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Irvine, Calif. – Northeastern pushed California to five sets on day two of the Long Beach State / UC Irvine Mizuno Invitational but was bested in the final set 15-11. Northeastern (3-4) and California (3-1) alternated set wins (25-19, 25-22, 25-23, 25-21) en route to the deciding fifth set.
 
Despite the loss, Northeastern played a very strong match. New season highs were set for total assists, total blocks and points. Additionally, individual match-highs were set by Kristen Walding with 47 assists and Caterina Rosander with 7 blocks.
 
For Northeastern, Jamie Bredahl tied Amy Underdown's match high 18 kills and notched her fourth double-double of the season. Shaina white posted a .476 hitting percentage with just one error on 21 attempts. Gabirelle Eyl tied her season match high of 25 digs
 
Cal's Jenelle Jordan also tallied 18 kills with a .351 hitting percentage. Alyssa Jensen posted 64 assists in the match. Rounding out the Golden Bears top performers was Maddy Kerr with 17 digs.
 
Set One Recap: (25-19 California)

• Kills from multiple players put the Huskies up 7-6 early on.
• Northeastern tested Cal by keeping the score within one at 16-15.
• Cal knocked a few in and held on to edge Northeastern in set one.

 
Set Two Recap: (25-22 Northeastern)

• After a 4-0 run from the Bears, the Huskies responded with their own 4-0 run to tie the score.
• Northeastern and Cal traded leads through the next few points.
• The Huskies took a three-point lead after consecutive kills by Eyl, Walding and Bredahl. (10-7)
• An ace from Asada right inside the corner put the Huskies up four. (11-7)
• The Golden Bears made a run to tie it at 16.
• Northeastern scored six points to Cal's one with Walding behind the serve to win the set and tie the match 1-1.

 
Set Three Recap: (25-23 California)

• Cal got off to another strong start getting an 8-2 jump on Northeastern.
• Northeastern came back and cut the deficit to one. (19-18)
• The teams remained tied or separated by one until Cal put down two service aces in a row en route to taking the set 25-23.

 
Set Four Recap: (25-21 Northeastern)

• Northeastern and Cal traded points early keeping it tied or within one. (7-7)
• The Bears served out of rotation giving Northeastern a free point.
• Costa added a kill to give the Huskies a 13-11 lead.
• Another Bears rotation error gave NU a two-point lead. (18-16)
• Two kills from Bredahl put the Huskies up 21-18 going into the final stretch.
• Northeastern took the last few points to win the set and push the match to five sets.

 
Set Five Recap: (15-11 California)

• Northeastern led early at 3-2 but Cal put on a strong performance taking the lead back at 9-6.
• Cal held the lead to 12-8.
• Despite pushing its score to 11, Northeastern was unable to catch Cal for the match win.

 
Next Up:
After traveling for two straight weekends, the Huskies will return to Cabot Center to host a tournament of their own on Sept. 9th and 10th. Northeastern will welcome Fordham, Presbyterian and Binghamton to Boston for games on Friday at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Northeastern will face Fordham in game two on Friday, Presbyterian in the 12:30 slot on Saturday and will close out the tournament with Binghamton at 7 p.m.