CSUN Beach Volleyball Travels to Irvine For Friday Twin Matches

MATADORS THIS WEEK:

Friday, Mar. 27, 2026

OC Great Park – Irvine, Calif.

CSUN vs. Vanguard – 9:00 a.m.

CSUN vs. Concordia Irvine – 11:00 a.m.

In-game X updates: @CSUNBeach

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FOR STARTERS

CSUN Beach Volleyball takes a short break from match play this week because the Matadors journey to Irvine’s OC Great Park on Friday to tackle Vanguard and Concordia Irvine. CSUN (4-15) will meet Vanguard at 9 a.m., earlier than taking over Concordia at 11 a.m.

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FOLLOW YOUR MATADORS ONLINE

Follow CSUN Matadors seaside volleyball on-line on the official house of CSUN athletics, www.GoMatadors.com. For street matches, associated hyperlinks to the match, together with any reside scoring, audio, and video, will likely be posted earlier than the match on the seaside volleyball schedule web page of GoMatadors.com. 

Fans are additionally inspired to test the CSUN Athletics Department’s official X feed (@GoMatadors) and the seaside volleyball-specific feed (@CSUNBeach) for information and notes all through the week, in addition to updates of matches in progress.

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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

Vanguard (6-10) has dropped six consecutive twin matches since opening the season with six wins in its opening 10 duals. The Lions fell to UC Davis (5-0) and Concordia (5-0) on Tuesday on the Huntington Beach Courts to drop to 6-10 on the season.

Series: Friday’s twin match is the eighth assembly all-time between CSUN and Vanguard, relationship again to 2018. The Matadors have claimed all seven earlier duals, claiming 5 5-0 wins, whereas additionally profitable 4-1 in 2019 and 2021, and 3-2 in 2022. 

Concordia Irvine (8-11) dropped a 4-1 resolution to UC Davis earlier than sweeping Vanguard 5- 0 on Tuesday in Huntington Beach. Against the Aggies, the Golden Eagles earned their lone win on the No. 2 court docket as Ashley Rossi and Kelia Giusta received 21-6, 24-22. Against Vanguard, Concordia picked up straight-set wins on all 5 scoring courts to earn its eighth win of the season. 

Series: Friday’s twin match is the nineteenth all-time between CSUN and Concordia, with the Golden Eagles main the all-time collection, 10-8. After the Matadors received eight of the primary 11 twin matches between the 2 groups from 2016 to 2023, Concordia has received seven straight, together with a 3-2 win on the Matador Beach Complex in CSUN’s season opener on Feb. 20.

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CSUN FINISHES 2-4 AT BIG WEST CHALLENGE

The Matadors bought again within the win column with a 5-0 victory over Cal State Bakersfield to focus on day one of many Big West Challenge final Saturday (Mar. 21) at Rosie’s Dog Beach. The Matadors opened the day with a nail-biting 3-2 loss to No. 11 Long Beach State and closed the day with a 5-0 loss to No. 3 Cal Poly. On Sunday, the Matadors got here up simply in need of three match wins as CSUN completed 1-2 on the second and ultimate day of the occasion. The Matadors opened the day with a 4-1 win over Sacramento State, earlier than falling to No. 13 Hawai’i (4-1) and UC Davis (3-2) to wrap up the weekend. 

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CSUN QUICK SETS

Dylan Hall and Ava Rogers had a formidable weekend on the Big West Challenge, ending 5-1 in six duals. In enhancing to a team-best 8-6 this season, Hall and Rogers claimed the one CSUN level in a straight-set (21-18, 21-19) win over No. 13 Hawai’i. Hall and Rogers’ solely loss got here on the No. 3 court docket towards No. 3 Cal Poly … Hannah Heflin, Maleya Miles, Haley Coggins, and Daysha Halbert every have seven pairs wins this season. Heflin, Miles, Coggins, and Halbert every posted three wins on the Big West Challenge … the CSUN pairs of Tia Mendiola and Zaria Henderson and Jill Rodig and Ainsley Patrick teamed up for the primary time final weekend in San Luis Obispo.  

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CSUN BEACH HISTORY

The Matadors are 138-163 (.458) all-time of their twelfth season of seaside volleyball, together with a 73-38 (.658) file on their house sand. CSUN set a program file for single-season wins with 18 in 2025. The Matadors completed with 17 wins in 2023 (17-16), 2022 (17-17), and 2018 (17-8).

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UP NEXT

Following two twin matches on Friday, CSUN opens the homestretch of the common season subsequent week because the Matadors journey to Boise, Idaho, for the Boise State Beach Bash. Over two days (Apr. 3-4), CSUN will tackle Oregon, UTEP, Santa Clara, and the host Broncos.

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