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Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
MVB Falls in Four Sets at No. 1 Long Beach
February 17, 2018 | Men's Volleyball
The No. 2 UCLA men's volleyball team had its seven match win streak snapped at top-ranked Long Beach State in a non-league battle on Saturday night in Walter Pyramid before a sellout crowd of over 4,500 fans. Scores of the match were 25-23, 15-25, 19-25, 21-25. Long Beach State, now 13-0 on the year, became just the second team this season to hit for a higher percentage (.343 to .191) than UCLA and the first to out block (8.0 to 5.5) the Bruins this season. UCLA, now 14-2 on the year, will host the 49ers on Wednesday night in Pauley Pavilion at 7:30 p.m.
UCLA broke up an early see-saw affair by taking an 8-6 lead after a kill by JT Hatch and a service error. Long Beach came back to even the score at 9-all. The next three points belonged to UCLA after kills by Dylan Missry, Micah Ma'a and an attack error. The 49ers fought back to even the score at 15 and then went ahead 15-16. UCLA ran off three straight points, after Long Beach had taken a 18-19 lead, on a Daenan Gyimah kill and a couple of attack errors to regain the lead. Jake Arnitz' kill made it 23-21 and an ace by Gyimah took it to set point. Long Beach fought off a couple of set points before Christian Hessenauer's sixth kill of the set handed UCLA the 25-23 win.
The Bruins jumped out to a 3-1 lead to begin the second set. Long Beach came back to even the score at 4-all. UCLA went up 8-6 following kills by Gyimah and Hatch and led 9-8 after a service error. However, the 49ers ran off the next five points on a service error, an ace off the tape, a kill and a couple of Bruin attack errors. Long Beach built the lead to 14-21 and then captured the second set 15-25. UCLA hit -.032 for the set with nine attack errors and five service errors. Long Beach hit .409 with no errors on 22 swings.
UCLA took early leads of 3-1 and 6-4 to open set three. Long Beach came back to even the score at 8-all. After UCLA went up 10-9 on a Hatch kill, the 49ers ran off the next three points to take the lead at 10-12. The home team built the lead up to 13-17 before kills by Gyimah and Missry brought UCLA to within two at 15-17. Long Beach scored three of the next four points for a 16-20 advantage and took the set 19-25. The 49ers hit .500 for the set with one error on 24 swings. UCLA had seven service errors.
In set four, Long Beach established leads of 4-7 and 7-11. UCLA rallied with five straight points behind the serve of Gyimah and took the lead on a block by Oliver Martin and Hatch. The Bruins then ran out to an 18-15 edge after a couple of kills by Gyimah. The 49ers battled back to even the score at 18 on an ace and continued their run for a total of eight straight points for an 18-23 lead. A Missry kill snapped the streak, but Long Beach answered with a kill to take it to match point. An Arnitz kill saved one match point and then Hatch scored a kill to make it 21-24. The 25th Bruin service error of the contest ended the match at 21-25.
Gyimah led UCLA with 13 kills, while hitting .600, and added two service aces and a couple of block assists. Hessenauer finished with 11 kills. Martin totaled three block assists. Arnitz came on to add three kills and a pair of block assists. Ma'a had 39 set assists and topped UCLA with nine digs on the night.
Team Stats
UCLA
LBSU
Kills
49
44
Errors
24
10
Attempts
131
99
Hitting %
.191
.343
Points
58.5
56.0
Assists
46
43
Aces
4
4
Blocks
5.5
8.0
Game Leaders
Kills
13
Aces
2
Blocks
2
Kills
11
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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