UCLA
Pepperdine
Bruins Roll the Waves to Advance
May 07, 2016 | Beach Volleyball
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GULF SHORES, Ala., -- Fourth-seeded UCLA (21-7) knocked off third-seeded Pepperdine (20-5), eliminating the Waves with a hard-fought 3-2 win in the contender's bracket of the 2016 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship on Saturday afternoon at Gulf Place Beach.
The Bruins will now face No. 5 Hawai'i, which sent UCLA into the contender's bracket in the first match of this tournament. The game will be televised by TruTV and will start around 4:30 p.m. CT/2:30 p.m. PT.
Pepperdine claimed the first point on court three when Corinne Quiggle and Skylar Caputo defeated Izzy Carey and Elise Zappia, 21-19, 21-17.
UCLA's freshman duo of Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara tied it up at 1-1 with a straight-set win on court one over the Waves' Taylor Racich and Heidi Dyer, 22-20, 21-17.
Pepperdine reclaimed the lead at 2-1 with a straight-set win on court two when Delaney Knudsen and Kaity Bailey defeated Ivey Schmitt and Kamila Tan, 22-20, 21-19.
That left things to be decided on courts four and five where UCLA's Jessyka Ngauamo and Zana Muno defeated the Waves' Madalyn Roh and Anika Wilson, 21-19, 23-21 to tie it at 2-2.
Then the Bruins scored the final point on court five when Reily Buechler and Julie Consani got their second-straight win as a new duo, defeating Pepperdine's Samantha Cash and Sarah Seiber in three sets, 21-19, 15-21, 15-12.
No. 4 UCLA 3, No. 3 Pepperdine 2 - Saturday, May 7, 2016 - Gulf Shores, Ala.
#1 - Nicole McNamara/Megan McNamara (UCLA) def. Taylor Racich/Heidi Dyer (PEP), 22-20, 21-17
#2 - Delaney Knudsen/Kaity Bailey (PEP) def. Kamila Tan/Ivey Schmitt (UCLA), 22-20, 21-19
#3 - Corinne Quiggle/Skylar Caputo (PEP) def. Izzy Carey/Elise Zappia (UCLA), 21-19, 21-17
#4 - Jessyka Ngauamo/Zana Muno (UCLA) def. Madalyn Roh/Anika Wilson (PEP), 21-19, 23-21
#5 - Reily Buechler/Julie Consani (UCLA) def. Samantha Cash/Sarah Seiber (PEP), 21-19, 15-21, 15-12
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2, 4, 5*
