Road yields weekend split for The Beach

The courts of the north did not treat the Long Beach State women's volleyball team well this weekend, as it struggled in a loss to Stanford and held on to beat Idaho to split the two road matches.

In Saturday's match against the No. 21 Cardinals, No. 18 LBSU fell in three games, 15-11, 15-5 and 15-6.

Stanford (11-6) dominated the match by hitting .349 on the night, while LBSU (12-5) only hit .112 and committed 29 attack errors.

Cardinal Olympian Logan Tom hurt the 49ers with 13 kills, six blocks and eight digs.

Middle blocker Tayyiba Haneef led LBSU with 11 kills, and Cheryl Weaver added eight kills.

Setter Brittany Hochevar paced the 49ers with seven digs and a .407 attack percentage.

In Thursday's match at the University of Idaho, the 49ers disposed of the Vandals, 15-9, 15-6 and 17-15.

Weaver powered 16 kills past Idaho, and Elisha Thomas had eight kills and a .412 hitting percentage.

Vandals players Anna-Marie Hammond and Regan Butler tallied nine kills each in the losing effort.

Idaho (11-6 overall, 2-4 BWC), is just behind LBSU (4-3 BWC) in the Big West standings. With nine matches left in league play, both teams need wins to advance into the postseason.

The Beach can extend its home win streak to ten this week with matches against Cal Poly Thursday and UC Santa Barbara Saturday. Both matches will begin at 7:30 p.m.