MATADORS THIS WEEK:<\/p>\n
Friday, Apr. 17, 2026
\nLMU Beach Volleyball Courts\u00a0– Los Angeles, Calif.<\/p>\n
CSUN @ No. 7\u00a0LMU – 1:00 p.m. PT\u00a0|\u00a0Live Scoring<\/a><\/p>\n Saturday, Apr. 18, 2026 CSUN @ Cal State Bakersfield\u00a0– 10:00 a.m. PT
FOR\u00a0STARTERS<\/p>\n CSUN Beach Volleyball concludes the 2026 regular season this week as the Matadors (8-19) travel to Los Angeles for a single dual against No. 7 LMU on Friday before heading to Bakersfield for a Saturday tri-dual against the host Roadrunners and Pacific at Barnes Beach Volleyball Complex. Friday’s dual is set for 1 p.m., while Saturday’s tri-dual gets underway at 10 a.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 No. 7 LMU\u00a0(22-10)\u00a0host No. 3 USC and the Matadors on Friday at the LMU\u00a0Beach Courts\u00a0before closing out the regular season on Saturday with a doubleheader against Grand Canyon. LMU has dropped five straight duals after dropping four matches at the Cal Poly Center of Effort Challenge in San Luis Obispo last weekend. The seventh-ranked\u00a0Lions fell to top-ranked Stanford (5-0) and N. 8 TCU (4-1) on Saturday, followed by losses to No. 4 USC (4-1) and No. 13 Arizona State (3-2) on Sunday.<\/p>\n Series:\u00a0Friday’s\u00a0dual is the 17th\u00a0meeting all-time between the Matadors and Lions, dating back to the first dual in 2014. CSUN is 1-15\u00a0all-time against LMU and has dropped 13 straight\u00a0to the Lions after falling 4-1\u00a0at the Battle for LA tournament on Feb. 28. The Matadors’ lone win in the series came\u00a0in 2016 (3-2) at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cal State Bakersfield\u00a0(10-22)\u00a0hosts the Matadors and Pacific on Saturday in its final home matches of the season. The Runners are coming off a 1-5 week that saw them defeat Pacific (4-1) around losses to UC Davis, Saint Mary’s, and San Jose State at the Pacific Tournament in Stockton. CSUB then traveled to Los Angeles to meet top-ranked UCLA on Tuesday, falling 5-0.<\/p>\n Series:\u00a0Saturday’s\u00a0dual is the 40th all-time between CSUN and Cal State Bakersfield, with the Matadors leading the all-time series, 24-15. CSUN has won seven straight over the ‘Runners after winning 5-0 at the Big West Challenge in Long Beach on Mar. 21. The Matadors claimed\u00a0all six dual wins over CSUB in 2025, including a 3-1 win at the Big West Championship in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n Pacific (3-23)\u00a0will face the Matadors at 12:30\u00a0p.m. and Cal State Bakersfield at 3\u00a0p.m. on Saturday. The Tigers have dropped seven straight dual matches after finishing 0-4 in four home matches last weekend. Pacific dropped a 5-0 decision to San Jose State before falling to Saint Mary’s (5-0), Cal State Bakersfield (4-1), and UC Davis (4-1).<\/p>\n Series:\u00a0Saturday’s\u00a0dual match is just the fourth all-time between CSUN and Pacific and first since 2021. The Matadors are 2-1 in the series that dates back to 2015, winning 4-1 in 2018 and 5-0 in 2021. The Tigers claimed the inaugural meeting in 2015, 5-0 in Long Beach.<\/p>\n HEFLIN AND MILES NAMED BIG WEST PAIRS TEAM OF THE WEEK<\/p>\n CSUN’s\u00a0No. 1 beach pair of\u00a0Hannah Heflin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Maleya Miles<\/a>\u00a0earned Big West Pairs Team of the Week Honors after a perfect 2-0 weekend on the sand. Heflin and Miles defeated the No. 1 pairs from both Concordia Irvine and No. 10 Long Beach State last weekend on the LBSU Sand Courts. The CSUN duo improved to 12-15 on the season after winning in three sets (21-18, 12-21, 19-17) over CUI’s Kelia Giusta and Ashley Rossi followed by another three-set win over the Beach’s Malia Gementera and Taylor Hagenah (21-18, 11-21, 18-16). Heflin and Miles have won six of their last nine dual matches, including wins over No. 10 Long Beach State, Oregon, UTEP, Concordia, and UC Davis. The award is the first for CSUN Beach Volleyball since\u00a0Katie Sato and Aeryn Owens won the weekly award on Apr. 23, 2018.<\/p>\n CSUN CELEBRATES ITS 2026 SENIOR CLASS ON SATURDAY<\/p>\n The Matadors will honor its six seniors, Natalia Brandlin<\/a>, Zaria Henderson<\/a>, Maleya Miles<\/a>, Tia Mendiola<\/a>, Ainsley Patrick<\/a>, and Jill Rodig<\/a> on Saturday following its final match in Bakersfield. Mendiola,\u00a0Miles, and Rodig have all been part of the CSUN beach program since 2024. Miles has 39 career individual wins, including 12 this season and 19 in 2025. Mendiola has 29 career wins, including 19 in 2025, while Rodig has 16 career wins. Patrick and Brandlin are both finishing up their second CSUN season this year. Patrick has 22 career wins, while Brandin has a career record of 2-4. Henderson completes her first and only season at CSUN in 2026, sporting a season record of 5-22.<\/p>\n CSUN QUICK SETS<\/p>\n Dylan<\/a>\u00a0Hall<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Ava Rogers<\/a>\u00a0improved to a team-best 14-8 with a 1-1 weekend in Long Beach. Hall and Rogers, who are 8-2 over their last 10 dual matches, are 9-5\u00a0on the No. 3 court and 5-3 at No. 4 this season.\u00a0Rogers leads CSUN with 15\u00a0individual wins in 2026, followed by Hall with 14\u00a0…\u00a0Hannah Heflin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Maleya Miles<\/a>\u00a0are now tied with Haley Coggins<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Daysha Halbert<\/a>\u00a0for second on the team with 12 pairs wins … The Matadors continue to seek\u00a0their first win over a ranked team this season and will have another opportunity on Friday against No. 7 LMU. CSUN is\u00a00-11\u00a0against ranked teams in 2026 after falling to No. 10 Long Beach State last weekend.<\/p>\n CSUN BEACH HISTORY<\/p>\n The Matadors are 142-167\u00a0(.460) 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 Cal State Bakersfield, CSUN\u00a0will return home to prepare for the 2026 Big West Beach Volleyball Championship. The 10th incarnation of the conference championship will be held at Cal Poly’s Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex in San Luis Obispo for the second time in the tournament’s history and first time since 2022. The championship will be contested from Apr. 23-24.<\/p>\n #GoMatadors\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MATADORS THIS WEEK: Friday, Apr. 17, 2026
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\nBarnes Beach Volleyball Complex\u00a0– Bakersfield, Calif.<\/p>\n
\nCSUN vs. Pacific – 12:30 p.m. PT<\/p>\n
\nIn-game X updates:\u00a0@CSUNBeach<\/p>\n