The Matadors best season in school history came to an end Thursday night at Maples Pavilion with Penn State sweeping CSUN (30-21, 30-23, 30-28) in the NCAA National Semifinal. CSUN (23-10) made it to the four-team national tournament for the first time since 1993, while Penn State were in for their 12 consecutive season and the 25th time in schools history “We looked like we hadn’t been here in 17 years and they looked like they were here every year,”… Read more

The Matadors first appearance in the NCAA National Semifinal in 17 years ended in three sets as Penn State dominated the Matadors 30-21, 30-23, 30-28 Thursday night at Maples Pavilion. “We just knew what to expect from each one of their hitters,” Penn State All-American Max Lipsitz said. “I feel like we were at the right place at the right time.” In a losing effort, All-American middle blocker Jacek Ratajczak led the Matadors with 15 kills, while senior outside Mike… Read more

No. 2 seed Matadors (23-9) journey for a national title is down to two wins. Up first for CSUN is a semifinal match against No. 3 seed Penn State (23-7) Thursday night at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, Calif. “We are so excited to be here, some of us have been training four, five years for this one moment,” senior outside hitter Mike Gaudino said. “Now it’s here and we have to soak it in and go out there and… Read more

PALO ALTO, Calif. — A dreadful first set by the Matadors set the tone for the rest of the match, as Stanford overpowered CSUN 3-0 (24-30, 28-30, 17-30) to win the MPSF Championship on Saturday night at Maples Pavilion. With the loss to Stanford, the Matadors lost the automatic bid to nationals but on Sunday morning the team received the news that they were selected as the at-large team for this week’s four-team NCAA National Tournament Championship. “We are all… Read more

Palo Alto, California–In their first MPSF Tournament final appearance in 17 years the Matadors were blown away 3-0 (24-30, 28-30, 17-30) by the Cardinal Saturday night at Maples Pavilion. “Great atmosphere here (Maples Pavilion), the crowd is relentless and we kind of let them get to us a little bit which is out of our character,” redshirt freshman John Baker said on how it affected the team playing in front of the Stanford fans.       Senior middle blocker Jacek Ratajczak led… Read more

PALO ALTO, Calif.– After dropping a heartbreaking third set in which they where up by as many as six, the Matadors rallied to defeat BYU 3-2 (26-30, 30-25, 28-30, 30-16, 15-12) Thursday night at Maples Pavilion to advance to the MPSF Tournament final on Saturday night. Senior Theo Edwards led four players in double figures with 16 kills and 13 digs, while the middle tandem of Kevin McKniff, Jacek Ratajczak and Redshirt freshman John Baker added 15 a piece. The… Read more