CSU Bakersfield
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball Splits on Day Two in Malibu
3/25/2017 12:00:00 AM | Beach Volleyball
MALIBU—The Cal Poly beach volleyball team split on its second day of matches in Malibu, Calif., as they swept CSU Bakersfield 5-0 and lost to No. 2 Pepperdine 5-0.
After beating Irvine Valley College and Concordia on Friday, the Mustangs started their second day of matches Saturday morning against CSUB.
The No. 4 pair of Savannah Niemen and Anna Gorman picked up the first point for the Mustangs as they beat Sarah Garrow and Ally Barber 21-13, 21-9, while the No. 2 pair of Adlee Van Winden and Taylor Nelson beat Jocelyn Rodriguez and Madison Busler 21-13, 21-13.
The Mustangs' No. 3 pair of Raeann Greisen and Heather Pembroke clinched the match for the Mustangs after they beat Emily Lopes and Mattison DeGarmo 21-13, 21-18.
Emily Sonny and Hannah Hubbard, the Mustangs No. 1 pair, beat Carol Grasso and Sara Little 21-18, 21-18.
Dora Beilin and Holland Boege finished off the match on a strong note, as they beat Fabiana Andrade and Hannah Manzanares 21-17, 28-26.
Up 3-0 on the weekend, the Mustangs took on No. 2 Pepperdine, but couldn't keep up the pace.
Greisen and Pembroke were defeated by Skylar Caputo and Heidi Dyer 21-11, 21-16, while Sonny and Hubbard were beat by Delaney Knudsen and Madalyn Roh 21-7, 21-18.
Beilin and Boege were beat by Nikki Lyons and Tiffaney Morales 24-22, 21-17, clinching the match for Pepperdine.
Van Winden and Nelson pushed Brittany Howard and Corinne Quiggle to the end in their second set, but couldn't hold on, falling 21-18, 29-27.
Niemen and Gorman were beat by Anika Wilson and Drahna Kraft 24-22, 21-17.
The Mustangs are now 8-8 on the season and 2-0 in conference play.
Cal will be back in the sand to take on call conference teams on Saturday April 1 to take on CSUN and Hawai'i, and again on April second to take on No. 6 Long Beach State and Sacramento State.
