Women’s Volleyball Dispatches UC Riverside In Three Sets To Start Final Homestand

Friday, November 13

Long Beach, Calif.

7 p.m.

Long Beach State University

21-4,13-2Big West

UC Riverside

4-22,0-15Big West

Team	1	2	3	Final F
UC Riverside	23	14	19	0
Long Beach St.	25	25	25	3

11/13/2026 9:39:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Sidney Hamaker tied a career-high with six aces in the sweep.

By: Roger Kirk, Associate Athletics Director, Communications & Broadcast

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Long Beach State held off a late challenge in the first set from UC Riverside before going on to a 25-23, 25-14, 25-19 win on Friday night in the first of four straight matches at home to close the regular season.

Long Beach State (21-4, 13-2 Big West) featured a balanced attack on the night, with six hitters finishing with six, seven or eight total kills on .341 total hitting in a commanding performance against UC Riverside (4-22, 0-15 Big West).

Sidney Hamaker and Reagan Hope got the Beach going early as the Beach scored seven straight points to begin the match. Even though LBSU had jumped out to an early lead, UC Riverside continued to battle and hung around in the first set with a number of comebacks. The Highlanders would eventually tie the set at 15-15, but would neve lead as the Beach used a service error to side out and then made a rally of their own, pushing with a kill from Chloe Johnson and a Hamaker ace to take a 19-15 lead. On top 23-26, after a block from Pola Bujnarowska and Madi Maxwell, The Highlanders closed in once more, pulling within one at 24-23, but Maxwell found Bujnarowska for a kill to finish off the set 25-23.

Hamaker got the Beach rolling early in the second set with kill as part of a 5-0 run to start the match, and the Beach were on top 10-3 early after a Chloe Johnson kill and back-to-back aces from Hamaker. In the second, there was no letup, as Maxwell found Hope on a slide to push the lead to 15-4 prior to a UC Riverside timeout. The fourth ace of the night from Hamaker made the second set score 23-11, and the Beach finished off the second with a 25-14 win, taking advantage of nine errors in the set for the highlanders.

With Hamaker on serve, the sophomore hit two more aces back-to-back to open up a 6-2 lead in the third with her fifth and sixth of the night, tying the fifth-most aces in a match in program history. Continuing to push, a kill from Hope made the score 14-7 before two final kills from Madi Maxwell finished off the match as the Beach hit .375 in the third set for a 25-19 victory.

The Beach remains at home for their final three matches, continuing tomorrow when Long Beach State is scheduled to host California Baptist at 6 p.m. on ESPN+ inside the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid.