The No. 1 nationally ranked Long Beach State team demonstrated effective bench depth in their dominant 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-16) victory over Barton. 14 players participated in the match, with eight of them recording successful attacks.

The leading scorer for "the Beach" was freshman Alex Nikolov, who tallied 13 points (1 ace, 1 block) with a 42.1% attack efficiency. Sebastiano Sani and Connor Bloom each finished with nine points, with Bloom also excelling with three aces.

Among the Bulgarian representatives on the team, Moni Nikolov recorded an ace in the third set, which gave the team momentum at 4-4. Georgi Binev ended the match by scoring the final point with an ace, closing the set for Long Beach State at 25-16. Nikolov finished the match with 5 points (2 aces, 1 block).

Long Beach State will play a second match against Barton today, with the game taking place at the Walter Pyramid.