{"id":506183,"date":"2026-10-24T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506183\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T05:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:00:12","slug":"the-titans-fall-to-long-beach-state-in-straight-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506183\/","title":{"rendered":"The Titans Fall to Long Beach State in Straight Sets"},"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\/1792818012_506_long_beach_state.png\" alt=\"Long Beach State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p> Long Beach State<\/p>\n<p>10\/24\/2026 | 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Oct. 24 (Sat) \/ 2:00 p.m.&#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\/1792818012_506_long_beach_state.png\" alt=\"Long Beach State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Long Beach State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2014 The Cal State Fullerton women&#8217;s volleyball team fell to Long Beach State in straight sets (19-25, 15-25, 13-25) Friday night. The Titans moved to 6-16 overall and 1-8 in Big West play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fullerton recorded 27 kills and a .093 hitting percentage compared with Long Beach State&#8217;s 46 kills and .327 hitting percentage. The Titans found the most success in the opening set, hitting .194. <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kaia-herweg\/6016\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6016\" target=\"_blank\">Kaia Herweg<\/a> led the Titans with seven kills, while <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/sofia-shine\/6023\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6023\" target=\"_blank\">Sofia Shine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/zariah-crosby\/6021\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6021\" target=\"_blank\">Zariah Crosby<\/a> contributed two each. Defensively, Crosby posted two block assists and a solo block, finishing with a team-high eight total points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Titans dropped the opening set, 25-19. Herweg tallied four kills, while Crosby accounted for two of the team&#8217;s four blocks. The teams battled through nine ties and two lead changes before The Beach utilized a four-point run to take a 14-10 advantage. The Beach extended its lead to 18-10 before Fullerton used a three-point rally to cut the deficit to 18-13. Two blocks from Crosby late in the set brought the Titans within four at 23-19, but Long Beach State closed out the set to take a 1-0 match lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ZARIAH. CROSBY. A monster block from Crosby cuts Fullerton&#8217;s deficit to five, 22-17. #TusksUp https:\/\/t.co\/N0zA0AHh6I<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Titans Volleyball (@Fullerton_WVB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Fullerton_WVB\/status\/2113820778349400341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 24, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State won the second set, 25-15. Crosby led Fullerton with three kills and a .333 hitting percentage. The Titans worked to an 8-5 lead behind kills from Shine and Herweg, but The Beach answered with seven straight kills to claim a 12-8 lead. Two late kills from Crosby brought the score to 23-14, but Fullerton could not stop The Beach from taking a 2-0 match lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Titans fell in the third set, 25-13. <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/neeva-gaine\/6015\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6015\" target=\"_blank\">Neeva Gaine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/bella-risling\/6024\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6024\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Risling<\/a>, Herweg and Crosby each tallied two kills. Fullerton tied the set at 4-4 with a block assist from Herweg and Crosby. After committing eight errors, including four service errors, Fullerton struggled to defend The Beach. Long Beach State extended its lead to 15-7 with a four-point run before securing the match sweep on a 4-0 run that included a Fullerton service error and three consecutive kills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Herweg ?? Crosby A block from <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kaia-herweg\/6016\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6016\" target=\"_blank\">Kaia Herweg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/zariah-crosby\/6021\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6021\" target=\"_blank\">Zariah Crosby<\/a> evens the third set at 4-4. #TusksUp https:\/\/t.co\/MueMQcIzNS<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Titans Volleyball (@Fullerton_WVB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Fullerton_WVB\/status\/2113832882720698466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 24, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The crosstown rivalry between the Titans and The Beach continues at Titan Gym on Saturday. First serve is scheduled for 2:02 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORT THE TITANS!<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFans can purchase tickets for various Cal State Fullerton athletic events by visiting FullertonTitansTickets.com. The Athletic Ticket Office can also be contacted by phone at 657-278-2783 or by email at <a href=\"https:\/\/fullertontitans.com\/news\/2026\/10\/23\/mailto:athletictixs@fullerton.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">athletictixs@fullerton.edu<\/a>. The Ticket Office is located at the Titan Baseball ticketing office and is open from 10 am \u2013 4 pm PT, Monday \u2013 Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE TITANS!<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFans can keep up with the latest in Titan Athletics by following us on Facebook (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fullertontitans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\/FullertonTitans<\/a>), X (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FullertonTitans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonTitans<\/a>) Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fullertontitans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonTitans<\/a>), YouTube (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FullertonTitansAthletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FullertonTitansAthletics<\/a>) and TikTok (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@fullertontitans?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FullertonTitans<\/a>). In addition, the softball team has established its own Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fullerton_wvb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Fullerton_WVB<\/a>) and X accounts (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Fullerton_WVB\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Fullerton_WVB<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>WATCH THE TITANS ON ESPN+<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTitans fans can now watch every home event exclusively on ESPN+. Cal State Fullerton has built a top-tier production studio to give the viewers an ESPN quality production for all games at Titan Stadium. Additionally, all schools in the Big West Conference are committed to producing ESPN quality streams which will allow fans to watch the Titans on ESPN+ for all road conference games.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: Long Beach State 10\/24\/2026 | 2:00 p.m. &#13; Oct. 24 (Sat) \/ 2:00&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-506183","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\/506183","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=506183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}