TURLOCK, Calif.--- Stan State celebrated Senior Day in winning fashion Saturday afternoon at the Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena, sweeping Cal State San Marcos 25-17, 25-10, 25-15 in its 2026 regular-season finale.
Fallon Freeman led the Warriors with 10 kills while hitting .455, while seniors
Irene London,
Emily Meyer and
Maggie Olson each recorded seven kills. Senior
Lauren Hamilton added six kills while hitting .714 as Stan State finished with a .444 team hitting percentage and 11 service aces in front of 226 fans.
Stan State concluded its season with an 8-16 overall record and a 4-9 mark in CCAA play. Cal State San Marcos finished 11-14 overall and 6-7 in conference action.
The Warriors recorded 40 kills with just four attack errors in 81 attempts while hitting .444 as a team. Stan State added 36 assists, 11 service aces, 41 digs and five team blocks while holding the Cougars to a .181 hitting percentage.
Freeman finished with 10 kills without an attack error on 22 attempts, while Meyer hit .500 with seven kills and no errors. Olson recorded seven kills without an error while hitting .412, and London hit .462 with seven kills and two block assists. Hamilton recorded six kills in seven attempts with just one error and added three block assists.
Reagan Wilkerson directed the offense with 19 assists and three service aces, while
Ireland Avalos contributed 13 assists, seven digs and one service ace.
Lauren Gonzales also recorded three service aces and six digs, while
Sydney Hoffman and
Victoria Plumb each added two aces. Plumb led the Warriors with 10 digs, followed by senior
Leah Mendoza with nine.
Cal State San Marcos was led by Hazel Livingston-Jones and Blayne Seligmiller with seven kills each. Livingston-Jones hit .455, while Seligmiller hit .333. Blair Keith recorded 23 assists and eight digs, while McKenna Kehoe added seven digs. The Cougars finished with 29 kills, 27 assists, two service aces, 31 digs and one team block.
First Set
Stan State and Cal State San Marcos exchanged points throughout the opening stages of the match, with neither team able to build a significant advantage. The Warriors took a 5-3 lead on a kill by Hamilton before the Cougars rallied to take a 7-6 advantage.
After the teams traded points, Stan State took control with a five-point run to turn a 12-12 tie into a 17-12 lead. London recorded consecutive kills, while Plumb added two service aces and Hamilton and London combined for a block during the run.
The Warriors extended their lead to 20-14 on a kill by Meyer before London added another kill to make it 21-16. Wilkerson followed with consecutive service aces as Stan State built a 24-16 advantage. A block by Freeman and Hoffman closed out the opening set, 25-17.
Stan State hit .421 with nine kills and six service aces in the opening frame, while holding Cal State San Marcos to a .250 hitting percentage.
Second Set
Stan State carried its momentum into the second set, jumping out to a 5-0 lead behind a Freeman kill, two service aces by Hoffman, a block by Freeman and Hamilton and an Olson kill.
The Warriors continued to dominate, extending their lead to 14-3 behind kills from Hamilton, London and Meyer. Stan State maintained control throughout the set, building a 17-8 advantage before Gonzales sparked a seven-point run with three service aces.
Freeman recorded consecutive kills during the run, while Olson added another kill as the Warriors extended their lead to 24-8. Olson closed out the set with a kill to give Stan State a commanding 25-10 victory and a 2-0 match advantage.
The Warriors hit .419 with 14 kills and just one attack error in the second set while holding the Cougars to a .185 hitting percentage.
Third Set
Stan State opened the third set with a 5-2 advantage behind kills from London and Hamilton. The Warriors extended their lead to 10-5 on a Meyer kill before Cal State San Marcos rallied to cut the deficit to 12-10.
Olson stopped the Cougars' run with a kill, while Hamilton and Gonzales helped Stan State extend its advantage to 15-11. London and Olson added kills as the Warriors pushed their lead to 18-13.
Stan State closed out the match with a strong offensive finish. Hoffman and Meyer recorded kills to extend the Warriors' lead to 22-14 before Freeman recorded three of the final four Stan State points, including the match-clinching kill for a 25-15 victory.
The Warriors hit a match-high .484 with 17 kills and just two attack errors in the final set, while holding the Cougars to a .107 hitting percentage.
Warrior Notables
- Freeman led Stan State with 10 kills while hitting .455 and adding three block assists.
- Hamilton hit .714 with six kills and three block assists.
- London recorded seven kills while hitting .462 and adding two block assists.
- Meyer finished with seven kills without an attack error while hitting .500.
- Olson recorded seven kills without an attack error while hitting .412.
- Wilkerson finished with 19 assists and three service aces.
- Avalos recorded 13 assists, seven digs and one service ace.
- Gonzales finished with three service aces and six digs.
- Hoffman recorded two service aces and two block assists.
- Plumb led the Warriors with 10 digs and added two service aces.
- Mendoza finished with nine digs and three assists.
Senior Day
Prior to Saturday's match, Stan State recognized five seniors —
Lauren Hamilton,
Irene London,
Leah Mendoza,
Emily Meyer and
Maggie Olson — for their contributions to the Warrior volleyball program. All five played in Saturday's victory, with Hamilton, London, Meyer and Olson combining for 27 kills while hitting a collective .529. Mendoza added nine digs as the Warriors celebrated their final match of the season with a sweep. The five seniors helped contribute to the program's historic 2024 season, when the Warriors captured their first CCAA championship and made their first NCAA Division II West Regional appearance.
Stan State Athletics finished the fall season with a 2-0-1 record in Senior Day contests across its men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball programs. The Warrior men's soccer team celebrated Senior Day with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Cal Poly Humboldt, while the women's soccer team battled Cal Poly Humboldt to a scoreless 0-0 draw. Volleyball capped off the department's Senior Day celebrations with Saturday's three-set sweep of Cal State San Marcos, giving the Warriors two victories and a tie in their three Senior Day contests.
CCAA Standings
No. 3 Fresno Pacific (24-1 overall) and No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino (23-2 overall) shared the 2026 CCAA regular-season championship with identical 12-1 conference records. No. 14 Cal Poly Pomona finished third at 11-2 (21-4), followed by Cal State East Bay (11-12) and Cal State LA (11-14), which tied for fourth at 9-4. San Francisco State finished sixth at 8-5 (12-11), followed by Cal State San Marcos at 6-7 (11-14). Cal State Monterey Bay also finished 6-7 (8-15), followed by Menlo at 5-8 (9-14). Stan State (8-16) and Cal Poly Humboldt (10-13) tied for 10th at 4-9, followed by Chico State (6-15) and UC Merced (5-19) at 2-11 and Cal State Dominguez Hills (2-22) at 1-12.
Season Finale
Stan State concluded the 2026 season with an 8-16 overall record and a 4-9 mark in CCAA play under fifth-year head coach
Lauren Flowers. The Warriors finished their final four-match homes-tand with a 2-2 record, recording three-set victories over UC Merced and Cal State San Marcos. Saturday's victory marked Stan State's fourth consecutive win over the Cougars dating back to October 2024 and its third straight three-set sweep in the series.
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