{"id":57592,"date":"2025-11-18T00:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/57592\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T00:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:17:08","slug":"womens-volleyball-finishes-the-regular-season-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/57592\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Volleyball Finishes The Regular Season On The Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONG BEACH, Calif. —\u00a0The Beach finishes the regular season on the road, taking on UC San Diego on Tuesday before a trip to the islands to face Hawai’i. Both matches will be live on ESPN+.
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\nRIGHT AWAY
\n\u2022 Long Beach State is coming off of two big wins, rolling past UC Riverside before handing UC Davis their second conference loss in a 3-1 win.
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\n\u2022 Logan King<\/a> had a huge week, averaging 3.86 kills per set on .407 hitting with 22 digs, earning both Offensive Player and Freshman of the Week from the Big West. Sophomore Madi Maxwell<\/a> also picked up her third Big West Setter of the Week honors after averaging 10.29 assists per set while guiding the team to .304 hitting over the two wins.
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\nSENIOR NIGHT
\n\u2022 Long Beach State picked up a key win over UC Davis as the team battles for top seeding in the upcoming Big West Championship which will be held in the Walter Pyramid. Logan King<\/a> hit .343 with 16 kills, freshman Sidney Hamaker<\/a> added 14 kills on .423 hitting and senior Elise Agi<\/a> had 10 kills as the Beach picked up a 3-1 win over the Aggies. In addition to Agi, Long Beach State recognized their other three departinggraduates in Rhiann Sheffie<\/a>, Nieko Thomas<\/a> and Tatum Hoff<\/a>.
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\nMILESTONE PERFORMANCES
\n\u2022 In Long Beach State’s five-set comeback win over Cal State Bakersfield, sophomore Madi Maxwell<\/a> led the way in a memorable all-around performance, finishing with 12 kills, 41 assists and 17 digs to record the first triple-double for Long Beach State since 2012. That effort came from Tara Roenicke, who finished with 11 kills, 43 assists and 14 digs against Cal State Fullerton 13 years ago.
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\n\u2022 In less than a week, Maxwell repeated the feat in a 3-0 sweep against UC Irvine. Guiding Long Beach State to .270 hitting as a team, Maxwell finished with 10 kills on .529 hitting hersef while making 27 assists and 11 digs on November 1.
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\n\u2022 Also against Cal State Bakersfield on October 25, senior Elise Agi<\/a> led the team with 23 kills and 20 digs, becoming the first player since Nele Barber in 2016 to finish with a 20\/20 night for Long Beach State.
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\nFIRST YEAR PHENOM
\n\u2022 Redshirt freshman Logan King<\/a> picked up Freshman of the Week honors once more after leading Long Beach State to wins over UC Davis and UC Riverside. King hit over .500 with 11 kills against the Highlanders, and then had a double-double with 16 kills on .343 hitting with 13 digs in an important 3-1 victory over the Aggies.
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\n\u2022 King was recognized in back-to-back weeks to start the season, and has now won the award in four of the last six weeks. The opposite ranks among the Big West leaders in a number of offensive categories, and is first on Long Beach State in kills at 3.58 per set while adding 17 aces, 228 digs and 78 total blocks on the year.
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\n\u2022 After the November 17 win, King is now just one win away from tying the Big West record of seven Freshman of the Week wins, set by Adlee Van Winden of Cal Poly in 2015. King has also now twice been chosen as the Big West Offensive Player of the Week on October 6 and November 17.
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\nSETTER SPOTLIGHT
\n\u2022 Sophomore Madi Maxwell<\/a> is making the most of her new opportunity, taking over as the team’s primary setter in her second season with the program after earning Big West All-Freshman Team honors as an opposite in 2024, finishing the year averaging 1.89 kills per set with 19 service aces.
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\n\u2022 Now a three-time Big West Setter of the Week, Maxwell has quickly adapted to her new role, leading Long Beach State in multiple areas. Maxwell is averaging 9.17 assists per set while leading the Beach with 23 aces and 260 digs on the year, while contributing 0.67 blocks per set and over a kill per set while guiding the Beach to .240 hitting as a team, third-best in the conference.
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\nBLOCK PARTY
\n\u2022 Middle Blocker Nieko Thomas<\/a> is another weekly award winner, selected following a 2-0 week for the Beach on October 20 where she averaged 2.0 blocks per set in wins over UC San Diego and Hawai’i, including matching a career-high with 10 blocks against the Tritons.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Thomas leads Long Beach State and the Big West in total blocks with 111, a tally that ranks in the Top 100 in Division I. She ranks third in the Big West in blocks per set, averaging 1.12. She tied her career high with 10 blocks on Oct. 16 against UC San Diego.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rhiann Sheffie<\/a> adds depth with 90 total blocks, ranking in the Top 10 in the Big West in total blocks, and is effective on offense as well, ranking in the league’s Top 10 in hitting percentage at .294 on the year.

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\n\u2022 As a team, LBSU is 41st in blocks per set nationally at 2.53 blocks per set, and defensively the Beach have been very strong, limiting teams to .186 hitting which ranks in the nation’s Top 75.

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\nPLAYER NOTES

\n\u2022 Senior Elise Agi<\/a> has been a veteran presence for the squad, averaging 2.97 kills per set, second-most on the team while adding 18 aces, 49 blocks and 2.49 digs per set as a constant presence for the Beach.

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\n\u2022 Agi was named the Big West Offensive Player of the Week on September 22 after leading LBSU to a 3-0 record at the UniWyo Invite. Agi hit .326 while averaging 3.46 kills, 3.00 digs, and 3.88 points per set. She posted two double-doubles, including a career-high 16 digs vs. Wyoming and 24 kills vs. Idaho State.

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\n\u2022 Long Beach State has another true freshman making an impact offensively in Sidney Hamaker<\/a>. The freshman outside hitter posted double-digit kills in five straight matches earlier this season. Twice now Hamaker has set a season- and career-high in big matches with 14 against UC Santa Barbara and against UC Davis, and she ranks third on the team with an average of 2.30 kills per set.

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\n\u2022 Two Division I transfers have also earned a role this season for the Beach. Sophomore Pola Bujnarowska<\/a> has now played in 26 sets, averaging 0.69 blocks per set and hitting .235 after one season at Syracuse, while junior Anabel Kotzakov<\/a> has played in 62 sets, averaging 1.39 kills per set and 1.35 digs per set after coming to the Beach from Boise State.

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\n\u2022 Bringing even more versatility to the Beach, sophomore Madi Collins<\/a> has added 75 assists and four aces this year, allowing Long Beach State to bring in a second setter to supplement the all-around skills of Madi Maxwell<\/a> at the position.

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\n\u2022 Redshirt freshman Preslie Yates<\/a> saw her first significant time of the year at UC Santa Barbara on November 8 and rewarded the team with a strong performance, setting career highs in both blocks and kills with eight blocks and seven kills on .353 hitting.

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\nDOUBLE LIBERO

\n\u2022 The Beach are utilizing a double libero rotation featuring Anna Jelinek<\/a> and Izzy Mahaffey<\/a>. Jelinek is fifth on the team in digs with 165 in total this season, with five double-digit efforts, including a season-high 13 vs. San Diego State on September 13. Mahaffey now has 182 digs and has made 11 aces on the year, with five double-digit digs performances including two straight last week against UC Davis and UC Riverside.

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