California State University at Northridge
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Matadors Drop a Pair to #2 LMU, #16 Washington at Battle For LA
2/28/2025 4:40:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
NO. 2 LMUÂ 5, CSUN 0
In their first road dual match of the season. the Matadors came up short in all five pairs to the No. 2-ranked Lions. LMU opened the scoring on the No. 2 court, as Abbey Thorup and Lisa Luini won a tight opening set over Haley Coggins and Dylan Hall, 22-20, before closing out a 21-12 win. On the No. 4 court, Isabelle Reffel and Magdalena Rabitsch also pulled out a 24-22, 21-9 win over Maleya Miles and Layla Cederlind to put the Lions up 2-0. The Lions' No. 5 pair of Jaeya Brach and Gi Poletti Corrales clinched the dual win with a 21-10, 21-11 Hannah Heflin and Morgan Gillinger. LMU's Michelle Shaffer and Vilhelmina Prithi then swept Tasha Mae and Kinley Lindhardt (21-14, 21-11) at No. 1 and Chloe Hooker and Liv Johnson defeated Tia Mendiola and Ainsley Patrick on the No. 3 court (21-13, 22-20) to close out the 5-0 win.
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NO. 16 WASHINGTON 3, CSUN 2
The Matadors and No. 16 Huskies went toe-to-toe in the noon match as CSUN looked to spring the upset. Washington picked up the opening point when Katarina Pantovic and Lauren Wilcock topped Coggins and Hall, 21-11, 21-11. The Huskies opened up a 2-0 lead when Emma Hohenauer and Sarah Wilcock held off Miles and Cederlind in three sets in the No. 4 pair by the score of 14-21, 21-13, 15-8. Mae and Lindhardt pulled CSUN within 2-1 with a 22-20, 21-18 on the No. 1 court over Teila Allen and Jade Sadeiko. Washington's Hannah Doyle and Alina Urzua then clinched the win on the No. 5 court with a 21-9, 21-18 over Heflin and Gillinger before Mendiola and Patrick came back from one-set down to claim the final two sets (17-21, 22-20, 15-13) over Brooke Balue and Niki Egan to make the final 3-2.
COACH ARI HOMAYUNÂ SAID
"Today was a fantastic test for us. Getting to play against the No. 2 team in the country was such a wonderful opportunity. I think it was a super important match for our girls to see how we stack up and I'm stoked the girls rose to the occasion instead of shrinking from it. A tough second loss to Washington, but again, the girls are proving they can compete. We did a lot of things well, and we definitely have some holes in our game that we need to keep improving on at practice. We are feeling good going into tomorrow!"
UP NEXT
The Matadors conclude the Battle for LA on Saturday, taking on top-ranked UCLA and Pepperdine at Mapes Beach on the UCLA campus.
NO. 2 LMUÂ 5, CSUN 0
#1. Shaffer/Prihti (LMU) def. Mae/Lindhardt (CSUN), 21-14, 21-11
#2. Thorup/Luini (LMU) def. Coggins/Hall (CSUN), 22-20, 21-12
#3. Hooker/Johnson (LMU) def. Mendiola/Patrick (CSUN), 21-13, 22-20
#4. Reffel/Rabitsch (LMU) def. Miles/Cederlind (CSUN), 24-22, 21-9
#5. Brach/Poletti Corales (LMU) def. Heflin/Gillinger (CSUN), 21-10, 21-11
#6. Davis/Bowers (LMU) def. Gonzalez-Hughes/Bazylevych (CSUN), 21-14, 21-15
#1. Mae/Lindhardt (CSUN) def. Allen/Sadeiko (UW), 22-20, 21-18
#2. Pantkovic/Wilcock(UW) def. Coggins/Hall (CSUN), 21-11, 21-11
#3. Mendiola/Patrick (CSUN) def. Balue/Egan (UW), 17-21, 22-20, 15-13
#4. Hohenauer/Wilcock (UW) def. Miles/Cederlind (CSUN), 14-21, 21-13, 15-8
#5. Doyle/Urzua (UW) def. Heflin/Gillinger (CSUN), 21-9, 21-18
#6. Majernikova/Wimmer (UW) def. Gonzalez-Hughes/Bazylevych (CSUN), 21-14, 20-22, 15-13Â
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