Miric, Whalen Take Home Big West Pairs Team of the Week Honors
3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM | Beach Volleyball
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — After winning all of their matches last weekend at the GCU Tournament in Phoenix, Cal Poly beach volleyball's No. 1 pairing of juniors Tia Miric and Mariah Whalen have been named this week's Big West Pairs Team of the Week, the second consecutive week a Mustang duo has garnered the award.
Playing from the No. 1 spot in the lineup for this first time all season, Miric and Whalen took down tandems from No. 7 Grand Canyon, Houston Baptist, Abilene Christian, and San Diego Community College in a match that did not count towards their record as the Mustangs, who are now ranked No. 5 in the nation, won all their matches 5-0.
They won all of their matches in straight sets as they defeated Houston Baptist's pair 21-17, 22-20 and No. 7 Grand Canyon's duo 21-14, 21-18 on Friday. They then returned on Saturday to take down San Diego Community College 21-10, 21-14 and Abilene Christian 21-12, 21-12.
Miric and Whalen are now a team-best 8-1 as a duo so far this season.
Cal Poly is now 9-2 this season and is on five-match win streak. The No. 5 Mustangs will head to Malibu, Calif. on Saturday to take on No. 10 Pepperdine, No. 2 UCLA, and No. 18 Georgia State.
