(9) Stetson
No. 7 Mustangs Drop Final Two Matches at FSU Tournament
2/23/2020 12:00:00 AM | Beach Volleyball
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After winning its first two matches of the season on Saturday, the Cal Poly beach volleyball team fell to a pair of top 10 opponents on Sunday to wrap up the weekend in Tallahassee.
The No. 7 Mustangs lost to No. 9 Stetson, 2-3 and No. 2 Florida State, 1-4 to move their record to an even 2-2 on the season.
In the first match against the Hatters (3-1), Stetson got on the board first with a 21-19, 21-11 win at the No. 1 spot over Cal Poly's Torrey Van Winden and Macy Gordon.
The Mustangs then tied the match after Emily Sonny and Jayelin Lombard picked up a 21-16, 21-13 victory over Yasmin Kuck and Shae Hanson at the No. 3 position. Sonny and Lombard ended up finishing the weekend with a 3-1 record.
Stetson regained the lead after getting a straight sets win at the No. 2 position before later clinching the match with a three set win at the No. 4 spot over the Mustangs' Adlee Van Winden and Josie Ulrich, 21-14, 17=21, 15-9.
Cal Poly's No. 5 pairing of Vanessa Roscoe and Brayden Gruenewald made the final score 2-3 after a 27-25, 15-21, 17-15 victory over the Hatters' Kamryn Johnson and Madison Bobes at the No. 5 position.
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Later in the morning, the Mustangs returned to face the second-ranked host Seminoles (5-0), a team that beat Cal Poly in the first match of last year's NCAA Tournament.
Florida State scored the two points of the match after straight sets wins at the No. 4 and No. 1 spots.
Cal Poly cut into the lead after the No. 2 pairing of Tia Miric and Mariah Whalen took down Alice Zeimann and Madison Fitzpatrick in straight sets, 21-15, 21-18. For the weekend, Miric and Whalen finished with a 3-1 record.
That would be the Mustangs' only point of the match. The Seminoles clinched the match with a straight set win at the No. 3 position before finishing with a three set win at the No. 5 spot.
Cal Poly will now prepare to host its inaugural matches at its new on-campus facility next weekend for the COE Beach Volleyball Challenge. The Mustangs will welcome Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount University on Saturday. Cal Poly will face the Waves at 5 p.m. and the Lions at 7 p.m.
