No. 2 Long Beach State triumphed over Concordia University Irvine with a 3-1 victory, securing their tenth win of the season. After losing the first set 25-19, the Beach rebounded to win the next three sets 25-17, 25-18, and 25-14. Key performances included Wojciech Gajek, who delivered 12 kills and eight aces, while the team outperformed Concordia with a .342 hitting percentage over .280.<\/p>\n
By the NumbersLong Beach State recorded 44 kills and 15 service aces.Gajek scored a match-high 21.0 points with 12 kills and eight aces. State of PlayLong Beach State improved to 10-2 overall with this win.The team demonstrated increased efficiency, hitting .611 in the third set and .450 in the fourth. What’s Next<\/p>\n
The Beach will aim to maintain their momentum in upcoming matches, focusing on consistency in serving and offensive production as they continue their season.<\/p>\n
Bottom Line<\/p>\n
Long Beach State’s ability to adapt and capitalize on service pressure positioned them effectively against Concordia, highlighting their potential as a top contender in the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 2 Long Beach State triumphed over Concordia University Irvine with a 3-1 victory, securing their tenth win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-198471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198471","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=198471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}