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No. 22 Beach Defeats Santa Clara 3-0 in Return

Quincy Verdin finished with 12 kills on .500 hitting and Naomi Washington added 10 kills as Long Beach State posted an impressive 25-14, 25-18, 26-24 win over Santa Clara Friday night. The 49ers hit .404 making just nine errors in the three games while holding the Broncos to a .183 mark.

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Senior outside hitter Julie Rubenstein had match highs of 15 kills and 15 digs to lead the #14/#21 Pepperdine women’s volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep of UC Santa Barbara on the first night of the 2008 Pepperdine Asics Classic at Firestone Fieldhouse.



The Waves (10-0) defeated the Gauchos (3-7) by scores of 25-21, 25-18, 25-16 in Pepperdine’s 2008 home opener. In the first match on Friday, Texas State (7-8) outlasted Cal State Northridge (5-6), 25-15, 25-27, 24-26, 25-23, 15-11.

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Just call them the comeback kids. The No. 20 Purdue volleyball team did it again, overcoming a 2-1 deficit to top the Dayton Flyers Friday night. The Boilermakers won the match 25-17, 24-26, 8-25, 25-23, 15-11 to move to 9-1 on the year after playing their third-straight five-set match.

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The Kansas State Wildcats made quick work of the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday night at Ahearn Field House with a sweep. K-State held off the Buffs 25-15, 25-16, 25-19 to get its first conference win of the season.

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Paced by Torey Ellick's match-best 13 kills, the 17th-ranked University of San Diego women's volleyball team (10-2) picked up a 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-15) win over Seattle University in its final West Coast Conference tune-up Saturday afternoon.

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For most teams, a stretch of five tough matches in 10 days with two against ranked teams and the start of conference play would be too much to handle. But not for the Colorado State Rams.

On Saturday night at Moby Arena in front of 3,667 fans, CSU (10-1, 2-0 MWC) outplayed the 24th-ranked BYU Cougars (8-3, 1-1 MWC) at Moby Arena and posted a 3-0 sweep (25-18, 25-20, 25-19) in Mountain West conference action. The win gave the Rams their 21st consecutive win at Moby, which ties the program's longest win streak since the team won 21 straight matches from the end of the 2000 season to the beginning of the 2002 campaign.

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Junior Rachel Rourke (Queensland, Australia) and sophomore Jill Sawatzky (St. Andrews, Manitoba) combined for 46 of the Beavers’ 53 total as Oregon State upset No. 13 Wisconsin in the team’s second match of the Marquette Cheese Bowl.



Oregon State (10-2) extends its winning streak to five, while ending the Badgers’ (9-2) five-match streak with set scores being 25-23, 19-25, 16-25, 25-16, 15-13.

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The No. 9-ranked California volleyball team (10-1, 0-0 Pac-10) put together its third win of the weekend to capture the 2008 Crowne Plaza Volleyball Classic title at Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif. The Golden Bears took a 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-22) victory over host Cal State Fullerton (6-8, 0-0 Big West) and put three players on the all-tournament team including the tournament's most valuable player, junior outside hitter Hana Cutura. Cutura led all players in the match with 13 kills (2e, 22att) and hit .500. Joining Cutura on the all-tournament team were sophomore setter Carli Lloyd and senior outside hitter Am'ra Solomon. Lloyd earned her fourth such honor this season while Solomon took home all-tournament honors for the first time in her career. San Francisco finished second; Fullerton third and Central Connecticut State fourth this weekend.

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North Carolina battled No. 8 Minnesota to the bitter end Saturday night in Minneapolis, Minn. and went on to claim one of the top wins in school history as the Tar Heels won 3-2 (24-26, 25-20, 23-25, 31-29, 15-12) over the Golden Gophers. A total team effort fueled the Tar Heels to the upset victory as they battled back from a 2-1 deficit to claim a 31-29 set four victory before sealing the deal 15-12. The No. 8-ranking the Gophers held resulted in the top road upset in school history. The Tar Heels will look to carry the momentum into the ACC season as they host Maryland on Friday and Boston College on Saturday.

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The No. 7 University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team (9-2, 2-0 WAC) swept through the Boise State Broncos (3-8, 1-1) 25-11, 25-18 and 29-27 in front of a crowd of 6,485 at the Stan Sheriff Center Saturday.

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