Stat Breakdown: Long Beach’s DeFalco, Ensing, Tuaniga in NCAA Tournament

Four years at Long Beach State and four NCAA Tournament appearances.

Long Beach State’s three senior First-Team All-Americans — outside attacker TJ DeFalco, opposite Kyle Ensing and setter Josh Tuaniga — have helped the team reach a program-record four consecutive NCAA Tournament’s. In addition, the trio will be playing in their seventh NCAA Tournament match as the defending NCAA champions face Hawai’i in the finals on Saturday.

Check out the match-by-match breakdown of how DeFalco, Ensing and Tuaniga have fared in NCAA Tournament matches during their college career.

TJ DeFalco, Long Beach State

NCAA Tournament cumulative stats

Matches	Kills	Errors	Att	Hit %	Aces	Digs	Blocks
6	100	27	189	.386	8	40	21

NCAA Tournament match-by-match stats

Opponent	Round	Kills	Hit %	Aces	Digs	Blocks
Erskine	2016 play-in	14	.619	0	3	4
BYU	2016 semis	23	.298	1	8	3
BYU	2017 semis	12	.231	3	2	2
Ohio State	2018 semis	16	.361	0	10	3
UCLA	2018 finals	18	.419	2	12	4
Pepperdine	2019 semis	17	.500	2	5	5

Kyle Ensing, Long Beach State

NCAA Tournament cumulative stats

Matches	Kills	Errors	Att	Hit %	Aces	Digs	Blocks
6	79	22	192	.297	12	44	16

NCAA Tournament match-by-match stats

Opponent	Round	Kills	Hit %	Aces	Digs	Blocks
Erskine	2016 play-in	11	.381	0	8	2
BYU	2016 semis	10	.152	1	11	4
BYU	2017 semis	12	.385	0	1	1
Ohio State	2018 semis	20	.356	1	10	3
UCLA	2018 finals	20	.326	4	5	4
Pepperdine	2019 semis	6	.143	6	9	2

Josh Tuaniga, Long Beach State

NCAA Tournament cumulative stats

Matches	Team Hit %	Assists	Aces	Digs
6	.341	241	4	18

NCAA Tournament match-by-match stats

Opponent	Round	Team Hit %	Assists	Aces	Digs
Erskine	2016 play-in	.528	40	0	1
BYU	2016 semis	.244	45	1	4
BYU	2017 semis	.215	26	0	1
Ohio State	2018 semis	.339	42	2	4
UCLA	2018 finals	.325	46	1	5
Pepperdine	2019 semis	.461	42	0	3