California State University Northridge Athletics
2026 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Paige Sentes
- Position:
- Libero/Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bakersfield, Calif.
- High School:
- Liberty HS
HONORS:
Big West Defensive Player of the Week (9/1/25)
2025 Ridge Invitational All-Tournament Team
2024 Sacramento State Invitational All-Tournament Team
Big West Freshman of the Week (10/9/23)
CSUN - 2025 (Junior)
Paige Sentes appeared in all 30 matches and 120 of CSUN's 121 sets as a junior in 2025 ... tied for team-high honors (Leah Miller) in sets played among CSUN players ... led the Matadors with 494 digs, averaging 4.12 digs per set, which ranked fourth in the Big West ... heads into her senior season with 1,196 career digs, which ranks eighth in CSUN history ... her career digs total also ranks seventh in CSUN's Rally Scoring era ... also finished the 2025 season with 29 aces, which led the team and ranked among the top 15 in the Big West ... has 95 career aces in three aces, which is tied for seventh in program history ... finished fourth on the team with 135 assists and notched five kills from the back row ... recorded double figures in kills 25 times in 30 matches, highlighted by a season-high 27 digs in a five-set win at UC Riverside (Nov. 22) ... had 20 or more digs nine times ... had three aces in a match twice; at San Francisco (Sept. 18) and at UC San Diego (Oct. 25) ... earned Big West Defensive Player of the Week honors (Sept. 1) and was named to the Ridge Invitational All-Tournament Team ... was one of nine Matadors to earn Big West All-Academic team honors.
CSUN - 2024 (Sophomore)
Sentes was one of three Matadors (Katie Kolar, Leah Miller) to appear in 29 matches and 116 sets during her second season at CSUN ... led the Matadors with 468 digs while averaging 4.03 digs per set, which ranked second in the Big West ... her season total in digs ranks sixth in CSUN history and is fifth-best in the program's Rally Scoring era ... heads into her third season in 2025 with 702 career digs over 229 career sets for a 3.07 career digs per set average ... ranked second to Autum Rojelio (31) with a season-best 30 aces (0.26 saps) which ranked just outside the top-20 in the Big West ... finished second on the team with 123 assists (1.23 aps) ... posted a .938 serve-receive percentage with 30 receiving errors on 480 serve receptions ... earned Sacramento State All-Tournament honors after scooping up 67 digs in three matches, including a career-high 31 digs against San Francisco (Sept. 6) ... had double digits in digs in 25 of 29 matches and had 20 or more in a match eight times ... posted her first collegiate double-double with 18 digs and a career-high 12 assists in CSUN's 3-2 win over Portland (Sept. 20) ... was one of four CSUN student-athletes named to the 2024 Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2023 (Freshman)
Sentes appeared in 29 matches and 113 sets in her first season at CSUN as a true freshman ... ranked third on the Matadors with 234 digs, averaging 2.07 digs per set ... led CSUN with 36 aces while averaging 0.32 aces per set which ranked ninth in The Big West ... finished the season with a .918 serve receive percentage in 316 attempts ... also had 27 assists (0.24 aps) along with a pair of kills ... posted double figures in digs seven times, including a season-high 16 digs at San Francisco (Sept. 16) ... also had 15 digs in CSUN's 3-2 win at UC Riverside (Nov. 11) ... earned Big West Freshman of the Week honors on Oct. 9 ... had three aces, four assists, and seven digs in the Matadors' 3-2 win over Long Beach State (Oct. 7).
LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL
Sentes competed in volleyball at Liberty High School in Bakersfield, Calif. ... earned All-Southwest Yosemite River League honors in both 2021 and 2022 ... was also named Defensive Player of the Year for the Patriots who won the CIF Central Section Valley Championship in 2022 ... graduated in 2023.
PERSONAL
Born in Bakersfield, Calif. ... parents are Megan and Russell Sentes ... has two sisters, Kaiah and Mia ... favorites include the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter, the music of Sublime, the TV show "Gossip Girl" and the movie "Home Alone" ... says she chose CSUN because of the "great coaching staff and the team" ... says the best thing about being an athlete is "meeting new people" ... majoring in business law.
CSUN CAREER HIGHS
| Kills | 1 (7x) last vs. Cal State Bakersfield | 11/5/25 |
| Attempts | 2 (6x) last vs. Cal State Fullerton | 10/5/24 |
| Assists | 12 vs. Portland | 9/20/24 |
| Aces | 4 at San Francisco | 9/16/23 |
| Digs | 31 vs. San Francisco | 9/6/24 |
