Wednesday, March 20
Northridge, CA
10:00 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
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Colorado Mesa
Photo by: Steve Fitzgerald
CSUN Splits Midweek Doubleheader vs. Colorado Mesa
3/20/2024 4:04:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - After dropping the opener of a midweek doubleheader, the CSUN beach volleyball team (10-7) bounced back to win the nightcap to earn a split with visiting Colorado Mesa Wednesday at the CSUN Beach Volleyball Complex. The Matadors dropped four of the five scoring pairs in the morning dual, before claiming four of the five pairs in the afternoon contest.
COLORADO MESA 4, CSUN 1
The Mavericks earned their second straight win over the Matadors, 4-1 in Wednesday's opener. The teams split the first two points in the opening flight as CMU's No. 4 pair of Gracyn Spesser and Barett Nolan handed Julia Bazylevych and Layla Cederlind their first loss of the season (21-15, 21-17) before CSUN evened the match when Lauren Eknoian and Tasha Mae took a hard-fought 23-21, 23-21 win over Sierra Hunt and Riley Daughtery in the No. 2 pair. The opening flight closed with CSUN winning the exhibition match as Sophia Jarosz and Haley Coggins swept Cedar Bellows and Lucy Kaufman by the score of 21-16, 21-19.
The visitors would then claim all three matches in the second flight as Savannah Ott and Taylor Scherff opened with a 21-16, 21-15 sweep over Abbey Sweeting and Taylor Buckley in the No. 5 pair. CMU then clinched the win with a 21-18, 21-19 win in the No. 1 pair as Hahni Johnson and Amanda Ollinger topped CSUN's Gabriela Griego and MayaMay Brown. The Mavericks would then outlast CSUN in the final pair at No. 3 as Savannah Spitzer and Sabrina VanDeList took a 21-11, 21-23, 15-13 win over Maleya Miles and Kinley Lindhardt to take the 4-1 win.
CSUN 4, COLORADO MESA 1
The Matadors then turned the tables in the afternoon match, winning by the same 4-1 final. Eknoian and Mae got CSUN off to a good start, sweeping Hunt and Daugherty, 21-15, 21-14 for their eighth win of the season. Bazylevych and Cederlind then made it 2-0 CSUN with a three-set (12-21, 21-18, 15-13) win over Spresser and Nolan at No. 4. The exhibition match between CSUN's Jadin Williams and Jillian Rodig and CMU's Bellows and Kaufman was abandoned with each team winning one set.
The Matadors would clinch their 10th win of the season - and seventh all-time vs. CMU - when Jarosz and Coggins opened the second flight with a 21-19, 21-15 victory over Ott and Scherff in the No. 5 pair. The Mavericks got on the board in the No. 3 pair as Spitzer and VanDeList defeated Miles and Lindhardt, 21-17, 24-22 in the No. 3 pair before CSUN took the No. 1 pair as Griego and Brown dropped the opening set to Johnson and Ollinger before winning the final two sets in a 16-21, 21-19, 15-10 win.
COACH ARI HOMAYUN SAID
"It was finally perfect beach volleyball weather today in Northridge. Stoked we were able to pull out the bounce-back win against Colorado Mesa, which has some athletic girls on their team. We didn't quite execute in our first match and we just made way too many unforced errors. I thought we cleaned up the volleyball a ton in that second match and we just competed harder. There were better efforts and just a higher level of efficiency. This was a good day for us going into this weekend's Big West Challenge where we will see similar-level teams."
UP NEXT
The Matadors next head north for this weekend's Big West Challenge which will be held at UC Davis and Sacramento State. CSUN will play three matches on Friday at UC Davis (UC Davis, Hawai'i. Cal State Bakersfield) before taking on Long Beach State and Sacramento State on Saturday at Sac State's Hornet Beach. The Matadors cap the weekend back at UC Davis against Cal Poly on Saturday at 3 p.m.
COLORADO MESA 4, CSUN 1
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COLORADO MESA 4, CSUN 1
The Mavericks earned their second straight win over the Matadors, 4-1 in Wednesday's opener. The teams split the first two points in the opening flight as CMU's No. 4 pair of Gracyn Spesser and Barett Nolan handed Julia Bazylevych and Layla Cederlind their first loss of the season (21-15, 21-17) before CSUN evened the match when Lauren Eknoian and Tasha Mae took a hard-fought 23-21, 23-21 win over Sierra Hunt and Riley Daughtery in the No. 2 pair. The opening flight closed with CSUN winning the exhibition match as Sophia Jarosz and Haley Coggins swept Cedar Bellows and Lucy Kaufman by the score of 21-16, 21-19.
