{"id":158801,"date":"2026-02-01T05:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158801\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:09:09","slug":"no-2-long-beach-state-stays-perfect-with-road-win-at-no-6-pepperdine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158801\/","title":{"rendered":"No 2. Long Beach State Stays Perfect With Road Win At No. 6 Pepperdine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State<\/a> men&#8217;s volleyball secured a significant road victory against No. 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/pepperdine-waves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pepperdine<\/a>, winning in four sets to maintain their unbeaten season record at 8-0. The match was marked by key performances from Skyler Varga and Daniil Hershtynovich, who played pivotal roles in securing the win. After a tight battle, Long Beach State took control in the third set, ultimately sealing the match with a close finish in the fourth. This win represents their first victory against a top-10 team this season.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersSkyler Varga led the team with 18 kills at a .417 hitting percentage.Long Beach State racked up a total of 51 assists and 10 service aces during the match. State of PlayLong Beach State remains unbeaten at 8-0 and tops the Big West standings.The win marks the team&#8217;s third road victory, highlighting their resilience in difficult environments. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State will face No. 1 UCLA on February 6, in what is anticipated to be a high-stakes rematch following their previous victory in the 2025 National Championship.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State&#8217;s impressive performance against Pepperdine underscores their status as a top contender this season, setting the stage for a crucial match against UCLA that could have significant implications for their championship aspirations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 2 Long Beach State men&#8217;s volleyball secured a significant road victory against No. 6 Pepperdine, winning in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-158801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}