May Leads Long Beach Past Cal State Fullerton

Misty May had 25 assists and nine kills to lead Long Beach State, the top-ranked women’s volleyball team in the nation, past Cal State Fullerton, 15-0, 15-3, 15-3, in a Big West Conference match Thursday at Long Beach State.

Benishe Dillard had nine kills and eight digs for the 49ers (15-0, 5-0 in conference), who won the match in 56 minutes.

Alisa Geddes had eight digs and five kills for the Titans (6-9, 1-4).

In another conference match:

Pacific 3, UC Irvine 0--Danielle Shinn had nine kills and nine digs for 11th-ranked Pacific (12-3, 3-2), which won, 15-5, 15-3, 15-5.

Teri Zartman had 30 assists and four digs for visiting Irvine (5-13, 2-3).

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Krista Charles, the starting setter for the Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team, has quit the team and withdrawn from the university because of personal reasons, the athletic department announced Thursday.

Charles, a junior from Idaho Falls, Idaho, had played in the team’s first 14 games and ranked sixth in the Big West Conference in assists with an average of 12.39 per game.

Charles transferred to Fullerton this fall from Utah Valley State College. She was the Idaho high school player of the year in 1995.

Junior Allison Anderson was scheduled to move from outside hitter to replace Charles in the lineup for Thursday night’s game at Long Beach State.