Golden Eagles Stretch Their Winning Streak To Seven

Next Match:

at UC Merced

10/10/2025 | 5 p.m.

Oct. 10 (Fri) / 5 p.m.

at UC Merced

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LOS ANGELES — Cal State LA’s women’s volleyball team shook off a cold start and ran its winning streak to seven in a row with a four-set win over Chico State on Saturday.

The Golden Eagles dropped the opening set before steadying themselves and pulling away for a 22-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-16 California Collegiate Athletic Association win over the Wildcats in University Gym. Cal State LA (10-3, 6-0 CCAA) is tied atop the conference with Cal Poly Pomona following Saturday’s results.

The seven-match winning streak for the Golden Eagles is their longest since a nine-game stretch from Sept. 23, 2023 – Oct. 21, 2023, the year they won their first-ever national championship.

Ayjah Landers had a match-high 25 kills and hit at a .488 percentage, while Samarah DaCoud had 23 kills and 12 digs and hit at a .438 percentage. Freshman Anaiya Cooper also made big contributions with a season-high 10 kills and a .435 hitting percentage over the final three sets.

Maria Wahl had a team-high 13 kills for Chico State (4-9, 0-6 CCAA), while Gwyneth Wentzel had 11 kills.

Arielle Chandler had a career-high 53 set assists for the Golden Eagles, while Juliana Speiski had a team-high 15 digs and three service aces.

Cal State LA had a 69-50 edge in kills and outhit Chico State, .344 – .245. Chico State had a 5-4 advantage in blocks. Cal State LA had nine service aces and nine errors, while Chico State had two aces and three errors.

After dropping the first set, Cal State LA trailed as late as 15-14 in the second set before going on a 3-0 run to take the lead in the frame for good. Kills by Landers and DaCoud and an attack error gave the Golden Eagles a 17-15 advantage. Cal State LA later scored five straight points to extend a 17-16 edge to 22-16. A Chico State service error, a solo block by Cooper, a kill by Madison Clark, an ace by DaCoud and a bad set gave the Golden Eagles a six-point lead. Chico State got as close as 23-18 before kills by Cooper and Landers evened the match.

Cal State LA jumped out to a 10-6 lead in the third set after a kill by DaCoud, a kill by Cooper, back-to-back kills from Rachel Lowe and another kill by DaCoud and led the rest of the way. Kills by Landers and Cooper gave the Golden Eagles a 21-16 lead, an attack error and a kill by DaCoud made it 23-17 and kills by DaCoud and Landers accounted for Cal State LA’s final two points in the set and a 25-19 win.

Cal State LA erased an early 4-1 deficit and pulled away in the fourth set to close out the match. A 6-0 run courtesy of a kill by Landers, an ace by Landers, a block by DaCoud, another ace by Landers, a kill by Landers and a kill by Clark gave the Golden Eagles a 21-11 edge. A kill by Cooper got the Golden Eagles to match point and a kill by Landers ended the contest.

Cal State LA will return to action on Friday with a road match at UC Merced.

 

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