Wednesday, April 3
Northridge, CA
10:00 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
3
vs
2
Southeastern Louisiana
Photo by: Steve Fitzgerald
CSUN Wins One of Two vs. Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday
4/3/2024 4:13:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - For the fourth time in five midweek home duals, the CSUN beach volleyball team split the day as visiting Southeastern Louisiana came back after dropping the opener (3-2) to defeat the Matadors 4-1 in the second match Wednesday at the CSUN Beach Volleyball Complex. CSUN (14-13) dropped the first two points in Wednesday's opener, before battling back to win the final three pairs to claim its 14th win of the season.
CSUN 3, SLUÂ 2
The opening dual would come down to the final pair as CSUN would ultimately win for the 14th time this season. The Lions claimed the first two points in the opening flight as Alexis Logarbo and Maddie Shepston topped Lauren Eknoian and Tasha Mae, 21-19, 24-22 in the No. 2 pair before Makayla Hicks and Mia Sauers put SLU up 2-0 with a three-set comeback over Abbey Sweeting and Maleya Miles in the No. 4 pair, 17-21, 21-18, 16-14. The exhibition (No. 6) match ended the flight as the Matadors' Taylor Buckley and Jillian Rodig defeated Jackie McGee and Lauren Schlotzhauer by the score of 21-18, 21-13.
Needing to win all three pairs in the second flight, the Matadors got off to a good start as Haley Coggins and Sophia Jarosz improved to 5-1 on the season with a 17-21, 21-10, 16-14 win over Carley Petty and Zoe Duggan in the No. 5 match. CSUN then pulled even in the dual when Kinley Lindhardt and Julia Bazylevych swept Mia McKinney and Ysabella Lockwood in the No. 3 pair, 21-17, 22-20. The attention would turn to center court as the No. 1 pair went to three sets before Gabriela Griego and MayaMay Brown pulled out a 26-24, 18-21, 15-10 win over Rachel Hartmann and Andrea Da Silva to clinch the win.
Â
SLU 4, CSUN 1
In the afternoon dual, the two teams split the two points in the first flight as Eknoian and Mae bounced back to sweep Logarbo and Shepston in the No. 2 match, 21-13, 21-12. The win was the 56th career individual win for Eknoian, second-most in program history. SLU's Hicks and Sauers then went three close sets for the second time on the day to top Sweeting and Miles in the No. 4 pair, 17-21, 21-18, 15-12 to even the match. Buckley and Rodig closed the flight by winning for the second time over SLU in the exhibition match, defeating Taylor Stockwell and Sydney Mitchell in straight sets, 21-9, 21-12.
Hartmann and Da Silva put the Lions up 2-1 when SLU's No. 1 pair defeated Griego and Brown, 21-17, 22-20 before Erin Engel and Emmaleigh Vincent pulled out a lengthy three-set win over Coggins and Jarosz in the No. 5 pair (12-21, 24-22, 16-14) to clinch the win. The final pair also went to the Lions as McKinney and Lockwood won in straight sets over Lindhardt and Bazylevych, 21-15, 21-15 at No. 3.
COACH ARI HOMAYUNÂ SAID
"It was good to get that first win this morning. Southeastern Louisiana knows how to battle and they proved that in the second match. We weren't quite handling the ball to the level that we are capable of and SLU took advantage of that. We had opportunities across the board and it was a bummer that we could not capitalize. We play the #9 (LBSU) and #1 (UCLA) teams in the country next Tuesday and we've got to be ready to play some good volleyball and that's what the rest of this week's practice will be about."
UP NEXT
The Matadors will be off until next Tuesday (Apr. 9) when CSUN travels to UCLA's Mapes Beach to take on the top-ranked Bruins and No. 9 Long Beach State in a tri-dual beginning at 1 p.m. The Matadors return home the following day to host Cal State LA in a pair of dual matches at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
CSUN 3, SLU 2
#GoMatadors
CSUN 3, SLUÂ 2
The opening dual would come down to the final pair as CSUN would ultimately win for the 14th time this season. The Lions claimed the first two points in the opening flight as Alexis Logarbo and Maddie Shepston topped Lauren Eknoian and Tasha Mae, 21-19, 24-22 in the No. 2 pair before Makayla Hicks and Mia Sauers put SLU up 2-0 with a three-set comeback over Abbey Sweeting and Maleya Miles in the No. 4 pair, 17-21, 21-18, 16-14. The exhibition (No. 6) match ended the flight as the Matadors' Taylor Buckley and Jillian Rodig defeated Jackie McGee and Lauren Schlotzhauer by the score of 21-18, 21-13.
