Elephant Bar 2nd Round

[NobodySpecial]

UCLA, Cal State Northridge Advance to Elephant Bar Final
Bruins sweep Long Beach State, Matadors defeat Cardinal in four

1/7/2005 -SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The top two seeds in UC Santa Barbara’s 41st Annual Elephant Bar Invitational will battle it out for the tournament title as top-seeded UCLA and second-seeded Cal State Northridge both went undefeated in the opening two rounds to set up a rematch of last year’s championship match.

Winner’s Bracket
Match 5 * No. 1 UCLA 3, No. 5 Long Beach State 0 (30-23, 30-24, 30-26)

Match * € No. 2 Cal State Northridge 3, No. 6 Stanford 1 (30-26, 22-30, 30-26, 30-26)

Consolation Bracket
Match 7 * No. 8 UC Irvine 3, No. 4 UC Santa Barbara 0 (30-26, 32-30, 30-27)

Match 8 * No. 3 Pacific 3, No. 7 USC 1 (30-28, 30-27, 21-30,30-23)

Tomorrow’s Placement Round * Saturday January 8, 2005 * Robertson Gym
Championship Match * 7:00 p.m.
Match 9 € No. 1 UCLA (2-0) vs. No. 2 Cal State Northridge (2-0)

Third Place Match * 5:00 p.m.
Match 10 * No. 5 Long Beach State (1-1) vs. No. 6 Stanford (1-1)

Fifth Place Match * 2:30 p.m.
Match 11 * No. 3 Pacific (1-1) vs. No. 8 UC Irvine (1-1)

Seventh Place Match * 12:00 p.m.
Match 12 * No. 4 UC Santa Barbara (0-2) vs. No. 7 USC (0-2)

[Rocky]

Congrats to the Matadors and the Bruins for making it to the finals! It should be a great match tomorrow!

Go Matadors!

[sjhaysuess]

Go matadors indeed!

[cbrown1709]

any updates here?

[Rocky]

I have been looking and nothing is posted yet. The final match was supposed to start at 7pm, but traditionally it probably started late. They play all the other matches first and some of those matches last longer than planned. Hopefully something will be posted soon.

[cbrown1709]

I was hoping to hear a bout Stanford and how they did

[Rocky]

Results were just posted on UCSB's website. Stanford lost to Long Beach today, so they ended up fourth. Looks like it was a great match!

Third Place Match • 5:00 p.m.
Match 10 • No. 5 Long Beach State 3, vs. No. 6 Stanford 2 (25-30, 31-29, 33-31,23-30,19-17)

[kolohekeiki]

Is Northridge going to be a top team this season because didn't they win this tournament last year?

[Rocky]

CSUN was a top team last season and I think they will do well again this season. They lost a few key players from last year, but they have quite a few guys returning that are quality players.

I am looking forward to the season starting this week to see how the season unfolds.

[swingaway]

kolohekeiki said:

Is Northridge going to be a top team this season because didn't they win this tournament last year?

CSUN will be very compeitive. UCLA won last year also.

[Rocky]

swingaway said:

CSUN will be very compeitive. UCLA won last year also.

In fact, the finals last year was UCLA beating CSUN. It was a great match as well. Both teams did well last year. It was no surprise to me that both these teams were again in the final.

[vballmom]

I heard that the match between Stanford and Long Beach was pretty intense. I'm glad that Long Beach was able to pull it out.

UCLA and CSUN are both going to be very good this year. Everyone knew that

[wornjersey]

The Long Beach/Stanford match was pretty intense and well-played. Unfortunately the referees played too much of a role in the outcome of the fifth game. With Stanford up one point (at 15-14, I think), the ref, after a 3 or 4 minute delay (which, at that point in a 5 game set, was ridiculous), red-carded Stanford's middle for who knows what. The momentum turned big time and Long Beach closed out the match.

Long Beach, though decent, is not as good as they were last year. Stanford looked solid. Kudos to both teams who played hard and provided great volleyball to the fans.

[habarto]

for who knows what.... the stanford red cardy showed good sportsmanship by pushing lb's oh under the net after blocking him... know your stuff