Long Beach State University Athletics
Friday, October 18
Long Beach, Calif.
7:00 PM
Long Beach State University
5-13 (2-4Big West)
0
vs
3
Cal State Fullerton
10-7 (2-4Big West)
1st set1
2nd set2
3rd set3
FinalF
Cal St. Fullerton
25
25
26
3
Long Beach State
23
23
24
0
Photo by: John Fajardo
Beach Battle, Fall to Cal State Fullerton in Straight Sets
10/18/2019 11:21:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Katie Kennedy had a solid outing with 14 kills on .385 hitting in the loss
Box Score (PDF)
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Long Beach State women's volleyball team lost a tough conference match to Cal State Fullerton on Friday night at the Walter Pyramid as the Beach suffered a 3-0 [23-25, 23-25, 24-26] setback to the Titans.
LBSU (5-13, 2-4 Big West) lost each set by two points, and took Cal State Fullerton (10-7, 2-4 Big West) to overtime in the third set. The Beach hit .233 to the Titans' .344 as Long Beach State was unable to overcome 21 attack errors and 10 service errors in the contest.
Freshman Katie Kennedy was the bright spot for the Beach as she led the team with 14 kills on .385 hitting. Her 14 kills were just one shy of her career-high. Senior middle blocker YiZhi Xue hit .421 with nine kills, while adding five blocks.
Sophomore Carly Aigner-Swesey notched a double-double with 29 assists and 11 digs while splitting time at setter with freshman Tia Chavira who finished the match with 13 assists, six kills, four digs and three blocks.
Aigner-Swesey, along with senior libero Hailey Harward, led the Beach in the back row as the pair each collected 11 digs. Harward has now recorded 1,418 career digs to move into fourth place all-time at Long Beach State.
Cal State Fullerton opened up the game on a 4-0 run, but Long Beach State battled back and evened the score on four separate occasions before the Titans squeaked out a 25-23 win over the Beach.
The second set was much like the first as the conference foes knotted the game three times before Cal State Fullerton pulled out another 25-23 victory.
Trailing two sets to none, Long Beach State opened the third set on a 7-1 run highlighted by an ace from Xue. The Beach held a comfortable lead, but the Titans chipped away before rattling off three straight points to tie the game at 20-20, forcing an LBSU timeout. Following the break in action, the two teams traded points until Fullerton sent it to match point (24-22) on a kill from Julia Crawford. The Beach utilized their second timeout and evened the score once more after back-to-back kills from Xue and Nelson. But the Titans would put the game and match away on a pair of Beach errors.
The Titans were led by Crawford's 15 kills and eight figs. She also added two blocks and hit .314 in the match. Setter Makenzi Abelman added 34 assists to go along with eight digs, while libero Savahna Costello led the team with nine digs.
Long Beach State looks to bounce back on Saturday, Oct. 19 when the Beach hosts UC Irvine in the Black and Blue Rivalry match at 7 p.m.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Long Beach State women's volleyball team lost a tough conference match to Cal State Fullerton on Friday night at the Walter Pyramid as the Beach suffered a 3-0 [23-25, 23-25, 24-26] setback to the Titans.
LBSU (5-13, 2-4 Big West) lost each set by two points, and took Cal State Fullerton (10-7, 2-4 Big West) to overtime in the third set. The Beach hit .233 to the Titans' .344 as Long Beach State was unable to overcome 21 attack errors and 10 service errors in the contest.
Freshman Katie Kennedy was the bright spot for the Beach as she led the team with 14 kills on .385 hitting. Her 14 kills were just one shy of her career-high. Senior middle blocker YiZhi Xue hit .421 with nine kills, while adding five blocks.
Sophomore Carly Aigner-Swesey notched a double-double with 29 assists and 11 digs while splitting time at setter with freshman Tia Chavira who finished the match with 13 assists, six kills, four digs and three blocks.
Aigner-Swesey, along with senior libero Hailey Harward, led the Beach in the back row as the pair each collected 11 digs. Harward has now recorded 1,418 career digs to move into fourth place all-time at Long Beach State.
Caption: Hailey Harward moves into 4th all-time at Long Beach State as she picks up dig No. 1,413 of her career! #GoBeach pic.twitter.com/cC0xEWFcX2
— LBSU W. Volleyball (@LBSU_WVB) October 19, 2019
Cal State Fullerton opened up the game on a 4-0 run, but Long Beach State battled back and evened the score on four separate occasions before the Titans squeaked out a 25-23 win over the Beach.
The second set was much like the first as the conference foes knotted the game three times before Cal State Fullerton pulled out another 25-23 victory.
Trailing two sets to none, Long Beach State opened the third set on a 7-1 run highlighted by an ace from Xue. The Beach held a comfortable lead, but the Titans chipped away before rattling off three straight points to tie the game at 20-20, forcing an LBSU timeout. Following the break in action, the two teams traded points until Fullerton sent it to match point (24-22) on a kill from Julia Crawford. The Beach utilized their second timeout and evened the score once more after back-to-back kills from Xue and Nelson. But the Titans would put the game and match away on a pair of Beach errors.
The Titans were led by Crawford's 15 kills and eight figs. She also added two blocks and hit .314 in the match. Setter Makenzi Abelman added 34 assists to go along with eight digs, while libero Savahna Costello led the team with nine digs.
Long Beach State looks to bounce back on Saturday, Oct. 19 when the Beach hosts UC Irvine in the Black and Blue Rivalry match at 7 p.m.
Team Stats
CSF
LBSU
Kills
40
49
Errors
9
21
Attempts
93
120
Hitting %
.333
.233
Points
48.0
60.0
Assists
36
49
Aces
1
5
Blocks
7.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Kills
14
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
7
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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