Needing to win all three pairs in the second flight, the Matadors got off to a good start as Haley Coggins and Sophia Jarosz improved to 5-1 on the season with a 17-21, 21-10, 16-14 win over Carley Petty and Zoe Duggan in the No. 5 match. CSUN then pulled even in the dual when Kinley Lindhardt and Julia Bazylevych swept Mia McKinney and Ysabella Lockwood in the No. 3 pair, 21-17, 22-20. The attention would turn to center court as the No. 1 pair went to three sets before Gabriela Griego and MayaMay Brown pulled out a 26-24, 18-21, 15-10 win over Rachel Hartmann and Andrea Da Silva to clinch the win.
Â
SLU 4, CSUN 1
In the afternoon dual, the two teams split the two points in the first flight as Eknoian and Mae bounced back to sweep Logarbo and Shepston in the No. 2 match, 21-13, 21-12. The win was the 56th career individual win for Eknoian, second-most in program history. SLU's Hicks and Sauers then went three close sets for the second time on the day to top Sweeting and Miles in the No. 4 pair, 17-21, 21-18, 15-12 to even the match. Buckley and Rodig closed the flight by winning for the second time over SLU in the exhibition match, defeating Taylor Stockwell and Sydney Mitchell in straight sets, 21-9, 21-12.
Hartmann and Da Silva put the Lions up 2-1 when SLU's No. 1 pair defeated Griego and Brown, 21-17, 22-20 before Erin Engel and Emmaleigh Vincent pulled out a lengthy three-set win over Coggins and Jarosz in the No. 5 pair (12-21, 24-22, 16-14) to clinch the win. The final pair also went to the Lions as McKinney and Lockwood won in straight sets over Lindhardt and Bazylevych, 21-15, 21-15 at No. 3.
COACH ARI HOMAYUNÂ SAID
"It was good to get that first win this morning. Southeastern Louisiana knows how to battle and they proved that in the second match. We weren't quite handling the ball to the level that we are capable of and SLU took advantage of that. We had opportunities across the board and it was a bummer that we could not capitalize. We play the #9 (LBSU) and #1 (UCLA) teams in the country next Tuesday and we've got to be ready to play some good volleyball and that's what the rest of this week's practice will be about."
UP NEXT
The Matadors will be off until next Tuesday (Apr. 9) when CSUN travels to UCLA's Mapes Beach to take on the top-ranked Bruins and No. 9 Long Beach State in a tri-dual beginning at 1 p.m. The Matadors return home the following day to host Cal State LA in a pair of dual matches at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
CSUN 3, SLU 2
#1. Griego/Brown (CSUN) def. Hartmann/Da Silva (SLU), 26-24, 18-21, 15-10
#2. Logarbo/Shepston (SLU) def. Eknoian/Mae (CSUN), 21-19, 24-22
#3. Bazylevych/Lindhardt (CSUN) def. McKinney/Lockwood (SLU), 21-17, 22-20
#4. Hicks/Sauers (SLU) def. Sweeting/Miles (CSUN), 17-21, 21-18, 16-14
#5. Coggins/Jarosz (CSUN) def. Petty/Duggan (SLU), 17-21, 21-10, 16-14
#6. Buckley/Rodig (CSUN) def. McGee/Scholtzhauer (SLU), 21-18, 21-13
#1. Hartmann/Da Silva (SLU) def. Griego/Brown (CSUN), 21-17, 22-20
#2. Eknoian/Mae (CSUN) def. Logarbo/Shepston (SLU), 21-13, 21-12
#3. McKinney/Lockwood (SLU) def. Bazylevych//Lindhardt (CSUN), 21-15, 21-15
#4. Hicks/Sauers (SLU) def. Sweeting/Miles (CSUN), 17-21, 21-18, 15-12
#5. Engel/Vincent (SLU) def. Coggins/Jarosz (CSUN), 12-21, 24-22, 16-14
#6. Buckley/Rodig (CSUN) def. Stockwell/Mitchell (SLU), 21-9, 21-12
#GoMatadors
Players Mentioned
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
/ Beach Volleyball
A Conversation With Noelle Rooke
Tuesday, May 26
Beach Volleyball Relocation
Wednesday, July 18
Erin Indermill S-A Week Spotlight
Friday, April 13
Lauren Conati Spotlight S-A Week
Wednesday, April 11