Cal State Fullerton ladies’s volleyball crew break up their matchups in opposition to the Utah Tech Trailblazers and Southern Utah College Thunderbirds this previous weekend.
CSUF’s file now stands at 2-2 general.
After struggling a 3-0 sweep in opposition to Utah Tech on Friday, the Titans bounced again the next day the place they received 3-2 in a extremely contested sport in opposition to Southern Utah.
In opposition to Southern Utah, exterior hitters Lyla Traylor, Julia Crawford and Danielle Jefferies every led the best way in kills with 13, 12 and 10, respectively.
Libero Nadia Koanui led the Titans in digs with 18, elevating her whole for the season to 65.
Setter Elizabeth Schuster racked up a double-double with 42 assists and 14 digs. This marked the second sport this season the place she recorded no less than 40 assists.
CSUF began the third set with an early 12-4 lead. Nonetheless, Southern Utah gained traction to tie it at 15. CSUF was unable to decelerate their opponent ’s momentum, leading to Southern Utah forcing a fourth set by profitable 25-20 within the third set.
Within the fourth set, Southern Utah gained an early 10-5 lead and remained forward for the higher half of the set. Finally, Fullerton tied the set rating at 13-13 earlier than Southern Utah gained a six-point lead and took the fourth set, 25-22.
Fullerton discovered themselves in a pivotal fifth set after their 2-0 set lead earlier within the contest was relinquished.
Trailing 3-1 early within the last set, Fullerton responded with a 14-5 scoring run to win the set with a rating of 15-8.Exterior hitter Lolo Fonua and Koanui helped Fullerton safe the win as Fonua delivered a kill to make it a sport level, whereas Koanui scored the ultimate level by way of service ace.
On Friday, Utah Tech proved to be the enforcers as they stored their foot on the gasoline by way of all three units.
Regardless of the dropping effort, Crawford led the Titans in kills with 12 whereas Traylor added seven kills and led CSUF with 11 digs. Schuster practically completed with a double-double as she racked up a team-high 20 assists to associate with eight digs.
The Trailblazers would outscore the Titans by 19 factors mixed within the first and third units.
The Titans wouldn’t be capable of shut the hole with the Trailblazers within the first set, coming shut on a number of events, however the closest the guests bought was inside two factors earlier than dropping the set, 25-18.
Within the second set Fullerton confirmed extra urgency, shortly opening the scoring as the 2 groups traded rallies for a majority of the set.
The Titans rallied off three factors later within the set to place them forward 19-18, which was the final lead CSUF would have for the rest of the sport. Utah Tech completed the second set by outscoring the Titans seven to a few to cap off a 25-22 set victory.
The Trailblazers, up two units to none, had an unbelievable offensive displaying within the last set as they jumped out to a 16-3 lead earlier than CSUF referred to as their second timeout of the set.
Following the timeout, Fullerton would outscore Utah Tech 10-9 however the deficit proved to be too massive to beat because the hosts completed the sweep with a 25-13 set victory.
After enjoying 4 video games on the highway to begin the season, the Titans will host the season residence opener in opposition to Gonzaga College on Friday at 7 p.m. at Titan Health club.