{"id":498961,"date":"2026-10-17T06:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/498961\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T06:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:34:10","slug":"runners-battle-uc-irvine-in-four-set-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/498961\/","title":{"rendered":"`Runners Battle UC Irvine in Four-Set Match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792218850_944_UC-San-Diego.png\" alt=\"UC San Diego\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p> UC San Diego<\/p>\n<p>10\/17\/2026 | 6:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Oct. 17 (Sat) \/ 6:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792218850_944_UC-San-Diego.png\" alt=\"UC San Diego\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0UC San Diego&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/gorunners.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/opponent-history\/uc-san-diego\/31\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. \u2013 The Cal State Bakersfield volleyball team fell to UC Irvine in four sets Friday night at the Icardo Center, 3-1. Despite a dominant second-set performance, the `Runners\u00a0were unable to carry that momentum through the remainder of the Big West matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Key Facts<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gorunners.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/suelen-lima\/8779\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8779\" target=\"_blank\">Suelen Lima<\/a> led the `Runners\u00a0with 14 kills and 18 digs, recording a double-double.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gorunners.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/jordyn-waite-ward\/9166\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9166\" target=\"_blank\">Jordyn Waite-Ward<\/a> contributed eight kills and six total blocks.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gorunners.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/luiza-da-cruz\/8774\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8774\" target=\"_blank\">Luiza Da Cruz<\/a> recorded 32 assists, while <a href=\"https:\/\/gorunners.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/analiese-gagliano\/8780\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8780\" target=\"_blank\">Analiese Gagliano<\/a> added 14 digs.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Lima reached 500 career kills, and Waite-Ward recorded her 150th career block.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>How it Happened<\/p>\n<p>The `Runners opened the match with an 18-25 first-set loss before responding emphatically in the second. Bakersfield hit .375 with 12 kills and no errors, holding UC Irvine to just seven points to even the match at one set apiece.<\/p>\n<p>The third set proved to be a tightly contested battle. Bakersfield fought back to tie the score at 24-24, but the Anteaters claimed the final two points to take a 2-1 lead. UC Irvine then closed out the match with a 25-19 fourth-set victory.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s Next?<\/p>\n<p>CSUB will remain at home to host UC San Diego\u00a0for Alumni Night at the Icardo Center.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>CSUB vs.\u00a0UC San Diego<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Alumni Night<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Fans can purchase tickets for CSUB home events online at <a href=\"https:\/\/gorunners.com\/tickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoRunners.com\/Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~GoRunners.com~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: UC San Diego 10\/17\/2026 | 6:00 PM &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; Oct. 17&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-498961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498961","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=498961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}