SAN DIEGO – The Cal State East Bay women's volleyball team was on the losing end of its matches on Friday to open the opening weekend of the regular season at the Seaside Classic. Kicking their season off with a tournament doubleheader, the Pioneers were bested by Seattle Pacific in the first match and host school Point Loma in the second, both contest lasting three sets.
 
East Bay turned in a solid performance to start the day against a strong opponent, hitting .195 but it was the Falcons who ended up topping the Pioneers in kills, 37 to 28. Seattle Pacific took advantage of eight service aces and turned in an impressively efficient effort with just 17 attack errors in the entire match.
 
The Falcons squeaked out narrow victories over the Pioneers throughout all three sets. Senior Natahlee Wilson led the way with 12 digs. Sarah Stevelinck and Hannah Finnigan each added five digs each. Freshman Eliza Cannon turned in a strong offensive performance with 16 assists.
 
Tiana Weeks paced East Bay with six kills on 12 attack attempts as she finished the match with six points. Freshman Jasmyne Love also totaled six points including six kills and five digs. Tayler Templeman scored five points with four kills and Kelly Jing-min Markham compiled four points and four kills.
 
In the final match of the afternoon East Bay took on the host team of the Seaside Classic in Point Loma. It was a back-and-forth contest for the Pioneers but they never led after the 15-point mark in any set.
 
The Pioneers improved on the attack overall, hitting .218 but CSUEB totaled just 28 kills for the contest. Setter Eliza Cannon recorded her first career double double as a Pioneer with 24 assists and 11 digs. Jasmyne Love led East Bay with eight kills, five digs and 10 total points. Fellow freshman Kara Green tallied six kills to go along with six points.
 
Sarah Stevelinck added nine digs and Natahlee Wilson chipped in six digs.
 
The Pioneers will conclude their weekend at the Seaside Classic with a Saturday doubleheader on the slate. East Bay will take on Southern Nazarene in the first match of the morning and follow with a tournament concluding contest against Concordia (Calif.).