Box Score NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Sophomore Natalie Shollin had five blocks and freshman Athena Ardila racked up 10 kills, but Northeastern fell 3-0 to California State University, Northridge in the final match of the Pepperdine/CSUN Challenge on Saturday.
 
Shollin's five blocks tied her career-high, which she set against Temple in the first game of the 2017 season. Freshman Samantha Shupe and senior Kristen Walding combined for 20 assists on the match. Junior Gabrielle Eyl tallied up 20 digs from the back row.
 
Eyl was named to the Pepperdine/CSUN Challenge All-Tournament team. The Colorado native finished the weekend with 81 digs and 10 assists.
 
Set One Recap:

• 26-24, CSUN
• The Huskies took an early 2-1 lead with Underdown's sixth ace of the season
• Tschannen's kill broke up CSUN's 4-0 run, Matadors led 7-5
• Northeastern tied the set at 24-24 with an Ardila-Shollin block and a Shollin kill
• An ace from CSUN's Kristey Markle gave the Matadors the first set win

Set Two Recap:

• 25-19, CSUN
• The Matadors took an early 8-2 lead
• A block and a kill from Brigitte Burcescu helped cut CSUN's lead to eight
• CSUN took the second set to take a 2-0 match lead

Set Three Recap:

• 25-22, CSUN
• The Huskies took an early 5-0 lead with kills from Ardila and Burcescu
• CSUN came back to tie the game at 20-20
• The Matadors took the match with a 25-22 third set win

Up Next For Northeastern:
The Huskies will head to Rhode Island for the Art Carmichael Invitational. Northeastern will face off against Rhode Island on September 8 at 7 p.m.

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