California State University at Northridge
Cal State Bakersfield
CSUN Hosts Bakersfield on Wednesday, Travels to Hawai'i
11/5/2025 9:49:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
CSUNÂ THIS WEEK:
MATCH #24Â (BIG WESTÂ #13)
Bakersfield Roadrunners (5-19, 2-10) @ CSUN Matadors (13-10, 6-6)
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025Â - 6:00 p.m. PT
Premier America Credit Union Arena - Northridge, Calif.
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MATCH #25 (BIG WESTÂ #14)
CSUNÂ Matadors @ Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 - 10:00 p.m. PT
Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center - Honolulu, O'ahu
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In-game X updates:Â @CSUNWVB
CSUN WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL MEDIA NOTES
FORÂ STARTERS
The CSUN Women's Volleyball team (13-10, 6-6 Big West) wraps up a three-match homestand against Bakersfield on Wednesday before the Matadors pack up and head to Hawai'i for a Friday match in Honolulu. First serve on Wednesday is scheduled for 6 p.m., while Friday is set for a 10 p.m. PT first serve.
The Matadors, who finished the first half of conference play at 6-4, opened the second half of the Big West season last week, falling to UC Santa Barbara (3-0) and Cal Poly (3-2) in Northridge.
FOLLOW YOUR MATADORS
Both matches this week will stream live on ESPN+, and both matches will have live stats at GoMatadors.com. For CSUN home matches, Darren Preston returns to call women's volleyball in 2025 and will be joined by men's volleyball assistant coach Ryan Mason for select matches.
Fans can follow CSUN Matador women's volleyball online at the official home of CSUN athletics, www.GoMatadors.com. Fans are also encouraged to check the CSUN Athletics Department's official X feed (@GoMatadors) and the volleyball-specific feed (@CSUNWVB) for news and notes throughout the week, as well as updates of matches in progress.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Cal State Bakersfield (5-19, 2-10 Big West) is currently tied for 10th in the Big West with a 2-10 conference record. The Runners have dropped three straight and six of their last seven after falling to both Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara in straight sets at home last week. Bakersfield's last win came over UC San Diego (3-1) on Oct. 23. As a team, the Runner rank eighth in the Big West in hitting at .168. Nicole Zake leads CSUB, averaging 3.21 kills per set which ranks ninth in the Big West.
Series: Wednesday's match is the 48th meeting all-time between the Matadors and Runners, with CSUN leading the all-time series 35-12. CSUN claimed the first meeting this season, winning in four sets in Bakersfield on Oct. 2. The Matadors are 17-4 all-time against Bakersfield in Northridge.
Hawai'i (9-14, 5-7 Big West) returns home to host CSUN and Bakersfield after earning a split on the road last week. The Rainbow Wahine completed a run of five road matches in a six-match stretch with a 3-1 loss at UC Davis, followed by a 3-1 win at UC Riverside last Saturday to move into a tie with UC Irvine for sixth place in the Big West standings. Senior middle Bri Gunderson notched 28 kills on .481 hitting - along with nine blocks - to move into fifth in the Big West at 1.10 blocks per set.
Series: Friday's match is the 35th meeting all-time between CSUN and Hawai'i, with the Rainbow Wahine holding a 31-3 lead in the all-time series. The Matadors snapped an 18-match skid to UH with a straight-set (25-21, 25-21, 25-12) win in Northridge on Oct. 4. CSUN is still looking for its first win in Honolulu, as CSUN is 0-20 all-time on the Rainbow Wahine's home court.
SENTES MOVES INTO 10TH IN RALLY SCORING DIGS
CSUN junior libero Paige Sentes moved past Laura Walter into 10th place on the CSUN Rally Scoring era digs list two weeks ago. With 17 digs in two matches last week, Sentes now has 1,089 career digs while averaging 3.439 digs per set over 321 career sets. With her 10th dig in a 13-dig performance at UC Irvine on Oct. 11, Sentes became the 12th CSUN player to reach 1,000 digs in her career.
Cindy Ortiz (2009-12) holds the all-time CSUN and rally scoring era records with 1,456 digs, while Alexis Cormier (1998-01) holds the sideout scoring era record with 1,194 career digs. Sentes, a two-time Big West Defensive Player of the Week in 2025, leads the Matadors with 387 digs this season while averaging 4.21 digs per set, which ranks fourth in the conference. Sentes is one of only five players in the Big West with over 300 digs this season.Â
CSUN'S BIG WEST RANKINGS
As a team, the Matadors rank as high as fourth in the Big West in aces per set at 1.41. CSUN is fifth this week in four other categories: hitting percentage (.211), kills per set (12.58), digs per set (14.24), and points per set (16.22). Individually, five Matadors appear in the top 10 this week. Sentes ranks fourth in digs per set (4.21), Tatiana Tatiana Turgeon is fourth in blocks per set (1.10), Hayley Ogden is fifth in hitting (.327), Katie Kolar is eighth is assists per set (6.71), and Saniyah Sobers is ninth in aces per set (0.27).
MATADOR QUICK SETS
CSUN opens the week alone in fifth in the Big West standings at 6-6. The Matadors are one game ahead of both Hawai'i and UC Irvine which sit at 5-7. CSUN trails fourth-place UC Santa Barbara (9-3) by three games while the top three teams entering the week are UC Davis (11-1), Cal Poly (10-2), and Long Beach State (10-2) ... Freshman Layla Moore posted a season-high 10 blocks against Cal Poly, the most by a CSUN player in 2025 ... Junior Iye Okolo served up the first three aces of her career against Cal Poly on Saturday ... Junior Hailey Brockway recorded her first double-doubles of the season last week with identical 13 kill-11 dig performances against UCSB and Cal Poly. The double-double vs. UCSB marked Brockway's first since posting 20 kills and 12 digs against UC Davis on Oct. 19, 2024.
CSUN HEAD COACH AQUILES MONTOYAÂ
Aquiles Montoya opens his second season as head coach of the CSUN Women's Volleyball team in 2025. In his first season, Montoya led the Matadors to a 10-19 overall record, as CSUN reached double figures in wins for the first time since 2019. With five Big West wins, Montoya led CSUN to its highest conference win total in three seasons. He was named the ninth head coach of the CSUN women's volleyball program on Apr. 10, 2024. Montoya arrived at CSUN after spending the past four seasons as associate head coach and director of recruiting at Portland State. Portland State made consecutive postseason appearances in 2021 and 2022, qualifying for the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC). The Vikings won their first-round match in 2021, giving Portland State its first win at a national postseason tournament in Division I program history. The Vikings' rise in the Big Sky Conference coincided with Montoya's tenure as an assistant and associate head coach under Portland State head coach Michael Seeman. The Vikings posted winning seasons, both overall and in conference play, in each of Montoya's last three seasons while reaching the Big Sky championship match in 2022, their first appearance since 2013. Prior to Portland State, Montoya spent the previous three seasons as the lead assistant of the Pacific Boxers' varsity team.
LOOKING AHEAD
Following Friday's match in Honolulu, CSUN returns to Northridge for its final two home matches of the season against UC Irvine (Nov. 13) and Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 15). The Matadors conclude the regular season on the road at UC Davis (Nov. 20) and UC Riverside (Nov. 22).
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