{"id":2487,"date":"2010-01-02T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/lbsu-men-s-vball-falls-to-mcmaster\/"},"modified":"2010-01-02T06:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T06:01:00","slug":"lbsu-men-s-vball-falls-to-mcmaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/lbsu-men-s-vball-falls-to-mcmaster","title":{"rendered":"LBSU Men&#8217;s VBall Falls To McMaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Report by LBSU<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Long Beach State got off to a slow start and could never recover in a 30-26, 30-17, 23-30, 30-25 loss to McMaster University (Canada) in an exhibition match at the Walter Pyramid Wednesday night.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Beach hit just .104 for the match a night after dominating McMaster with a .440 hitting percentage. &nbsp;LBSU was sluggish from the beginning hitting just .050 in losing the first set. &nbsp;It didn\u2019t get any better in the second set as The Beach never led while hitting -.032. &nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Long Beach State rallied briefly winning the third set behind six kills from Dan Alexander. &nbsp;LBSU hit .355 for the set with Alexander pacing the effort with a .750 hitting percentage. &nbsp;Alexander finished with 10 kills.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The 49ers couldn\u2019t capitalize on the momentum of winning the third set falling behind early in the final set. &nbsp;The Beach hit just .062 allowing the Marauders to split the two exhibition games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Jim Baughman led Long Beach State with 13 kills but hit just .188. &nbsp;Tommy Pestolesi had 11 kills but just a .125 hitting percentage. &nbsp;Alexander hit .368. &nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Jeremy Groenveld and Tyler Santoni led McMaster with 15 kills apiece. 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