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CSUN Set for Four Dual Matches at Boise State Classic
4/2/2026 10:45:00 AM | Beach Volleyball
MATADORS THIS WEEK - BOISE STATE CLASSIC:
Friday, Apr. 3, 2026
Boise State Beach Complex - Boise, Idaho
CSUN vs. Oregon - 8:00Â a.m. PT l Live Scoring
CSUN vs. UTEPÂ - 2:00 p.m. PT l Live Scoring
Saturday, Apr. 4, 2026
Boise State Beach Complex - Boise, Idaho
CSUN vs. Santa Clara - 9:30Â a.m. l Live Scoring
CSUN @ #20 Boise State - 3:30 p.m. l Live Scoring
In-game X updates:Â @CSUNBeach
FORÂ STARTERS
CSUN Beach Volleyball opens the final month of the regular season this week as the Matadors travel to the Boise State Classic for four dual matches this weekend. CSUN (6-15) will take on Oregon (9 a.m.) and UTEP (2 p.m.) on Friday and Santa Clara (9:30 a.m.) and the host Broncos (3:30 p.m.) on Saturday.
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Oregon (11-10) picked up a pair of 4-1 road wins last Sunday in Portland to improve to 11-10 on the season. The Ducks, who have defeated the Pilots four times over the past week, have now won five straight over, which began with a 3-2 win over the Matadors at the Mustang Roundup in San Luis Obispo on Mar. 14.
Series: Friday's dual match is just the fourth all-time between CSUN and Oregon. The Ducks lead 3-2 in the series after their 3-2 win on Mar. 14. The Matadors earned their first-ever win in beach volleyball over the Ducks in Los Angeles in CSUN's inaugural season in 2014. The two teams also met in Northridge in 2022, with CSUN taking a 4-1 win.
UTEP (7-13) split four dual matches at the Stampede Beach Opener in Tampa, Fla., last weekend. The Miners defeated Sam Houston (5-0) to open the event, before falling to South Florida (4-1) and UAB (5-0). UTEP closed the weekend with a 4-1 victory over Stephen F. Austin. The Miners' Paulina Acuna and Madison Hill have 10 pairs wins on the season.
Series: Friday's dual match is just the second all-time between CSUN and UTEP. The Matadors won the first dual between the two teams in Malibu in 2025, taking a 3-2 win behind wins in the No. 1, No. 3, and No. 5 pairs.
Santa Clara (11-10) dropped three of its four dual matches at the West Coast Challenge last weekend in Santa Cruz. The Broncos opened with a 5-0 win over Portland before falling to Pepperdine (4-1), No. 8 LMU (5-0), and Saint Mary's (3-2). Santa Clara opened the season with five straight wins before losing to top-ranked Stanford on Feb. 27. Since then, the Broncos 6-9 over their last 15 duals.
Series: Saturday's dual match is the fourth all-time between CSUN and Santa Clara, with the Matadors leading the all-time series, 2-1. The Broncos claimed the first meeting (4-1) in 2016, before CSUN claimed 5-0 wins in both 2020 and 2025.
No. 20 Boise State (9-11) split four dual matches at the Big 12 Preview tournament last weekend. The Broncos defeated No. 20 Arizona (3-2) on Friday before finishing the weekend with a 3-2 win over No. 19 South Carolina. Boise State also fell to No. 5 Florida State (5-0) and No. 7 TCU (5-0) at the event in Fort Worth, Texas. The Broncos come into this week having won 20 consecutive home dual wins, a streak that began in 2020.
Series:Â Saturday's dual between CSUN and Boise State is the sixth all-time, with the Broncos holding a slim 3-2 edge in the series. The Matadors claimed a 3-2 win in the first-ever dual between the two teams in 2015 before Boise State won three straight from 2021-23. CSUN also won 3-2 in the most recent meeting in March 2023 in Northridge.
CSUN CLAIMS A PAIR OF WINS IN IRVINE
The Matadors picked up a pair of dual wins on Friday (Mar. 27), defeating Vanguard, 3-2, and Concordia Irvine, 5-0, at OC Great Park. CSUN opened the day with a tight 3-2 win over the Lions, before blanking the Golden Eagles to avenge a season-opening 3-2 loss at home.
CSUN delivered a strong performance to open Friday's competition, defeating Vanguard for the eighth straight time in the all-time series.
The Matadors set the tone right away with a straight-set win as Jill Rodig and Ainsley Patrick defeated Anne Mayfield and Jayden Sterling in the No. 4 pair, 21-17, 21-16. The Lions pulled even on the No. 2 court when Cassy Smits Van Oyen and Hayden Johnston held off Tia Mendiola and Zaria Henderson by the score of 20-22, 21-12, 15-13 to even the dual.
Haley Coggins and Daysha Halbert then posted a convincing 21-7, 21-9 on the No. 5 court to put CSUN up 2-1. The Matadors' No. 3 pair of Dylan Hall and Ava Rodgers then won for the ninth time this season, clinching the dual win for CSUN by defeating Jordan Packer and Avery Bennett, 21-7, 21-10.
Vanguard would claim the final point of the dual as Thea Snider and Josephine Springer held off Hannah Heflin and Maleya Miles in three sets on the No. 1 court, 17-21, 21-19, 17-15.
In the second dual of the day, the Matadors rallied with a series of three-set victories to defeat Concordia Irvine, 5-0.
Rodig and Patrick picked up the first of CSUN's five three-set wins to open the scoring. The Matador pair defeated Jordan Vander Veen and Rosie Cline, 13-21, 21-16, 15-10. Mendiola and Henderson got back in the win column at No. 2, also coming back after dropping set one to defeat Aliyah Moore and Teagan Algarra, 11-21, 21-16, 15-11.
Coggins and Halbert then earned a three-set (16-21, 25-23, 15-6) win over Madi Kelly and Emma Hugeback in the No. 5 pair to clinch the dual. Heflin and Miles also went three sets to defeat Concordia for the second time this season, winning 21-19, 13-21, 15-13 in the No. 1 pair. Hall and Rogers then won for the 10th time this season, 16-21, 21-14, 15-8 over Lexi Godbey and Olivia Medina on the No. 3 court.
CSUN QUICK SETS
With wins over Vanguard and Concordia last week, Dylan Hall and Ava Rogers have now won a season-high five straight duals. Hall and Rogers, who have won a team-best 10 times this season, haven't lost since a 2-0 loss to No. 3 Cal Poly on Mar. 21 ... Rogers leads CSUN with 11 individual wins in 2026, followed by Hall with 10 ... Haley Coggins and Daysha Halbert have won six of their last nine dual matches to improve to 9-12 on the season. CSUN's No. 5 pair now ranks second on the team in pairs wins, just ahead of Hannah Heflin and Maleya Miles, who have eight wins ... Heflin now has 31 individual wins in her CSUN career, followed by Hall with 30.
CSUN BEACH HISTORY
The Matadors are 140-163 (.462) all-time in their 12th season of beach volleyball, including a 73-38 (.658) record on their home sand. CSUN set a program record for single-season wins with 18 in 2025. The Matadors finished with 17 wins in 2023 (17-16), 2022 (17-17), and 2018 (17-8).
UP NEXT
Following the Boise State Classic, CSUNÂ will travel to Long Beach on Apr. 11Â to take on Concordia Irvine and Long Beach State in a tri-dual beginning at 11 a.m.
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