Calif. – The Charleston Golden Eagles faced four west coast opponents last week during Spring Break. Charleston comes back to West Virginia without a match victory but had several players reach season highs in different statistical categories.
 
Game 1:
 
The Basics:
Location: CU Arena
Score: UC 1, CUI 3
Records: UC 8-7 (1-3 EIVA), Concordia Irvine 6-5 (0-2 MPSF)
 
How it Happened:
In Charleston's first set of set of the spring break tour, the Golden Eagles fell 25-14 to a 5-5 Concordia Irvine squad. After a first set downfall, the Golden Eagles of Charleston turned things around and took set two of the match 25-23. The third set of the evening was well contested from both sides, but the Golden Eagles of Irvine took the set 25-20. The fourth set of the night looked like it would go in the way of Charleston, but late in the set Irvine went on a run and turned things around in their favor, eventually taking the set 27-25 over Charleston.
 
Opposite hitter Garret Schnitker had 17 kills for Charleston in the match while Cole Duncanson hit .444 in the four-set match.
 
Game 2:
 
The Basics:
Location: Lion Tree Arena
Score: UC  1, UCSD 3
Records: UC 8-8 (1-3 EIVA), UC San Diego 7-8 (1-0 Big West)
 
How it Happened:
All four sets in the match between the Tritons and the Golden Eagles were close, starting with set one which went in favor of UC San Diego 25-23. The set was in favor of Charleston 15-9 at one point, before the Tritons went on a run of their own to get back, eventually taking the lead 20-19. Form their points were traded back and forth until the Tritons reached the first set victory 25-23.
 
Set two was the opposite, with UC San Diego taking the early lead 11-6 before Charleston rallied back to close the score at 13-12 UCSD. The next several points were traded all the way to 25-25, but a kill and a service ace brought the set to a close, in favor of the Tritons 27-25.
 
In set three Charleston jumped out of the gate with a 6-1 lead. The Tritons fought back, but Charleston maintained a lead all the way to the end taking the third set 25-22.
 
The fourth set was back and forth action with side outs being traded all the way to 25-25. The Tritons took the lead with a kill, but Charleston took the next point off a Triton service error to tie it once again. A UC service error gave UC San Diego the lead once more, and with an untimely UC attack error, the Tritons took the fourth set victory, claiming the match over Charleston.
 
Evens Edourd led Charleston in the match with 24 kills, a season high, and a .425 hitting percentage. Isak Joelsson also had a career high assist with 44.
 
Game 3:
 
The Basics:
Location: Premier America Credit Union Arena
Score: UC  0, CSUN 3
Records: UC 8-9 (1-3 EIVA), CSUN 9-7 (0-0 Big West)
 
How it Happened:
The Golden Eagles dropped three straight sets to CSUN on Friday evening. Charleston only hit .100 percent in the match with 23 kills and 17 attack errors. Austin Jacob set a career high with 10 kills in the match.
 
 Game 4:
 
The Basics:
Location: Robertson Gym
Score: UC  0, UCSB 3
Records: UC 8-10 (1-3 EIVA), UC Santa Barbara 7-10 (0-1 Big West)
 
How it Happened:
The first set on Saturday was close until UCSB went on a four-point run to take a five-point lead 15-10 over Charleston. From there the teams traded points but UCSB would go on and take set one 25-20.
 
Set two was a lot of side outs for both teams, with Charleston having a slight advantage, 13-11, at one point in the set. UCSB went on a run late in the set to take the lead 22-18. Charleston went on to score three more points in the set, but UCSB took the set victory at 25-21.
 
Set three was all UCSB, with Charleston trailing 11-6, and later 20-13. The Golden Eagles were able to bring the set back to 22-18, but they did not have enough gas in the tank and eventually fell 25-19.
 
Up Next:
The Golden Eagles will take the week off before heading to North Greenville on March 15^th for a one game series. First serve is set for 3:00PM.