Post by bigfan on Oct 4, 2006 15:26:53 GMT -5
Nothing lingering about 49er win
Women's volleyball: LBSU has no trouble with visiting CSUN.
By Frank Burlison, Staff writer
Women's Volleyball If the Long Beach State women's volleyball team was still suffering from any post-Saturday night funk, it was hard to ascertain by the way it performed Tuesday evening.
The 49ers bounced back efficiently from a five-game loss Saturday to sweep Cal State Northridge (30-24, 31-29 and 30-24), which came into the Walter Pyramid with a six-match winning streak and 3-0 record in the Big West Conference.
Junior middle blocker Alexis Crimes (14 kills to become the 13th player in the program's history with 1,000-plus kills) and redshirt freshman outside hitter Naomi Washington (12) combined for 26 kills and the 49ers' defense (which held the visitors to a .145 hitting percentage) was solid through most of the match.
Coach Brian Gimmillaro's Long Beach club (2-1 in conference and 11-4 overall) will put in a couple of hours of practice time this afternoon before playing host to another Big West opponent, UC Irvine, Thursday at 7 p.m.
"I was concerned about how tired and how aggressive we would be (Tuesday night)," he said, referring to the emotional and physical toll the defeat to Cal Poly Saturday night - in which the 49ers were serving with a 14-12 edge in Game 5 - had on his team.
"But the good news is that I felt we were pretty much in control (against the Matadors)."
That wasn't the case late in Game 2, though.
The 49ers were seemingly cruising after consecutive kills by Naomi Washington gave them an 11-6 advantage.
But Northridge, led by Darla Donaldson (who had five kills and block assists in Game 2), scored 10 of the next 12 points.
Consecutive points by Long Beach (on a hitting error by Siara Grayson and a block by Michaela Hasalikova) trimmed its deficit to 21-20.
Then the Matadors appeared to be well in control after scoring four consecutive points before eventually serving for the game with a 29-26 advantage.
But the 49ers, much to the delight of the vast majority of those in the crowd of 1,209, scored the final five points: Robin Miramontes, off a block; Quincy Verdin, off a touch; a hitting error; Hasalikova (off a set by Nicole Vargas); and, finally, another Northridge hitting error.
"We needed that one (Game 2)," Gimmillaro said. "Northridge is a good team that is well coached and has good schemes."
Trailing 23-22 in Game 1, the 49ers scored six of the next seven points, five of those with Talaya Whitfield serving.
Long Beach led by as many as eight points five times in Game 3.
Women's volleyball: LBSU has no trouble with visiting CSUN.
By Frank Burlison, Staff writer
Women's Volleyball If the Long Beach State women's volleyball team was still suffering from any post-Saturday night funk, it was hard to ascertain by the way it performed Tuesday evening.
The 49ers bounced back efficiently from a five-game loss Saturday to sweep Cal State Northridge (30-24, 31-29 and 30-24), which came into the Walter Pyramid with a six-match winning streak and 3-0 record in the Big West Conference.
Junior middle blocker Alexis Crimes (14 kills to become the 13th player in the program's history with 1,000-plus kills) and redshirt freshman outside hitter Naomi Washington (12) combined for 26 kills and the 49ers' defense (which held the visitors to a .145 hitting percentage) was solid through most of the match.
Coach Brian Gimmillaro's Long Beach club (2-1 in conference and 11-4 overall) will put in a couple of hours of practice time this afternoon before playing host to another Big West opponent, UC Irvine, Thursday at 7 p.m.
"I was concerned about how tired and how aggressive we would be (Tuesday night)," he said, referring to the emotional and physical toll the defeat to Cal Poly Saturday night - in which the 49ers were serving with a 14-12 edge in Game 5 - had on his team.
"But the good news is that I felt we were pretty much in control (against the Matadors)."
That wasn't the case late in Game 2, though.
The 49ers were seemingly cruising after consecutive kills by Naomi Washington gave them an 11-6 advantage.
But Northridge, led by Darla Donaldson (who had five kills and block assists in Game 2), scored 10 of the next 12 points.
Consecutive points by Long Beach (on a hitting error by Siara Grayson and a block by Michaela Hasalikova) trimmed its deficit to 21-20.
Then the Matadors appeared to be well in control after scoring four consecutive points before eventually serving for the game with a 29-26 advantage.
But the 49ers, much to the delight of the vast majority of those in the crowd of 1,209, scored the final five points: Robin Miramontes, off a block; Quincy Verdin, off a touch; a hitting error; Hasalikova (off a set by Nicole Vargas); and, finally, another Northridge hitting error.
"We needed that one (Game 2)," Gimmillaro said. "Northridge is a good team that is well coached and has good schemes."
Trailing 23-22 in Game 1, the 49ers scored six of the next seven points, five of those with Talaya Whitfield serving.
Long Beach led by as many as eight points five times in Game 3.