No. 6 Mustangs Win Pair of Matches in Bakersfield Saturday

Saturday, March 13

@ CSU Bakersfield

12 P.M.

The Master's University

No. 6 Mustangs Win Pair of Matches in Bakersfield Saturday

3/13/2021 6:20:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Following a nine day layoff in between matches, the Cal Poly beach volleyball team returned to action by winning both of its matches Saturday in Bakersfield.

The No. 6 Mustangs (5-3) took down The Master's University 4-1 before later defeating CSU Bakersfield also by a score of 4-1.

Against The Master's University, Cal Poly went with four pairs who were playing together for the first time this season.

At the No. 5 spot, Cal Poly's Piper Naess and Delaney Peranich took down Kylie Clouse and Alicia Castillo 21-7, 21-12. They are now 3-2 together this season.

The Mustangs' No. 4 pair of freshman Sam Strah and redshirt sophomore Eleonore Johansen beat Gwen Garate and Anna Poole in dominant fashion 21-8, 21-8.

At the No. 3 spot, Cal Poly's Marissa Harrison and Erika Foreman picked up their first win together with a 21-12, 21-7 victory over Tara Delk and Hannah Wood.

The No. 2 pair of redshirt sophomore Hannah Rogers and redshirt freshman Laurie McGrath also won their first match together after getting a 21-13, 21-14 win over Hannah Douglas and Kasie Spencer.

The Master's University only win of the match came from the No. 1 spot after Cal Poly's Kalee Graff and Peyton Sper were forced to forfeit due to an injury that occurred during the second set.

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Against CSU Bakersfield, the Mustangs' Johansen and Strah played at the No. 5 spot and beat the Roadrunners' Leisa Elisaia and Jazleigh Ortiz in three sets 22-20, 19-21, 15-12 to become 2-0 as a pair together this season.

At the No. 3 spot, redshirt junior Mariah Whalen made her season debut, pairing with fellow redshirt junior Tia Miric. The two went on to win their match 21-13, 21-16 over CSU Bakersfield Alaina Gendale and Hayley McCluskey 21-13, 21-16.

At the No. 2 position, Cal Poly's Amy Ozee and Jayelin Lombard improved to 4-3 together this season after a 21-19, 24-22 victory over Emily Hansen and Hana Makonova.

The 4-1 win for Cal Poly was sealed after the No. 1 pairing of redshirt senior Emily Sonny and redshirt junior Macy Gordon beat Cameron Solberg and Milica Vukobrat 21-12, 21-9 to also move to 4-3 together this year.

The Mustangs will look to make it a 3-0 weekend Sunday when traveling down to Malibu for a 12 p.m. match against No. 8 Pepperdine.

Photo courtesy of CSU Bakersfield Athletics