Zac BonDurant

CSU Bakersfield CSUB 0-1,0-0 Big West

Arizona St. ASU 1-0,0-0 Pac-12

CSU Bakersfield CSUB

0-1,0-0 Big West

Final

Aug. 26, 2022

Arizona St. ASU

1-0,0-0 Pac-12

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
CSU Bakersfield CSUB	12	14	21	(0)
Arizona St. ASU	25	25	25	(3)

Toledo UT 2-0,0-0 MAC

CSU Bakersfield CSUB 0-2,0-0 Big West

Toledo UT

2-0,0-0 MAC

Final

Aug. 26, 2022

CSU Bakersfield CSUB

0-2,0-0 Big West

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Toledo UT	21	25	25	25	(3)
CSU Bakersfield CSUB	25	16	23	14	(1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | August 26, 2022

`Runners Experience Growing Pains in Arizona

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8/27/2022 | 11:00 A.M.

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History

Recap
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TEMPE, Ariz. – Opening Day of the 2022 volleyball season came with some growing pains for the young squad from California State University, Bakersfield. The Roadrunners dropped a pair of matches on Friday while kicking off the Webb-Burbridge Classic. CSUB fell to tournament host Arizona State in straight sets before losing to Toledo 3-1 in the nightcap.

Quotes from CSUB Head Coach Giovana Melo

"We definitely improved from the first match to the second."
"We need to focus on our serve and pass. When we did that, we were good."
"I thought we had some great moments today."
On returning to her alma mater, Arizona State, for the first time: "It feels pretty good to be back. There were a lot of of my old teammates that came and it was fun to see them."

CSUB 0, Arizona State 3

Set 1 (ASU, 25-12)

ASU jumped out to a 7-2 lead and extended that advantage to 18-6.
CSUB was outhit by ASU .069 to .500.
Senior outside hitter Hayley McCluskey led the `Runners with four kills while taking the bulk of the team's swings.

Set 2 (ASU, 25-14)

CSUB kept the Sun Devils from running away with the set but the `Runners could not close the gap.
Bakersfield hit a much-improved clip of .208 in Game 2.
Redshirt freshman Lizzie Binder led CSUB with six kills after the second set.

Set 3 (ASU, 25-21)

CSUB earned several leads, including at 10-9, but never led by more than two points.
From 11-11, a 4-0 ASU run gave the Sun Devils the space they needed.

Notables

Middle blocker Hana Makonova led CSUB with eight kills on .667 hitting.
McCluskey and Binder both finished with eight kills as well.
Laura De Pra tallied 21 assists in her CSUB debut.
ASU outhit CSUB .408 to .200.

CSUB 1, Toledo 3

Set 1 (CSUB, 25-21)

CSUB raced out to 9-4 lead.
Bakersfield used five blocks to earn the first-set victory.
Binder tallied four kills on seven swings (.571).
The `Runners held Toledo to -.026 hitting.

Set 2 (TOL, 25-16)

From a 12-10 lead, Toledo went on a 5-0 run to open up some breathing room.
CSUB hit much better in Set 2 (.345), but Bakersfield could not slow the Rockets (.480).

Set 3 (TOL, 25-23)

In another tight set, the teams played to four tied scores and three lead changes.
CSUB pulled within one point multiple times, but the Rockets held on for a narrow win.
Makonova had five kills in the third set alone.

Set 4 (Toledo, 25-14)

Toledo sprinted away from CSUB early in the final set and led by as many as 13 points.
Emma Erteltova had three kills on five swings in Set 4.

Notables

Makonova led all `Runners with 10 kills and five blocks.
With 186 career block assists, Makonova is tied with Julia Bowen for fourth in CSUB's Division I history.
De Pra posted a career-high 35 assists.

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