Beach Volleyball falls to Long Beach State in Big West Championship

As the most affordable seed to ever get to the championship recreation, Cal Poly Seaside Volleyball fell in the Major West Championships to Prolonged Beach Condition, 4-1, right after the two-day convention tournament on Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 in Hawaii.

Coming into the season, the Mustangs (15-25) ended up seeking to protect their Massive West title for the fourth consecutive year.

Nevertheless, the normal period did not match all those anticipations as Cal Poly began the calendar year with an -8 document and never uncovered a rhythm.

The Mustangs headed into the match as the No. 5 seed and opened it up with a 4-1 win more than CSU Bakersfield.

Up versus No. 8 Hawaii, the beloved to earn the Huge West, Cal Poly experienced a 4-1 reduction to deliver the team to the loser’s bracket.

This established up a matchup with CSU Northridge in which the Mustangs arrived out on top 3-2 to near out working day one of competitiveness.

Headed into the Saturday matches, Cal Poly even now necessary to climb out of the elimination bracket, and it wasn’t the 1st time the Mustangs have been forced to make an not likely operate. When the group hoisted the trophy in 2018, they came from the base 50 percent of the bracket.

Cal Poly begun out sizzling, taking down No. 3 seed UC Davis 4-1 to established up one more matchup with the Rainbow Wahine in the semifinals with the winner having on Extended Beach front Point out for the championship.

Hawaii picked up two of the very first a few spots, successful at courts five and one particular while the Mustangs grabbed a victory on courtroom 4.

However, the No. 2 Cal Poly duo of freshmen Izzy Martinez and sophomore Piper Ferch tied the matchup at 2-2, location it up for the veteran pairing of senior Delaney Peranich and graduate Brooke Golik.

Peranich and Golik came as a result of soon after dropping the to start with set, successful 18-21, 21-19, 15-12 to give the Mustangs an prospect to defend their title in opposition to Extensive Seaside State.

The odds ended up stacked from them, even so, as Cal Poly wanted to beat a perfectly-rested Prolonged Seashore Condition, the 11th-ranked team in the nation, two times to win the championship. The Mustangs were being also on their third consecutive match without a break.

The Beach eventually obtained the task carried out, cruising to two-set wins in the very first 4 courts to complete to clinch the Huge West championship. Peranich and Golik were being the only Mustangs to prevail, as they finished their matchup on court three soon after the general final result was made the decision.

Cal Poly will now change to the offseason, in which the program will look to make improvements to inspite of getting rid of 7 graduating users of the group.