LOS ANGELES – Playing bonus volleyball in three of the sets, the Cal State San Marcos volleyball team (11-12, 9-6 CCAA) fell in four sets to RV Cal State LA (14-9, 12-3 CCAA) on Friday night in CSULA Gymnasium.
 
CSUSM 1 – CSULA 3 (24-26, 26-24, 26-28, 19-25)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Trinity Barr – 15 kills | 8 digs | 4 aces | 2 blocks
Sofia Hedqvist – 11 kills | 2 digs
Isabelle Bakken – 6 kills | 8 blocks
Mackenzie Jennings – 8 kills | 5 blocks
Tori Goff – 37 assists | 9 digs
Gracie Beilby – 16 digs | 1 ace
Mia Christensen – 16 digs | 1 ace

HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM jumped out to an 11-5 lead in the opening set before the Golden Eagles responded with a 9-1 run to take a 14-12 lead. The Cougars rallied back but fell just short, dropping the first set 26-24. CSUSM finished with a .308 clip (10k-2e-26ta) to CSULA's .278 (16k-6e-36ta).
• Down 22-24 in the second set, CSUSM scored four unanswered points capped by back-to-back aces by Jackie Phillips to even the match at 1-1 with a 26-24 win.
• The third set had the Golden Eagles going up 11-6, but once again CSUSM came charging back to even the set at 22-all on a Barr kill. After waving off three set points, CSUSM dropped the third set 28-26 as CSULA took a 2-1 lead in the match.
• At 12-all, CSULA took the lead with a kill by Emily Elliott and never relinquished it, recording a 25-19 fourth-set win to clinch the match.

QUICK HITS

• The Cougars saw their five-match win streak come to an end. This was the third time CSUSM has achieved the streak in the NCAA Division II era (2015-present).
• CSUSM outblocked the Golden Eagles, 9-7.
• Bakken's eight block assists were a season high.
• The Cougars tallied eight aces with seven missed serves while CSULA registered 12 aces and 16 missed serves.
• CSUSM has gone extra points in 12 of its 89 sets this season with three of them occurring at CSULA.
• The Golden Eagles own the all-time series record at 13-3 and are 7-2 when playing in LA.
• Barr matched her career-best four aces for the third time this season, previously recording the feat against Chico State twice.
• Beilby's 16 digs were her second highest achieved this season.
• CSULA's Emily Elliott tallied a season-best 27 kills on a match-high 67 attempts.
• In the CCAA standings, CSUSM is in sixth place with three matches to go and has a two-match lead over Cal State East Bay who is in seventh place. The top six teams advance to the CCAA Championships held Nov. 16-18 at Cal State LA. 
                          

UP NEXT
The Cougars will wrap up their four-match road trip tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. at Cal State Dominguez Hills.