagles as True McCullough and Korah Nordin took CUI's third three-set win of the day, defeating Kinley Lindhardt and Maleya Miles, 17-21, 21-17, 15-6.
Â
CSUN 5, CAL STATE LA 0
After Concordia swept Cal State LA (5-0) in the middle dual, the Matadors dropped just one set against the Golden Eagles in a 5-0 win. Moving into the No. 4 spot, Cederlind and Bazylevych opened the scoring with a 21-14, 21-17 victory over Jameson Sanders and Samarah DaCoud. Eknoian and Mae made it 2-0 CSUN after sweeping Shelby Grubbs and Haley Roundtree, 21-13, 21-18 in the 2s. CSUN would close the first flight with a win in the exhibition (No. 6) pair as Jillian Rodig and Jadin Williams improved to 3-0 on the season with a 21-18, 21-11 win over Matalasi Danielson and Arielle Chandler.
Lindhardt and Miles would clinch the win at the No. 3 spot, posting a dominating 21-6, 21-13 win over Tehya Chadwick and Zuhai Cetin. Griego and Brown also made quick work of Emily Elliott and Ashley Dittmann (21-11, 21-11) in the No. 1 pair before Sweeting and Buckley went three sets to complete the 5-0 sweep, topping Rebecca Topete and Juliana Speiski, 21-16, 18-21, 15-7 in the No. 5 pair.
Final point of the day in the No. 5 pair as #CSUN picks up the 5-0 sweep over Cal State LA#GoMatadors pic.twitter.com/YQxsaA7XaZ
— CSUNBeach (@CSUNBeach) March 13, 2024
COACH ARI HOMAYUNÂ SAID
"Glad we could turn it around today and get a win after falling short to a good Concordia team. It was windy and cold and brutal to be out there and I think CUI did a better job than we did at handling the conditions. We just made one too many errors across the board. But again, stoked that the girls could bounce back and get the win against Cal State LA. Looking forward to more high level volleyball this weekend in Long Beach."
UP NEXT
The Matadors travel to Long Beach this Friday and Saturday for four matches, two against nationally-ranked teams. The Matadors will meet Nebraska and Texas on Friday before taking on No. 11 Arizona State and No. 7 Long Beach State on Saturday.
CONCORDIA IRVINE 4, CSUNÂ 1
#1. Uhl/Lemoine (CUI) def. Griego/Brown (CSUN), 21-17, 17-21, 15-13
#2. Ostojic/Smith (CUI) def. Eknoian/Mae (CSUN), 21-19, 21-18
#3. McCullough/Nordin (CUI) def. Miles/Lindhardt (CSUN), 17-21, 21-17, 15-6
#4. Prewitt/Souza (CUI) def. Buckley/Sweeting (CSUN), 20-22, 21-13. 15-10
#5. Cederlind/Bazylevych (CSUN) def. Nichols/Godbey (CUI), 24-26, 21-19, 15-12
#6. (Exh.)Â Jarosz/Coggins (CSUN) vs. Miller/Houston (CUI), 18-21, 21-19, ended
CSUNÂ 5, CAL STATE LAÂ 0
#1. Griego/Brown (CSUN) def. Elliott/Dittmann (LA), 21-11, 21-11
#2. Eknoian/Mae (CSUN) def. Grubbs/Roundtree (LA), 21-13, 21-18
#3. Miles/Lindhardt (CSUN) def. Chadwick/Cetin (LA), 21-6, 21-13
#4. Cederlind/Bazylevych (CSUN) def. Sanders/DaCoud (LA), 21-14, 21-17
#5. Buckley/Sweeting (CSUN) def. Topete/Speiski (LA), 21-18, 21-9Â Â
#6. (Exh.) Rodig/Williams (CSUN) def. Danielson/Chandler (LA) 21-18, 21-11
#GoMatadors
