TURLOCK -- Cal State LA's women's volleyball team, which has won a pair of NCAA West Region titles and an NCAA Division II championship, will try this week for a tournament title that has proven to be quite elusive.
The Golden Eagles, who finished third in the California Collegiate Athletic Association this season, will try for a 10th time to claim a CCAA Tournament championship. Cal State LA has reached the championship match three times, including the past two seasons, but is still seeking its first crown.
The No. 3 Golden Eagles will get the six-team tournament started on Thursday at 3 p.m. when they face No. 6 seed Cal State East Bay in Fitzpatrick Arena on the campus of Stanislaus State. No. 4 Stanislaus State will host No. 5 San Francisco State in the second quarterfinal match of the day at 5:30 p.m.
The winner of the Cal State LA-Cal State East Bay match will face No. 2 seed Cal State San Bernardino on Friday at 3 p.m. and the winner of the Stanislaus State-San Francisco State match will face No. 1 seed Cal Poly Pomona on Friday at 5:30 p.m. The championship match is set for Saturday at 5 p.m.
Cal State East Bay is making its second straight tournament appearance and fourth overall.
Cal State LA will be facing Cal State East Bay for the first time in the tournament. The Golden Eagles captured the lone regular-season meeting with a 25-17, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20 win in Los Angeles on Sept. 27.
The Golden Eagles will be making their 10th straight appearance in the conference tournament, which was instituted in 2015. Cal State LA and Cal State San Bernardino are the only two programs to participate in all 10 tournaments.
The winner of the conference tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA West Regional. The tournament field will be announced on Monday.
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