LOS ANGELES – The third-seed San Francisco State volleyball team fell to the two-seed and host team RV Cal State Los Angeles in three sets (25-22, 25-21, 25-14) ending their CCAA tournament run.
- The Gators fall to 18-10 while the Golden Eagles advance to the finals and improve to 18-9.
- SF State was without the services of CCAA Setter of the Year Kimberly DeBoer. Drew deGuzman and Tamiya Wilson took the bulk of the setting duties and finished with 13 and nine assists respectively. The Gators finished the match with a .163 attack percentage.
- Cal State LA had a major advantage on blocks (11 to 3) and kills (47 to 32)
- The Golden Eagles were paced by CCAA Player of the Year Emily Elliot, who finished with 18 kills, four blocks and two aces.
The Gators opened set one with a 3-0 run but Cal State LA responded with a 4-0 run to retake the lead. A 5-0 run with several Golden Eagles gave the Gators a 12-9 lead. LA called a timeout down 17-14, regrouped and tied things up at 19-19. LA came out of the timeout and landed two kills and capitalized on a setter error. The Gators came back within one, but the Golden Eagles shut the door with two straight kills to get to 25.
In another close set, the Golden Eagles start to separate themselves when they used a 5-1 scoring run to take a 17-13 lead. Coming out of a timeout, Josie Collier assisted on a block and landed a kill to help the Gators come within one down 18-17. A pair of Gator service errors stopped their momentum and the Golden Eagles held onto their lead.
An ace from Brianna DeBoer tied the set up 7-7. The Golden Eagles responded with a 6-1 run to take a five-point lead. The two teams sided out on the next eight serves to keep it a five-point match. The Gators called a timeout down 18-13 but only earned one more point the rest of the set, an attack error from LA.
The Gators wait to see if their name gets called to play in the NCAA tournament. SF State was ranked seventh in the latest West Regional ranking with the top eight schools advancing to Regionals. The NCAA will make their announcement November 20th.
