CSUN over UCSD

[Rocky]

Northridge won in three:
30-28, 30-25, 30-23

[JKnight12]

I read in the box scores of the CSUN vs UCSD game that Ty Tramblie only had one assist, what happened? And who is Billy Allen? It says he is a senior but I've never heard of him.

[Rocky]

Ty injured himself on the first play of the match. Yes, Billy is a senior. Billy has set in a few other matches this season. Most recently, Ty was sick when they played UC Santa Cruz and Billy set for most of the match.

Here is the article from CSUN's website:


Freshman Dan Rhodes knocked down a match-high 20 kills and sixth-ranked Cal State Northridge swept No. 14 UC San Diego, 30-28, 30-25, 30-23 Friday in The Matadome.

With the win, the Matadors improve to 11-6 overall and 6-5 in the MPSF, while the Tritons drop to 6-11 overall and 2-9 in conference play.

Rhodes, who now has at least 20 kills in the last three matches he has played, hit at a high percentage (.364) for the third straight match and is now hitting .350 for the season. Rhodes also recorded a career-high five blocks in the match. Cary Hanson, Nils Nielsen and James Lischer each added eight kills for CSUN, which hit .333 (50-19-93) as a team. Billy Allen, who came on for an injured Ty Tramblie, posted a match-high 46 assists and Doug English had a match-high nine digs.

For UC San Diego, Jim Waller had a team-high 10 kills, but was held to a .160 hitting clip. Jeff Urton added seven kills, but hit .000, while Kevin Keyser chipped in six kills hitting .357. The Tritons hit .038 (8-7-26) in game two and .169 (36-21-89) for the match. Keyser also added six blocks and a pair of aces for the Tritons, who also got 33 assists from Brooks Dierdorff.

In game one, Rhodes had seven kills for CSUN, which hit .265 as a team. The Matadors opened up leads of 8-3 and 20-14 before the Tritons battled back to tie the score 22-22 on a Rhodes hitting error. The score would be tied four more times, the last at 26-26 before the Matadors got a pair of kills from Rhodes, one from Nielsen and a UCSD service ace to take the game, 30-28. In game two, it was the Tritons who jumped out to an 11-8 lead after a Hanson attack error. The Matadors eventually tied the score 17-17 on a Hanson kill. CSUN then went on to score nine of the next 14 points to open up a 26-22 lead and took the game 30-25. In the decisive game three, UCSD held the lead until the Matadors got a triple block from Rhodes, Waite and Hanson to take a 9-8 lead. The score would be tied four more times, the last at 16-16, until Northidge scored five straight points to take a 21-16 lead. The Matadors' biggest lead came at 26-19 on a Rhodes kill, before CSUN closed out the match 30-23.

The Matadors had five aces to four for the Tritons and had 26 digs to 20 for UCSD. The Tritons won the battle at the net with 11.0 team blocks to 8.5 for CSUN.

Cal State Northridge continues its 11-match homestand next Wednesday, Mar. 3 at 7 p.m. as the Matadors host top-ranked Hawaii for a two-match series that continues on Friday, Mar. 5.

- GO MATADORS -

[Bookumdanoaloha]

Hey JKnight12

Billy Allen is a Red Shirt Senior from San Diego (Fallbrook, North San Diego). Ty and Billy were beach partners during summer for the past couple of years. Billy has played in the shadow of Ty his whole career. It's nice to see Billy get some playing in his senior year. He has paid his dues. Nice to see the other San Diego kids playing well - Nils and James. I've known these kids since they were sophs in high school, and at the beach tournaments.

I'll be at the Hawaii game next week at CSNU.

Bookumdanoaloha