Long Beach State University Athletics
Long Beach State University
5-5 (3-4)
Pacific
6-5 (4-3)
Beach Falls to Pacific in Four
2/3/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Volleyball
49ers Fall to Pacific in Four
LONG BEACH, CA -- Long Beach State (5-5, 3-4 MPSF) dropped a tough one to the University of Pacific (6-5, 4-3 MPSF) on Saturday evening at the Walter Pyramid. Game scores were 30-27, 30-32, 30-22, 30-25. The Tigers out-hit the 49ers .291 to .186 and also had 36 digs compared to LBSU's 23. Paul Lotman led the 49ers for the second night in a row with a match-high 25 kills while hitting .417. Dean Bittner had nine kills to go along with eight blocks, while Teddy Liles chipped in six kills. Dustin Watten posted nine digs and Conor Eaton dished out 50 assists. Pekka Seppanen led the Tigers with 19 kills and eight digs. Matt Cornell had 14 kills, while Simon Chen-Byerley chipped in 11 kills with only two errors for a .600 clip. Despite a run late in game one, Long Beach State could not overcome the deficit as they fell to Pacific 27-30. The 49ers took their first lead of the game at 8-7 after a kill from Bittner. The two teams then battled back and forth before Pacific went on a 10-4 run to go up by six points (25-19). LBSU was able to hold off three game points as they came within two at 27-29 after a block by Liles, but a kill by Maor Nutkevitch ended the set. The Tigers hit .382 to the 49ers .250 in game one. Thanks to Lotman's five kills late in game two the 49ers pulled out a 32-30 victory. LBSU held a four-point lead (24-20) late in the set, but saw it slip away as the Tigers came back to tie the game up at 26-26 after a kill by Seppanen. LBSU refused to let the game get away from them as a kill by Lotman put the 49ers up 31-30, and a block by Fletcher Anderson and Bittner ended the set. The 49ers were more effective on offense in game two as they hit .342, while holding the Tigers to a .214 clip. Long Beach State struggled late in game three as they fell 22-30. The 49ers were neck in neck with the Tigers until Pacific went on 13-4 run to close out the set. LBSU could not find a rhythm as they hit .062 in game three. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
