Golden Eagles Hit On All Cylinders In CCAA Win

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at Stanislaus State

10/11/2025 | 2 p.m.

Oct. 11 (Sat) / 2 p.m.

at Stanislaus State

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MERCED — Cal State LA’s women’s volleyball team was on fire Friday night in a California Collegiate Athletic Association match at conference newcomer UC Merced.

The Golden Eagles hit at a sizzling .500 percentage and swept the Bobcats, 25-22, 25-19, 25-17 on the Greg and Cathie Hostetier Court. Cal State LA (11-3, 7-0 CCAA) won its seventh straight match and remained tied atop the CCAA standings with Cal Poly Pomona. Cal State LA had 51 kills and just eight errors in 86 total attacks in an impressive offensive showing.

Samarah DaCoud, the reigning AVCA national Player of the Week, had 19 kills in the three sets and hit at a .567 percentage. Zuhal Cetin, meanwhile, had 14 kills and hit at an astounding .737 percentage. She took 19 swings and did not commit an error.

Sera Riley had 10 kills for UC Merced (4-12, 3-4 CCAA). 

Oluwatoyin Sunday had five kills in just six swings and Madison Clark had four kills and two blocks in five swings. Arielle Chandler had 22 set assists and two aces and McKinley Chase had 16 set assists and one ace.

Cal State LA had a 51-31 advantage in kills and outhit the Bobcats, .500-.282. Cal State LA had 10 aces and 10 errors from the serving line, while UC Merced had six aces and five errors. Cal State LA had a 2-1 edge in blocks.

The Golden Eagles took a narrow win in the opening set that featured 10 ties and five lead changes. The last tie was at 20-20 before back-to-back kills by DaCoud put the Golden Eagles ahead for good. Two attack errors got the Golden Eagles to set point at 24-21 and a kill by DaCoud ended the set.

Cal State LA led nearly from start to finish in the second set with the only tie coming at 2-2. Cal State LA stretched a 10-5 lead to 13-5 after two kills by DaCoud and another by Clark. UC Merced got as close as four points as late as 22-18, but kills by Sunday and Cetin got the Golden Eagles to set point at 24-18. A kill by Ayjah Landers gave the Golden Eagles the set.

Cal State LA held a 14-12 lead in the final set before a service error and kills by Cetin and Sunday gave the Golden Eagles a 17-12 lead and they never were threatened after that. Kills by Cetin, Landers and DaCoud got the Golden Eagles to match point at 24-16 and a kill by DaCoud ended the contest.

Cal State LA will return to action on Saturday with an afternoon match at Stanislaus State.

 

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