Tuesday, February 6
Los Angeles, CA
7:00 PM
UCLA
11-1
3
vs
1
CSUN
6-4
1
2
3
4
F
CSUN
21
25
18
19
1
UCLA
25
23
25
25
3
Christian Hessenauer led UCLA with a match-high 17 kills.
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
MVB Sends Matadors Home in Four
February 06, 2018 | Men's Volleyball
The No. 2-ranked UCLA men's volleyball team defeated No. 12 CSUN in four sets in a non-league contest held on Tuesday night in Pauley Pavilion. Scores of the match were 25-21, 23-25, 25-28, 25-19. UCLA improved its record to 11-1 on the season and hit .430 for the match. It was the third straight outing in which the Bruins have hit at least .400 for a match. Dylan Missry led the way for the Bruins with a season-high 15 kills on a .609 hitting percentage.
Set one was tied at each point until 11-all. CSUN then scored two straight for an 11-13 lead. The Matadors retained the lead until a Missry kill evened the score at 17 apiece. CSUN came right back and took two-point leads at 18-20 and 19-21. An Oliver Martin kill made it 20-21 and the senior headed to the service line where he stayed for five straight points to give the set to the Bruins at 25-21. JT Hatch, Christian Hessenauer and Daenan Gyimah tallied kills in that stretch. Missry finished with six kills in the set.
In set two, CSUN pulled out to an 8-11 advantage and built the margin up to 14-18, forcing a Bruin timeout. UCLA closed to 18-20 after a Micah Ma'a kill, but the Matadors quickly went back up 19-23. The Bruins closed to within one at 22-23 after kills by Hatch and Missry sandwiched around a CSUN error. The Matadors answered with a couple of kills to take the set 23-25. CSUN hit .500 for the set. Hatch led UCLA with six kills.
After CSUN jumped in front 3-4, UCLA utilized three kills and a block by Hessenauer/Martin to earn a 9-4 lead in set three. Ma'a served for five of the points in the 6-0 Bruin run. CSUN never was able to get back in it and another block by Hessenauer terminated the set at 25-18. The Bruins hit .609 for the set with one error on 23 swings.
In set four, CSUN broke a 9-all tie with a couple of points to take the lead. UCLA tied the score at 13-all after a hitting error. CSUN went back in front 13-15, but the Bruins tied it up at 15 after a Missry kill followed by a Martin/Hessenauer block. The run ended with UCLA in charge at 18-15. A Ma'a/Gyimah block made it 21-17. A kill by Gyimah put the Bruins at match point and a CSUN error ended the battle at 25-19.
Ma'a tied his season-best with five kills (.714) and handed out 47 set assists to go with eight digs. Hatch registered 10 kills (.444) and a team-best nine digs. Hessenauer totaled a match-high 17 kills, seven digs and seven blocks. UCLA won the blocking battle 9.5 to 8.0 for the match. The Bruins recorded five aces and held the Matadors, the leading service team in the country coming into the match, to just one ace.
The Bruins will open the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) league play on Thursday with a match at Concordia, Irvine at 7 p.m. before heading to Arizona to take on No. 10 Grand Canyon at 5 p.m. PT on Saturday. UCLA returns home next week to host USC in an MPSF match on Feb. 14 in Pauley at 7 p.m.
Team Stats
CSUN
UCLA
Kills
48
59
Errors
17
13
Attempts
108
107
Hitting %
.287
.430
Points
57.0
73.5
Assists
45
55
Aces
1
5
Blocks
8.0
9.5
Game Leaders
Kills
17
Aces
0
Blocks
7
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
3
Blocks
3
Players Mentioned
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