HAYWARD, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay volleyball team secured the season series sweep over Humboldt State on Sunday afternoon, with a 3-1 victory in the final game at Pioneer Gymnasium this season.
 
The Pioneers picked up their second consecutive California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) victory in what was scored as a home game for the Lumberjacks. The win keeps CSUEB's hopes of notching a fourth CCAA Tournament berth alive as they head into the final week of the 2019 regular season.
 
The tone was established early, as the opening set was perhaps even more one-sided than the 25-16 score would suggest. The Pioneers opened the match on a 13-7 run and never looked back, making only two attack errors in the frame and holding HSU to a .156 hitting percentage.
 
In game two, as Humboldt State used a 13-5 run to pull away midway through the set, East Bay fought back to pull with four points trailing just 17-21. But the Pioneers wouldn't score another point as the Lumberjacks would tie the match at 1-1 with a 25-17 set win.
 
But that would be the lone set win of the afternoon for Humboldt State. The final two sets were dominated by the Pioneers. CSUEB opened the third set on a 10-2 run as they cruised to a 25-12 set victory. In the final frame of the afternoon, the two squads traded runs in the back and forth action. With the Pioneers leading 9-6, East Bay surge ahead 17-9 with an 8-3 run. The Lumberjacks responded with an 9-1 rally to lock the game at 18-18.
 
Then the Pioneers caught momentum once again with a 5-0 rally of their own to take a 23-18 advantage. But Humboldt State would not bow out of the match easily putting together one final run to knot the match at 23-23. But East Bay captured the final two points and the match victory.
 
Freshman Jasmyne Love paced the Pioneers with a career best 16 kills. Love added six digs and 17 points with only one attack error. Kara Green finished with the only double double for East Bay racking up 10 kills and 13 digs. Green chipped in two assists, a block and 11.5 points.
 
Sarah Stevelinck notched 16 digs to lead the Pioneers in that category while adding two assists. Eliza Cannon collected a game high 37 assists to go along with nine digs and five kills. Kelly Jing-min Markham tallied nine kills in the match.
 
Steena Hubbard finished with eight kills, two service aces, a block and 10.5 total points. Julie May and Tayler Templeman both contributed four kills each. May logged two digs and Templemen notched 12 digs.
 
With the regular season nearing an end, the Pioneers will return to the court next weekend for their final road trip of the regular season with Dominguez Hills and Cal State L.A. on the schedule.