SAN FRANCISCO – Cal State LA's women's volleyball team got its second week of competition off to a promising start.
 
The Golden Eagles handed Chaminade its first loss of the season in a 25-20, 19-25, 25-17, 25-18 victory in the D2 West Region Challenge at San Francisco State. Cal State LA (2-3) snapped a three-match losing streak.
 
Alma Serna had a big match for the Golden Eagles, recording a team-high 15 kills and five blocks. Taylor Kushner added 11 kills and four blocks and JamieAnn Bero had seven kills and three blocks.
 
Kelsey Molnar had 43 set assists and two service aces, while Daisy Portillo had seven kills and four digs.
 
Kim Spring had 18 kills for Chaminade (5-1).

Cynthia Giron had 15 digs for Cal State LA.
 
Both teams finished with 54 kills, but the Golden Eagles hit at a .336 percentage and Chaminade hit at a .218 clip. Cal State LA had a 13-6 edge in blocks and both teams had six service aces.
 
The Golden Eagles, after splitting the first two sets, took control of the match in the third set. Cal State LA jumped out to a 13-6 lead behind the serving of Portillo and kept a comfortable margin for the remainder of the set. Two kills by Bero and an ace by Giron got the Golden Eagles to set point and a kill by Kushner ended the frame.
 
Cal State LA trailed early in the fourth set, but tied it at 13-13 after a kill by Mia Alcaraz. The match was tied for a final time at 15-15, but a kill by Gomez, a service ace by Molnar and a bad set by Chaminade made it 18-15. Chaminade stayed close at 21-18, but the Golden Eagles got a kill by Serna, a block by Alcaraz, a kill by Molnar and a block by Alcaraz and Molnar to close out the match.
 
Cal State LA will return to action on Friday with a match against Concordia of Oregon at 10 a.m. and conclude the tourney on Saturday with a pair of matches.