Quantity 16th ranked Cal State Northridge headed to Malibu for KP’S NCAA Division I Match Of The Week to tackle 10th ranked Pepperdine. The match didn’t disappoint with excessive flying athletic performs, highly effective serves and large blocks. CSUN got here away with a historic win in 4 units (25-22, 25-20, 20-25, 25-23). The final time the Matadors beat the Waves in Malibu was in 2011, it’s their first high ten win of the season and that is their greatest begin in 15 years with a 9-2 document!
CSUN Head Coach Theo Edwards was interviewed that was posted on the CSUN males’s volleyball Instagram account, “It was an thrilling match, anytime you will get a street win is sweet and Pepperdine did a unbelievable job. We had been excited to come back in right here and play properly.”
In the midst of set one Pepperdine discovered themselves up 18-14. After a CSUN aspect out redshirt sophomore Jalen Phillips out of Anaheim scored on three straight service aces. The Matadors used that momentum to win the set 25-22. The CSUN offense got here alive in set two, they hit .440 and had full management to win the second set.
It appeared the CSUN was going to finish the sweep for the match with a 15-10 lead within the third set. Nonetheless, Pepperdine used an 8-0 run and held on to the result in win the set.
For the ultimate set the Waves and Matadors battled. CSUN discovered themselves up three factors early, however Pepperdine discovered methods to claw their approach again into the match. At one level Pepperdine reduce the result in one and compelled a CSUN timeout at 19-18. After the break in motion the Matadors used a three-point run to achieve some acquire some separation. The Waves answered with three straight factors to solely path 22-21. Phillips had a well timed kill and CSUN block regained their momentum with a 24-21 lead. Pepperdine continued to struggle, however the Matadors ended the match on a block to win 25-23.
After the match Pepperdine Head Coach Jonathan Winder gave his ideas, “We performed poorly and didn’t deal with the easy conditions, so it turned very sophisticated match.” For the season and this match 6’10 freshman exterior Cole Hartke has made nice contributions for the Waves. “Cole is doing unbelievable, we must always have set him extra balls tonight. He’s a mature man that may play the sport at a really bodily stage. His consistency has been great for us.”
The Matadors had been led by Jalen Phillips with 19 kills, freshman center blocker Stilian Delibosov had eight kills and hit .614 for the match. The senior Donovan Constable earned 44 assists and was a part of some well timed blocks. “This was really a workforce win in lots of aspects. I don’t assume we do it with out Donovan, Chris (Karnezis), Boaz (Serson), and Joa (Avila), a lot of guys contributed,” stated Coach Edwards.
The Waves fall to (4-3) and had been led by Ryan Barnett who had 18 kills, Cole Hartke totaled 16 on a .444 hitting share and Gabe Dyer had 43 assists.
Through the week I used to be in a position to study quite a bit about each packages. Because of the SID’S and each teaching staffs for offering Volleyball Journal with nice details about these two historic packages out in California.
Historical past of Pepperdine Volleyball:
5 NCAA championships (1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2005) second-most of any Division I males’s program.
Been within the MPSF for 32 seasons with a 396-206 total document.
18 NCAA Championship appearances and 16 Remaining Fours.
63 Waves have earned All-American honors a complete of 114 instances.
Former Head Coach Marv Dunphy was simply one among three coaches in any sport to win an NCAA title in 4 totally different many years. He’s believed to be simply the fifth head coach in NCAA males’s volleyball historical past to achieve the 500-wins milestone. He maintains his outdated workplace as this system’s head coach emeritus.
Eleven totally different Waves have competed on the Olympics and had been a part of the U.S. gold-medal successful groups in 1984, 1988 and 2008. Dunphy, who was head coach of the 1988 workforce, has coached at eight totally different Olympics with the U.S. males or ladies.
Pepperdine Head Coaches:
Marv Dunphy: 1982-2017
David Hunt: 2018-2022
Jonathan Winder: 2023-present
Pepperdine Notable Alumni:
Kevin Barnett (USA Males’s Nationwide Workforce Member)
John Mayer (Former Pepperdine Champ, Performed on the AVP and present LMU Seashore Volleyball Head Coach)
Matthew Pollock (Present Assistant Coach)
Sean Rooney (NCAA Champ and USA Males’s Nationwide Workforce Member)
Tom Sorenson (NCAA Champ and USA Males’s Nationwide Workforce Member)
Lance Walker (Former Pierce Faculty males’s volleyball coach)
Jonathan Winder (NCAA Champ and Present Head Coach)
Pierce Faculty Connection: Kevin Barnett, John Mayer, Lance Walker, Beau Daniels and Lance Walker had been among the few that transferred from Pierce to play for the Waves.
The Dyer Bunch: Noah Dyer and his sisters’ have performed for the Pepperdine packages. At the moment Gabe and George Dyer are graduate college students enjoying for the Waves.
2025 Summer time Camps:
Pepperdine runs an historic camp on the Malibu campus. They despatched up some courts within the Fieldhouse fitness center and put up some grass courts that overlook the Pacific Ocean. Coach Winder lately introduced his camp dates for July 22nd to July twenty fifth. Head to the Pepperdine web site to enroll!
Teachers:
3,629 undergraduate college students and gives 46 majors
Historical past of CSUN:
CSUN Notable Alumni:
Billy Allen (AVP Tour)
Theo Edwards (Present CSUN Head Coach)
Coley Kyman (CSUN Corridor of Famer, Program’s All-Time Chief in Kills)
Chris McGee (Longtime voice of the AVP, present LA Lakers pre/publish recreation TV host)
Bob Samuelson (USA Olympian)
Ty Tramblie (AVP Tour)
Daniel Wetter (performs professionally for Paris Volley, VNL)
What Convention Has CSUN performed in:
CSUN has sponsored males’s volleyball since 1977. Performed its first 15 seasons (1977-92) within the CCVC, WCVC Division I conferences despite the fact that CSUN was nonetheless on the time an NCAA Div. II faculty. Performed within the MPSF from 1993-2017 and have been within the Large West ever since.
CSUN Head coaches:
Walt Ker (1977-85) Southern California Volleyball Corridor of Fame inductee
John Worth (1986-97)
Jeff Campbell (1998-2022)
Theo Edwards (2023-present)
Kevin Pratte has enthusiastically been concerned in volleyball for over 23 years. Pratte began enjoying in center faculty and was lucky sufficient to play NCAA Division 1 volleyball at The College of the Pacific. After his enjoying profession Pratte bought concerned in teaching volleyball. In 2009 Pratte was the graduate assistant coach for the College of Nebraska ladies’s volleyball program. Later in his profession Pratte made teaching stops at College of the Pacific, a number of neighborhood faculties and coached at WAVE Volleyball Membership for seven years. At the moment Pratte is a bodily training instructor within the San Diego Unified Faculty District, San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary member, a university volleyball recruiting coordinator, hosts a volleyball podcast present, the proprietor of the Center Hitter web site and runs a non-profit group to assist elevate funds to provide boys’ highschool volleyball college students scholarships to play membership volleyball. He’s excited to proceed writing for Volleyball Journal and is keen to cowl the sport.
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