Undefeated UCLA Sweeps CSUN Away : College volleyball: Bruins take home crowd at Matador Gymnasium out of men’s match early with a flurry of points.

The crowd of 2,085 that packed the bleachers at Matador Gymnasium on Wednesday night couldn’t help the fourth-ranked Cal State Northridge volleyball team against No. 1-ranked UCLA.

The Matadors’ poor play from the outset took the crowd out of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match as CSUN fell quietly and meekly, 15-3, 15-10, 15-5.

“They buried us,” Northridge middle blocker Coley Kyman said. “A lot of people came to see us play. . . . I’m sorry we disappointed them.”

UCLA (6-0, 3-0 in federation play) hit .404 and made 28 blocks to run its winning streak to 18 games.

Northridge (7-3, 2-2) hit a season-low .067 and recorded only four blocks.

After Kyman’s block for the first point of Game 1, it was downhill for the Matadors, who surrendered seven consecutive points during sophomore Kevin Wong’s serve.

Wong, using a six-step approach to his thundering jump serve, scored an ace and teammates Mike Sealy and Dan Landry scored on a dump and a kill.

But the other four points during Wong’s run resulted from Matador mistakes--two net violations and a pair of errant hitting attempts that set the tone for the rest of the match.

Northridge fared better in Game 2 and trailed only 12-10 at one juncture. But UCLA scored seven of its points on blocks, including the final two.

In the final game, nine of UCLA’s points came on Northridge kill attempts that were long or wide.

“I think (setter) Matt’s (Unger) location wasn’t great and our hitters’ choices weren’t great,” Northridge Coach John Price said. “And we’re known for putting some heat on the ball, but tonight we weren’t hitting hard.”

Ken Lynch, a senior All-American who missed the first three matches of the season because of back spasms, hit .only 067. Axel Hager, a senior from Germany, was marginally better at .069.

Kyman, who was bothered by pain in his recently surgically repaired right knee, hit .370 with a team-leading 13 kills, five below his average.

UCLA Coach Al Scates attributed the Bruins’ dominance to their service game.

“We have a wide variety of serves that were giving them trouble,” Scates said. “They had difficulty passing and when they didn’t pass well, we blocked them.”