Cal State Fullerton

FULLERTON, Calif. — The Cal State Fullerton women's volleyball team dropped its home match to Long Beach State in three sets (13-25, 22-25, 15-25) Saturday afternoon. The Titans moved to 6-17 overall and 1-9 in Big West play. 

Fullerton tallied 31 kills with a .097 hitting percentage compared with Long Beach State's 46 kills and .308 hitting percentage. Sibley Oster served as Fullerton's main setter, recording 25 assists. Bella Risling led the Titans offensively with eight kills, while Zariah Crosby recorded three blocks at the net. 

The Titans fell in the opening set, 25-13. Fullerton held The Beach within one point behind two kills each from Risling and Kaia Herweg, but Long Beach State pieced together an 8-0 run to lead 17-8. Sofia Shine and Crosby added two kills each to cut Long Beach State's lead to 22-13, but The Beach closed the set with three consecutive kills to take a 1-0 match lead. 

Long Beach State extended its match lead to 2-0 with a 25-22 victory in the second set. Risling led the Titans in the second set with six kills and a .417 hitting percentage. Two kills from the freshman outside hitter pushed the Titans to an early 3-0 lead, but The Beach responded for a 5-4 lead. The teams battled through six ties, including a kill from Emilia Graham that evened the set at 14-14. A five-point run from The Beach was later met with a four-point run from Fullerton to cut its deficit to 21-19. The Titans fought off two set points with a kill from Risling and a service ace from Jaiden Mojica before The Beach sealed the set with a kill. 

Fullerton dropped the third set, 25-15. The Titans tied the set at 8-8 on a kill from Hannah Hass before The Beach answered on an eight-point run to take a 16-8 lead. Back-to-back kills from Parys Taylor and consecutive Long Beach State attacking errors helped the Titans close the gap, 20-13, but The Beach completed the sweep with three additional kills. 

The Titans return home to host CSUN on Oct. 30 at 6:00 p.m., and Cal State Bakersfield on Oct. 31 at 2:00 p.m. 

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