LOS ANGELES – The Cal State San Marcos volleyball team fell in three sets (17-25, 22-25, 20-25) to Cal State LA in CCAA action on Friday night at University Gym.
 
CSULA 3 – CSUSM 0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-20)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Kassy Doering – 10 kills | two aces | four digs | two blocks
Kiora Ridgeway – nine kills | two blocks
Emily Vander Weide – six kills | .857 clip
Kelsy Rasmussen – 10 digs | four kills
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The first set had six tie scores with CSULA coming out on top for all but one of them.
• The Golden Eagles tallied five blocks in the opening set to CSUSM's one.
• CSULA broke away at the 8-all mark with a 9-4 run.
• The Cougars cut CSULA's lead to 17-15 on a Ridgeway kill.  
• CSULA closed out the first set with five unanswered points to win 25-17.
• The Cougars quickly found themselves down 7-1 in the second set and played catchup the rest of the set.
• CSUSM came within one at 23-22 on a Stephanie Adams ace, but CSULA put back-to-back kills down to clinch the win.
• The Golden Eagles put together a .368 hitting percentage (18k-4e-38ta) in the second frame to claim the 25-22 win.
• CSUSM came out strong in the third set, taking a 5-3 lead on a Doering ace to force an early CSULA timeout.
• The Golden Eagles once again went on a run to take a 12-8 lead.
• CSULA never allowed the Cougars to come within three for the rest of the set, recording the sweep with a 25-20 set win.  

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM falls to 9-8 overall and 6-5 in CCAA action.
• The Golden Eagles improve to 13-5 on the season and 9-2 in conference play.
• CSULA outblocked the Cougars, 11-5.
• CSUSM's middle blockers, Doering and Ridgeway, led the Cougar offense with 10 and nine kills, respectively.
• Vander Weide tallied six kills on seven attempts and made no errors for a .857 hitting percentage.

UP NEXT
The Cougars will continue its four-match road series tomorrow night at Cal State Dominguez Hills (1-15, 2-9 CCAA). First serve is slated for 5 p.m.