CSUSM to Wrap Up Regular Season Against CSUMB, CSUEB
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – With its magic number down to one, the Cal State San Marcos volleyball team (12-12, 10-6 CCAA) will host Cal State Monterey Bay (8-15, 5-11 CCAA) on Friday at 5 p.m. before taking on Cal State East Bay (12-11, 8-8 CCAA) on Senior Day on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Prior to Saturday's game, CSUSM will honor seniors Trinity Barr, Mia Christensen, Sofia Hedqvist and Mackenzie Jennings.
LAST WEEK
- The Cougars went 1-1 last weekend in its final road matches of the regular season with a four-set loss at RV Cal State LA on Friday before posting a come-from-behind five-set victory at Cal State Dominguez Hill on Saturday.
- At CSULA, CSUSM went extra points in the first three sets (24-26, 26-24, 26-28) before falling 19-25 in the fourth set.
- The next day, the Cougars got payback against CSUDH with a five-set victory by scores of 20-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-21 and 15-8.
- Isabelle Bakken recorded a .447 clip with 22 kills on 38 attempts and only five errors in addition to 12 total blocks on the weekend.
BY THE NUMBERS
- CSUSM saw its five-match win streak – a program best during the NCAA Division II era (2015-present) – come to an end. The Cougars have accomplished this feat two other times – Sept. 1-15, 2018 and Sept. 5-7, 2019.
- CSUSM sits in sixth place in the CCAA standings with a two-match lead over seventh-place Cal State East Bay. With two matches remaining in the regular season, the Cougars need only one win to make their fifth CCAA Tournament appearance.
- The Cougars are one conference victory away from tying a program-record 11 wins which was set in CSUSM's first year of CCAA postseason eligibility in 2017.
- Head Coach Andrea Leonard reached her second milestone of the season, tallying her 300th career win as a head coach on Saturday against Cal State Dominguez Hills. Earlier this season, Leonard collected her 200th CSUSM win against Cal State Monterey Bay on Sept. 16.
- With 1,395 digs, the Cougars moved to fourth in the conference.
- Tori Goff is ranked third in the CCAA with 817 assists and fourth with 8.69 assists per set.
- Mia Christensen is sixth in the CCAA with 332 total digs and seventh with 3.69 digs per set.
MATCH 25 | CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY | |
Date | Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 |
Time | 5 p.m. |
Location | San Marcos Calif. |
Venue | The Sports Center |
Records | CSUSM (12-12, 10-6 CCAA) CSUMB (8-15, 5-11 CCAA) |
Live Stats | SideArm Stats |
Live Video | CCAA Network ($) |
Tickets | HomeTown Ticketing |
FRIDAY AGAINST MONTEREY BAY
- On Sept. 16, the Cougars defeated Monterey Bay in four sets in the Otter Sports Center by scores of 25-16, 26-24, 30-32 and 25-23.
- The Otters were swept by San Francisco State (27-29, 14-25, 18-25) and then-No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino (15-25, 24-26, 23-25) last weekend.
- Monterey Bay is 1-6 on the road this season with their one away victory coming at Cal Poly Humboldt on Oct. 28.
- With a 5-11 CCAA record, CSUMB has already been eliminated from the CCAA Tournament.
- The Otters' .179 hitting percentage ranks eighth in the CCAA while opponents are putting together a .204 clip against them which ranks seven in the conference.
- CSUSM is 6-3 all-time against Monterey Bay and are 4-0 when playing in The Sports Center.
- The Cougars have won four of the last five meetings.
- Kaylie Honberger leads CSUMB with 2.97 kills per set and 255 kills.
- CSUMB was selected to finish eighth in the 2023 CCAA Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll.
MATCH 26 | CAL STATE EAST BAY | |
Date | Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 |
Time | 2 p.m. |
Location | San Marcos, Calif. |
Venue | The Sports Center |
Records | CSUSM (12-12, 10-6 CCAA) CSUEB (12-11, 8-8 CCAA) |
Live Stats | SideArm Stats |
Live Video | CCAA Network ($) |
Tickets | HomeTown Ticketing |
SENIOR DAY AGAINST EAST BAY
- The Pioneers will face Pomona on Friday at 1 p.m. before facing the Cougars on Saturday. A loss at Pomona would knock East Bay out of the tournament, and CSUSM would clinch the sixth and final spot.
- CSUEB snapped a two-match losing streak on Saturday with a sweep against San Francisco State. They previously fell to Sonoma State in five and were swept by Cal State San Bernardino.
- Earlier this season, the Cougars registered a four-set victory in Hayward by scores of 25-21, 18-25, 25-23 and 25-23.
- The Pioneers are leading the CCAA in team attacks per set (37.46) and team digs (1,541) while ranking second in digs per set (17.12).
- East Bay has the second-worst aces per set average in the CCAA at 1.42.
- Mia Jordan ranks sixth in the CCAA with a .342 hitting percentage.
- The two teams are tied 6-6 in the all-time series while the Cougars are 4-1 when playing the Pioneers on their home court.
- East Bay was selected to finish fifth in the 2023 CCAA Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll.
LOOK INSIDE THE COUGARS
- The Cougars return five starters from the 2022 season - Trinity Barr (OH), Sofia Hedqvist (OH), Jessica Thomas (OH), Mia Christensen (DS/L) and Jackie Phillips (DS/L)
- Seven will be donning Cougar Blue for the first time on Friday with four being true freshmen and three junior college transfers.
- The Cougars finished their 2022 campaign with an 8-17 overall record and were 7-11 in CCAA play – eighth in the CCAA standings.
- As a team in the CCAA statistics, CSUSM concluded 2022 ranked seventh in blocks per set (1.87).
- In the 2023 CCAA Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll, the Cougars were picked to finish ninth.
THE LEONARD FILE
- Head coach Andrea Leonard enters her 13th season in charge of the Cougar volleyball team, a program she has built from the ground up since arriving on campus in 2010.
- Leonard has a 208-158 (.568) record as CSUSM's head coach.
- In 17 seasons as a collegiate head volleyball coach, Leonard holds a 300-284 (.514) career record.
- Leonard was CSUSM's first-ever CCAA Coach of the Year after guiding the Cougars to a third-place finish in the overall standings during the 2017 season.
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- Christensen, Hedqvist Named to CSC Academic All-District Volleyball TeamMia Christensen and Sofia Hedqvist of the Cal State San Marcos volleyball team were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team on Tuesday.
- Cougars Fall in CCAA Tournament Quarterfinals to SF StateThe Cal State San Marcos volleyball team (12-15) saw its season come to an end on Thursday night after falling in three sets to San Francisco State (18-9) in the CCAA Tournament Quarterfinals at University Gym on the campus of Cal State LA.
- Cougars Return to CCAA TournamentThe sixth-seeded Cal State San Marcos volleyball team has made it back to the CCAA Tournament. The Cougars (12-14, 10-8 CCAA) will open the tournament on Thursday at 3 p.m. against third-seeded San Francisco State (17-9, 13-5 CCAA) at LA Gymnasium on the campus of Cal State LA.
- Three Cougars Earn All-CCAA HonorsCal State San Marcos volleyball team collected three All-CCAA honors as Trinity Barr was named to the first team while Isabelle Bakken and Tori Goff was picked as honorable mentions on Wednesday.
- CSUSM Falls on Senior DayIn its regular-season finale, the Cal State San Marcos volleyball team (12-14, 10-8 CCAA) fell in five sets to visiting Cal State East Bay (13-12, 9-9 CCAA) on Senior Day in The Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.