BELLINGHAM, WASH. -- Cal State LA's women's volleyball team presented head coach Juan Figueroa with two big gifts Friday night at Western Washington.

The Golden Eagles put on a tremendous performance in a three-set sweep of Central Washington in a West Regional semifinal match on WECU Court in Carver Gym that just so happened to be win No. 100 for Figueroa in his Cal State LA career. Cal State LA's 25-20, 25-15, 29-27 win over the Wildcats also put the Golden Eagles into the West Regional championship match for a second straight season. No. 3 seed Cal State LA will face No. 8 seed Chaminade for the West Region title on Saturday at 7 p.m. 

The Golden Eagles (23-6) avenged an early-season loss to the Wildcats (17-11) that seemed to turn Cal State LA's season around. The Golden Eagles slipped to 2-3 after Central Washington dealt them in a 3-1 loss in Los Angeles on Sept. 1, but have since responded by winning 21 of their last 24 matches and capturing the California Collegiate Athletic Association regular-season championship along the way.

Cal State LA is seeking its first regional title since 2005.

The Golden Eagles were masterful on Friday, dominating the first two sets and then overcoming some adversity in the third set to secure the sweep. The Golden Eagles were down 24-22 in the third set and had to fight off three set points before wrapping up the three-set win.

Emily Elliott had another outstanding match, collecting a match-high 14 kills and adding two aces, seven digs and three blocks. Iane Henke had 10 kills, two aces and 11 digs. Ashley Dittmann added seven kills, four aces and 10 digs.

Marianna Payne and Ashley Kaufman had seven kills for Central Washington.

Haley Roundtree had a match-high seven blocks and three kills for the Golden Eagles, while Shelby Grubbs had five kills in five swings to go along with four blocks in a big night for Cal State LA's middle blockers.

Jaden Grova and Eliza Cannon combined for 29 set assists, while Jameson Sanders had nine digs.

Cal State LA had a 42-34 edge in kills and hit at a .279 percentage to .150 for Central Washington. The Golden Eagles had a huge edge at the net with a 12-3 advantage in blocks. The Golden Eagles also had a distinct advantage at the service line with nine aces and seven errors to five aces and eight errors for the Wildcats.

Cal State LA took early command of the match in the opening set, overcoming a 7-4 deficit with a 7-0 run to take an 11-7 lead. Grubbs started the run with a kill and Dittmann had a strong serving run that included a block by Grubbs and Cannon, an attack error, a kill by Henke, a block by Henke and Grubbs, a kill by Grubbs and a service ace by Dittmann.

After Central Washington tied it at 12-12, the Golden Eagles scored four straight points to go ahead, 16-12. Central Washington got as close as 19-17, but kills by Dittmann, Elliott and Henke and an ace by Dittmann put the Golden Eagles up by a 23-17 score. A kill by Henke got the Golden Eagles to set point and a bad set by the Wildcats ended the set.

Cal State LA wasted little time taking a big lead in the second set, taking a 6-2 advantage after back-to-back aces by Elliott and opening up an 11-4 edge after a block by Roundtree and Cannon. Kills by Dittmann, Grubbs and Elliott gave the Golden Eagles a 16-7 edge and kills by Grubbs and Elliott extended the lead to 20-10. After Central Washington pulled to within 21-15, a kill by Roundtree, an attack error, an ace by Henke and a kill by Roundtree ended the set.

Cal State LA had to battle to end the match in three sets. Central Washington took a 21-18 lead and got to set point at 24-22 before a kill by Elliott and an attack error tied it at 24-24. The Wildcats had another set point at 25-24, but a service error and a kill by Elliott gave the Golden Eagles their first match point at 26-25. Central Washington fought that one off before a kill by Elliott got the Golden Eagles another at 27-26. A service error tied it for a final time at 27-27, but a Central Washington service error and a kill by Elliott ended the match.

Cal State LA will now face No. 8 seed Chaminade, which comes into the match with tremendous momentum as well after knocking off No. 1 seed Alaska Anchorage on Thursday and sweeping past No. 4 seed Cal Poly Pomona on Friday.