The visitors would then claim all three matches in the second flight as Savannah Ott and Taylor Scherff opened with a 21-16, 21-15 sweep over Abbey Sweeting and Taylor Buckley in the No. 5 pair. CMU then clinched the win with a 21-18, 21-19 win in the No. 1 pair as Hahni Johnson and Amanda Ollinger topped CSUN's Gabriela Griego and MayaMay Brown. The Mavericks would then outlast CSUN in the final pair at No. 3 as Savannah Spitzer and Sabrina VanDeList took a 21-11, 21-23, 15-13 win over Maleya Miles and Kinley Lindhardt to take the 4-1 win.
CSUN 4, COLORADO MESA 1
The Matadors then turned the tables in the afternoon match, winning by the same 4-1 final. Eknoian and Mae got CSUN off to a good start, sweeping Hunt and Daugherty, 21-15, 21-14 for their eighth win of the season. Bazylevych and Cederlind then made it 2-0 CSUN with a three-set (12-21, 21-18, 15-13) win over Spresser and Nolan at No. 4. The exhibition match between CSUN's Jadin Williams and Jillian Rodig and CMU's Bellows and Kaufman was abandoned with each team winning one set.
The Matadors would clinch their 10th win of the season - and seventh all-time vs. CMU - when Jarosz and Coggins opened the second flight with a 21-19, 21-15 victory over Ott and Scherff in the No. 5 pair. The Mavericks got on the board in the No. 3 pair as Spitzer and VanDeList defeated Miles and Lindhardt, 21-17, 24-22 in the No. 3 pair before CSUN took the No. 1 pair as Griego and Brown dropped the opening set to Johnson and Ollinger before winning the final two sets in a 16-21, 21-19, 15-10 win.
COACH ARI HOMAYUN SAID
"It was finally perfect beach volleyball weather today in Northridge. Stoked we were able to pull out the bounce-back win against Colorado Mesa, which has some athletic girls on their team. We didn't quite execute in our first match and we just made way too many unforced errors. I thought we cleaned up the volleyball a ton in that second match and we just competed harder. There were better efforts and just a higher level of efficiency. This was a good day for us going into this weekend's Big West Challenge where we will see similar-level teams."
UP NEXT
The Matadors next head north for this weekend's Big West Challenge which will be held at UC Davis and Sacramento State. CSUN will play three matches on Friday at UC Davis (UC Davis, Hawai'i. Cal State Bakersfield) before taking on Long Beach State and Sacramento State on Saturday at Sac State's Hornet Beach. The Matadors cap the weekend back at UC Davis against Cal Poly on Saturday at 3 p.m.
COLORADO MESA 4, CSUN 1
#1. Johnson/Ollinger (CMU) def. Griego/Brown (CSUN), 21-18, 21-19
#2. Eknoian/Mae (CSUN) def. Hunt/Daughtery (CMU), 23-21, 23-21
#3. Spitzer/VanDeList (CMU) def. Miles/Lindhardt (CSUN), 21-11, 21-23, 15-13
#4. Spresser/Nolan (CMU) def. Bazylevych/Cederlind (CSUN), 21-15, 21-17
#5. Ott/Scherff (CMU) def. Sweeting/Buckley (CSUN), 21-16, 21-15
#6. Jarosz/Coggins (CSUN) def. Bellows/Kaufman (CMU), 21-16, 21-19
#1. Griego/Brown (CSUN) def. Johnson/Ollinger (CMU), 16-21, 21-19, 15-10
#2. Eknoian/Mae (CSUN) def. Hunt/Daughtery (CMU), 21-15, 21-14
#3. Spitzer/VanDeList (CMU) def. Miles/Lindhardt (CSUN), 21-17, 24-22
#4. Bazylevych/Cederlind (CSUN) def. Spresser/Nolan (CMU), 12-21, 21-18, 15-13
#5. Jarosz/Coggins (CSUN) def. Ott/Scherff (CMU), 21-19, 21-15
#6. Williams/Rodig (CSUN) vs. Bellows/Kaufman (CMU), 19-21, 21-17, abandoned
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