Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SAN BERNARDINO – The Cal State San Marcos volleyball team's win streak came to an end on Thursday after dropping a pair of matches to Alaska Anchorage and Simon Fraser on the first day of the D2 West Region Showcase.
 
MATCH 1: Alaska Anchorage 3 – CSUSM 1 (26-24, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Kassy Doering – .438 attack percentage | 8 kills
Grecia Cordero-Barr – 28 digs | 2 aces
Olivia Aguilar – 9 kills | 10 digs
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars jumped out to a great start, holding a 24-16 lead before the Seawolves went on a 10-0 run to snag the first set at 26-24.
• After trading leads until the 12-all point in the second set, CSUSM closed it to one point at 16-15 before UAA pulled away to 20-15. The Seawolves would take a 2-0 lead in the match after a 25-19 win.
• The Cougars bounced back with a hot start in the third set, taking a 16-6 lead and forcing a Seawolf timeout.
• CSUSM held off a 5-0 Seawolf run to top them with a 25-19 third set victory.
• The Cougars evened the game at 14-all on a Cordero-Barr ace, but UAA responded with a 7-1 run to clinch the match victory after a 25-19 win.

 
MATCH 2: Simon Fraser 3 - CSUSM 0 (25-18, 25-16, 28-26)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Olivia Aguilar – 8 kills | 6 digs
Madison Turner – 19 assists | 13 digs
Grecia Cordero-Barr – 20 digs | 6 assists
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars fell behind early and tried to play catch up the entire first set before falling 25-18 to SFU.
• The second set was similar to the first with the Clan coming out on top at 25-16.
• CSUSM took its first two-point lead of the third set on a Mackenzie Jennings kill at 12-10.
• CSUSM caught fire to extend its lead to 22-15 before SFU came charging back to even the set at 24-all.
• Both squads had set-point opportunities, but the Clan came out victorious at 28-26.  

 
 
QUICK HITS

• The Cougars fall to 5-2 on the season.
• The Seawolves improve to 3-2 and will face Cal State San Bernardino in the late match on Thursday.
• The Clan moves up to 3-3 after falling to the Coyotes in three sets earlier in the day.
• After starting the season out-blocking their opponents 48-23, the Cougars were out-blocked on Thursday 20-6.
• In CSUSM's set victory in the first match, the Cougars forced UAA to only seven kills and making seven hitting errors while tallying 15 kills.

 
 
UP NEXT
The Cougars take on Point Loma at 12 p.m. tomorrow in the D2 West Region Showcase.