CSUN Completes Home Season With Doubleheader Sweep Over Cal State LA

Wednesday, April 10

Northridge, CA

10:00 a.m.

California State University at Northridge

Cal State LA

Photo by: Steve Fitzgerald

CSUN Completes Home Season With Doubleheader Sweep Over Cal State LA

4/10/2024 4:01:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The CSUN beach volleyball celebrated senior day on Wednesday as the Matadors swept a pair of dual matches over Cal State LA to close the home season. CSUN improved to 16-15 on the season and is now one win away from matching the program record for season wins.

In defeating the Golden Eagles for the 14th consecutive time dating back to 2017, the Matadors did not drop a single set on the day, winning 2-0 in all 10 pairs. CSUN honored its lone senior, Taylor Buckley in a ceremony between the two matches.

CSUN 5, LA 0
The Matadors opened the day with a 5-0 win which snapped a three-match skid for CSUN dating back to a 4-1 loss to Southeastern Louisiana last Wednesday. The Matadors took the first two points in the opening flight in quick fashion, as CSUN won the No. 2 match, 21-13, 21-7 behind the 14th win of the season for Lauren Eknoian and Tasha Mae. Abbey Sweeting and Maleya Miles also made quick work of Jameson Sanders and Samarah DaCoud in the 4's, winning 21-11, 21-16. The Matadors also won the No. 6 (exhibition) pair as Haley Coggins and Sophia Jarosz swept Brooke Page and Matalasi Danielson, 21-8, 21-9.

The match went final for CSUN when Buckley partnered with Layla Cederlind at No. 5 and defeated Rebecca Topete and Juliana Speiski, 21-11, 21-15. Kinley Lindhardt and Julia Bazylevych then dominated in the No. 3 pair, defeating Tehya Chadwick and Zuhal Cetin, 21-5, 21-14 before Gabriela Griego and MayaMay Brown won for the 16th time this season, closing the match by sweeping the No. 1 pair over Emily Elliott and Ashley Dittmann, 21-9, 21-10.

CSUN 5, LA 0
The afternoon dual finished similarly as all five CSUN pairs won 2-0. Sweeting and Miles opened the scoring with a 21-10, 21-14 victory over Sanders and DaCoud. The two wins on the day gave Sweeting 10 wins this season and 56 for her CSUN career (third all-time). Eknoian and Mae put the Matadors up 2-0 with a 21-15, 21-14 win over Shelby Grubbs and Haley Roundtree at No. 2. The CSUN pair improved to 15-15 on the season, while Eknoian won for the 58th time in her career (second all-time). The 6's closed out the flight as Jillian Rodig and Jadin Williams swept Page and Danielson by the score of 21-11, 21-9.

The clinching win came from Griego and Brown who improved to 17-14 on the season with a 21-18, 21-13 win over Elliott and Dittmann in the No. 1 pair on center court. Buckley and Cederlind then picked up a 21-11, 21-11 win over Topete and Speiski at No. 5 which was Buckley's 10th win of the season. The Matadors would complete the sweep in the No. 3 pair as Lindhardt and Bazylevych swept Chadwick and Cetin, 21-18, 21-12.

COACH ARI HOMAYUN SAID
"Stoked to get two wins on our senior day. Coming down the homestretch of our season and each time we get to compete is another opportunity for us to put together our best volleyball. Again, we are hoping to peak in two weeks at our conference tournament, and we have another great opportunity this Friday against Bakersfield. It will just come down to being able to control the ball on our side of the net. When we can better the ball, we play pretty good volleyball."

UP NEXT
The Matadors wrap up their five-match week on Friday, traveling to Bakersfield to meet the Roadrunners in a single match at 10 a.m. at the Barnes Beach Volleyball Complex. CSUN closes out the regular season a week from Saturday (Apr. 20) as the Matadors travel to Loyola Marymount to meet the Lions and Arizona in their final tri-dual of the season.

CSUN 5, LA 0

#1. Griego/Brown (CSUN) def. Elliott/Dittmann (LA), 21-19, 21-10
#2. Eknoian/Mae (CSUN) def. Grubbs/Roundtree (LA), 21-13, 21-7
#3. Bazylevych/Lindhardt (CSUN) def. Chadwick/Cetin (LA), 21-5, 21-14
#4. Sweeting/Miles (CSUN) def. Sanders/DaCoud (LA), 21-11, 21-16
#5. Cederlind/Buckley (CSUN) def. Topete/Speiski (LA), 21-11, 21-16
#6. Coggins/Jarosz (CSUN) def. Page/Danielson (LA), 21-8, 21-9

CSUN 5, LA 0

#1. Griego/Brown (CSUN) Elliott/Dittmann (LA), 21-18, 21-13
#2. Eknoian/Mae (CSUN) def. Grubbs/Roundtree (LA), 21-15, 21-14
#3. Bazylevych//Lindhardt (CSUN) def. Chadwick/Cetin (LA), 21-18, 21-12
#4. Sweeting/Miles (CSUN) def. Sanders/DaCoud (LA), 21-10, 21-14
#5. Cederlind/Buckley (CSUN) def. Topete/Speiski (LA), 21-11, 21-11
#6. Rodig/Williams (CSUN) def. Page/Danielson (LA), 21-11, 21-9

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