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Blair Keith
Karl Anderson
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Cal St. San Marcos CSUSM 9-10,5-5 CCAA
3
Winner Cal State LA LA 7-12,6-3 CCAA
Cal St. San Marcos CSUSM
9-10,5-5 CCAA
2
Final
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Cal State LA LA
7-12,6-3 CCAA
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Cal St. San Marcos CSUSM 18 25 25 20 6 (2)
Cal State LA LA 25 20 23 25 15 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Cougars Push Cal State LA to Five Sets

LOS ANGELES – The Cal State San Marcos volleyball team (9-10, 5-5 CCAA) rallied from an opening-set loss to take a 2-1 match lead before falling to Cal State LA (7-12, 6-3 CCAA) in five sets (18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 6-15) Saturday afternoon at University Gym.

CSUSM 2 – CAL STATE LA 3 (18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 6-15)

TOP PERFORMERS
Kassie Cooley – 19 kills | 3 digs | 1 block
Hazel Livingston-Jones – 12 kills | .393 hitting percentage | 3 blocks | 3 digs
Addison Kranz – 11 kills | 3 blocks | 2 digs
Jules Tindall – 8 kills | .313 hitting percentage | 4 blocks
Blair Keith – 52 assists | 7 digs | 1 ace
Annika Blas-Cedeno – 14 digs | 4 assists

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • With the opening set tied at 13-all, CSUSM scored four of the next five points to take a 17-14 lead. The Golden Eagles responded by finishing the frame on an 11-1 run to claim a 25-18 victory.
  • The Cougars broke a 4-all tie in the second set with five consecutive points to move ahead 9-4. Cal State LA pulled within two at 14-12 and again at 20-18, but CSUSM scored five of the final seven points and took the set 25-20 on a Tindall kill.
  • CSUSM hit .316 in a third set that featured several momentum swings. The Cougars built a 24-21 advantage before the Golden Eagles fought off two set points. Livingston-Jones and Eleanor Brislen combined for a block to secure the 25-23 win and give CSUSM a 2-1 match lead.
  • After falling behind 8-2 in the fourth, the Cougars rallied to cut the deficit to 9-8. CSUSM later erased a four-point deficit to tie the set at 18-all, but Cal State LA scored seven of the final nine points to force a fifth set with a 25-20 victory.
  • CSUSM scored the opening point of the deciding set on a Livingston-Jones kill. The Golden Eagles answered by building leads of 7-3 and 10-4 before closing out the match with a 15-6 win.

QUICK HITS
  • The Cougars finished with 60 kills, 59 assists, 57 digs and seven blocks.
  • CSUSM committed 20 attack errors compared with the Golden Eagles' 23.
  • Livingston-Jones's 12 kills and Keith's 52 assists were career best. 
  • The Cougars hit .316 in the third set and a match-best .378 in the fourth.
  • Blas-Cedeno and McKenna Kehoe combined for 26 digs.
  • CSUSM is tied for sixth in the CCAA standings with a 5-5 conference record.

UP NEXT
CSUSM will continue its four-match road trip at Menlo at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, at Haynes-Prim Pavilion. 
 
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