SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos volleyball team made program history on Thursday night, claiming the Cougars' first California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Tournament match win with a five-set thriller over Stanislaus State.
 
CSUSM 3 – Stan State 2 (24-26, 25-22, 15-25, 25-18, 15-8)
 
TOP PEROFRMERS
Micah Hébert – 14 kills | .481 attack percentage | 2 total blocks
Maddy Newcombe – 12 kills | 5 total blocks
Olivia Aguilar – 12 kills | 15 digs | 6 blocks
Grecia Cordero-Barr – 26 digs | 3 aces
Kassy Doering – 7 total blocks | 6 kills
Mackenzie Jennings – 9 kills | .500 attack percentage | 4 total blocks
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Down 9-5 in the first set, the Cougars fought back to even the match at 14-all on a block by Doering and Aguilar.
• CSUSM took its first lead of the opening set at 19-18 on a Warrior hitting error.
•  A 6-0 run gave the Warriors a 26-24 win in the first set.
• Once again, CSUSM found itself down early, but Doering and Aguilar put together a big block to give the Cougars a 16-15 lead in the second set.
• A Cordero-Barr ace lifted the Cougars to a 22-19 lead, forcing Stan State to take its second timeout of the set.
• A 25-22 CSUSM win in the second set evened the match at 1-1.
• The Cougars hit a match low .200 in the third set, eventually falling 25-15.
• After knotting the score at 4-4 in the fourth set, CSUSM never trailed and finished with a .368 clip.
• CSUSM cruised to a 25-18 win in the fourth to force a fifth set.
• The turning point in the fifth set came after three consecutive kills by Hébert gave the Cougars a 9-4 lead.
• CSUSM clinched the match win after a 15-8 fifth-set victory.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM improves to 16-10 while Stan State's season comes to an end at 16-10.
• The Cougars are 2-0 in five-set matches this season with their first coming at Humboldt State on Oct. 24.
• CSUSM hit over .300 in three of the sets, finishing with a .471 (9K-1E-17TA) clip in the fifth set.
• The Cougars went error free in hitting in the fourth set, tallying 14 kills on 38 attempts.
• CSUSM outblocked Stan State 13-8 with five blockd coming in the fourth set.
• Four of Newcombe's five block assists came in the fourth set.
• Four of CSUSM's eight service aces were tallied in the opening set.

 

 
UP NEXT
The Cougars will face top-seeded and No. 1 nationally-ranked Cal State San Bernardino at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Coussoulis Arena.