MATADORS THIS WEEK:<\/p>\n
Saturday, Apr. 11, 2026
\nLBSU Sand Courts – Long Beach, Calif.<\/p>\n
CSUN vs. Concordia Irvine\u00a0– 11:00\u00a0a.m. PT\u00a0|\u00a0Live Scoring<\/a>
FOR\u00a0STARTERS<\/p>\n CSUN Beach Volleyball continues the final month of the regular season this week as the Matadors travel to Long Beach\u00a0for a tri-dual against Concordia Irvine and the 10th-ranked\u00a0Beach on Saturday.\u00a0CSUN (7-18) will take on the Golden Eagles at\u00a011\u00a0a.m. before meeting the host Beach at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n FOLLOW YOUR MATADORS ONLINE<\/p>\n Follow CSUN Matadors beach volleyball online at the official home of CSUN athletics, www.GoMatadors.com. For road matches, related links to the match, including any live scoring and video, will be posted before the match on the beach volleyball schedule page of GoMatadors.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fans are also encouraged to check the CSUN Athletics Department’s official X feed (@GoMatadors) and the beach volleyball-specific feed (@CSUNBeach) for news and notes throughout the week, as well as updates of matches in progress.<\/p>\n SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS<\/p>\n Concordia Irvine\u00a0(11-14)\u00a0travels to Malibu on Friday for a tri-dual against Pepperdine and San Francisco before Saturday’s action in Long Beach. The Golden Eagles split four dual matches in Northern California last\u00a0weekend,\u00a0dropping 3-2 decisions to Sacramento State and St. Mary’s\u00a0at Hornet Beach\u00a0on Friday before picking up a pair of 4-1 wins over San Francisco and Pacific at USF on Saturday.<\/p>\n Series:\u00a0Saturday’s\u00a0dual match is the third this season and 20th all-time between CSUN and Concordia. The Golden Eagles hold a 10-9 edge in\u00a0the all-time series after the teams split the first two matches this season. Concordia claimed a 3-2 win at the Matador Beach Complex in CSUN’s season opener on Feb. 20 before the Matadors swept the Golden Eagles, 5-0, at the OC Great Park on Mar. 27<\/p>\n No. 10 Long Beach State\u00a0(18-10) will face Concordia at 9 a.m. and the Matadors at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Long Beach State is led by seniors Malia Gementera and Taylor Hagenah, who are 19-9 playing in the top flight this season. Tineke Hinton and Demi Wagdy sport a 16-7 record playing on the No. 2 court in 2026.<\/p>\n Series:\u00a0Saturday’s\u00a0dual match is the second this season and 25th\u00a0all-time meeting between CSUN and Long Beach. The Beach won 3-2 at the Big West Challenge on Mar. 21, their 24th straight win over CSUN in the all-time series. The Matadors are 0-6 all-time in dual matches at Long Beach State.<\/p>\n CSUN DEFEATS\u00a0UTEP TO FINISH 1-3 AT BOISE STATE CLASSIC<\/p>\n The Matadors\u00a0defeated UTEP in the afternoon contest to come away with a split in a pair of dual matches to open the Boise State Classic on Friday (Apr. 3) at the Boise State Beach Volleyball Complex. The Matadors dropped their opening dual, 3-2 to Oregon, before bouncing back with a 3-2 win over the Miners. In the win over UTEP,\u00a0CSUN secured wins in three of the five flights, getting contributions throughout the lineup to edge the Miners in a tightly contested dual. UTEP picked up the first\u00a0point of the dual\u00a0as Krista Paegle and Paulina Acuna defeated Tia Mendiola<\/a> and Zaria Henderson<\/a>, 21-11, 21-11 on the No. 2 court.\u00a0CSUN pulled even when Jill Rodig<\/a> and Ainsley Patrick<\/a> defeated Emma Schubert and Evelina Krieva by the score of 21-19, 22-20 in the No. 4 pair.<\/p>\n Hannah Heflin<\/a> and Maleya Miles<\/a> picked up their 10th win of the season with a 21-13, 21-19 win over UTEP’s Mila Popovic and Kennedy Llewellyn on the No. 1 court, Dylan Hall<\/a> and Ava Rogers<\/a> then clinched the dual with\u00a0their seventh straight, topping Averie Threet and Iana Loera, 21-13, 21-14 at No. 3. Adriana Oporto and Alexa Monreal completed the scoring, earning a 21-15, 21-19 victory over Haley Coggins<\/a> and Daysha Halbert<\/a> in the No. 5 pair.<\/p>\n The Matadors\u00a0would cap the weekend by dropping their\u00a0final two matches on Saturday. CSUN opened the day with a 3-2 loss to Santa Clara before the host Boise State Broncos held off CSUN 4-1 to close the tournament.<\/p>\n CSUN QUICK SETS<\/p>\n Dylan<\/a>\u00a0Hall<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Ava Rogers<\/a>\u00a0finished 3-1 in four matches in Boise to improve to a team-best 13-7 this season. Hall and Rogers, who are 8-2 over their last 10 dual matches, are 8-4 on the No. 3 court and 5-3 at No. 4 this season.\u00a0Rogers leads CSUN with 14 individual wins in 2026, followed by Hall with 13\u00a0… Haley Coggins<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Daysha Halbert<\/a>\u00a0split their four matches in Boise to improve to 11-14 this season, which ranks second on the team in pairs wins, just\u00a0ahead of\u00a0Hannah Heflin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Maleya Miles<\/a>, who have 10 wins … Heflin and Hall each increased their career individual win total to\u00a033\u00a0following last weekend’s action … Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Santa Clara was CSUN’s\u00a0seventh\u00a03-2 decision this season. The Matadors are now 2-7 in 3-2 matches this season with wins over Vanguard and UTEP … The Matadors will look for their first win over a ranked team this season on Saturday against No. 10 Long Beach State. Following Saturday’s 4-1 loss to No. 20 Boise State, CSUN is now 0-10 against ranked teams in 2026.<\/p>\n CSUN BEACH HISTORY<\/p>\n The Matadors are 141-166\u00a0(.459) all-time\u00a0in their 12th\u00a0season of beach volleyball, including a 73-38\u00a0(.658) record on their home sand.\u00a0CSUN set a program record for single-season wins with 18 in 2025.\u00a0The Matadors finished with 17 wins in 2023 (17-16), 2022 (17-17), and 2018 (17-8).<\/p>\n UP NEXT<\/p>\n Following Saturday’s tri-dual at Long Beach State, CSUN\u00a0will play a single dual match at LMU on Friday (Apr. 17) and a tri-dual against\u00a0Cal State Bakersfield and Pacific in Bakersfield on Saturday (Apr. 18) to close the regular season.<\/p>\n #GoMatadors\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MATADORS THIS WEEK: Saturday, Apr. 11, 2026
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\nCSUN @ No. 10 Long Beach State\u00a0– 1:00 p.m. PT\u00a0|\u00a0Live Scoring<\/a><\/p>\n
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