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2025 WWU Invitational | Cal Poly Pomona vs. Central Washington | Sept. 5, 2025
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0
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 1-1,0-0 CCAA
3
Winner Central Wash. CentWA 2-0,0-0 Great Northwest
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
1-1,0-0 CCAA
0
Final
3
Central Wash. CentWA
2-0,0-0 Great Northwest
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 19 23 20 (0)
Central Wash. CentWA 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Alex Kline, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications

Volleyball Suffers First Loss of Season to Central Washington

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Cal Poly Pomona volleyball suffered their first loss of the 2025 season on Friday afternoon, dropping all three sets to Central Washington by scores of 25-19, 25-23, and 25-20. The Wildcats, who improve to 2-0 to start the year, had received votes in the AVCA Preseason Top 25 poll, and defeated No. 4 San Francisco State in their season opener yesterday.
 
The Broncos (1-1) have experienced uncharacteristic struggles against the Wildcats in the past two decades, as their last victory over CWU was back in 2007. Last season, the Wildcats were the Broncos' lone loss through CPP's historic 22-1 start.
 
Junior Charlotte Koerber continued her strong start to the season with another double-double, this time logging 10 kills and 13 digs. Sarah Ybarra followed suit with 11 kills of her own and 14 assists. Alexia Athans and Anastacia Garza led the Broncos at the net with three blocks a piece and a combined .389 hitting percentage, while freshman Addi Knight contributed two more blocks in her collegiate debut.
 
Junior transfer Renee Nachtigall led the team defensively with 17 digs in the match, as she and Koerber currently account for just over half of the team's digs to start the year. Alexia Zammit recorded two aces in the match, coming on the very first two points of the first set.
 
The Broncos struggled to find the floor on their attacks, swinging .142 to Central Washington's .204 clip. That marks CPP's fourth-lowest hitting percentage in a match in the past four seasons. Despite the offensive struggles, the Broncos found a way to stay in each set, never trailing by more than six points.
 
 
Up Next
The Broncos look to rebound in their final match of the WWU Invitational tomorrow, September 6th, at 1:30 PM against Simon Fraser. The Broncos are 6-0 all-time against the Red Leafs, two of those wins coming just last season.
 
 
Bronco Bits
  • The Broncos are now 2-7 all-time against Central Washington, their last win coming in 2007.
  • Traci Dahl is now 103-40 (.720) as head coach of the Broncos.
  • Now in its 45th season, CPP Volleyball is 824-548 (.601) all-time with a 209-137 (.604) record in neutral matches.
  • Cal Poly Pomona is an impressive 27-4 (.871) in non-conference regular season matches since the start of the 2021 season.
  • Freshman Addi Knight made her collegiate debut on Friday night, recording one kill and two blocks.
  • This is just the sixth time the Broncos have been swept since the start of the 2021 season. They were only swept once in all of 2024.