University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Bruins Fall in Round of 16
May 12, 2017 | Beach Volleyball
Both of the women's beach volleyball pairs fell in the round of 16 on Friday at the Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championships.
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LOS ANGELESย -- Both of the beach volleyball pairsย representing UCLA at the inaugural USAV Beach Collegiate Pairs Championship at the Hermosa Beach Pier in Hermosa Beach, Calif., completed play today.
Seniors Jordan Anderson and Kamila Tan finished second in Pool A after a three-set (21-18, 21-23, 15-12) win over Cal Poly's Hannah Hubbard and Emily Sonny. The 13th-seeded duo then squared off with 14th-seededย Savannah Slattery and Sarah Sponcilย in the round of 16, falling in straight sets, 21-17, 21-16.
UCLA's freshman pair of Madi Yeomans and Lily Justine also finished second in pool play (C) after a straight-set win over Washington's top pair of 22nd-seededย Tia Scambrayย and Crissy Jones, 21-19, 21-19. The 15th-seededย tandem then fell in the round of 16 to 7th-seeded Madison and McKenna Witt of Arizona in three tight sets, 18-21, 21-18, 15-11.
The champion from the men's and women's bracketsย will earn a spot on a USA Volleyball collegiate beach national team. NBCSN will air the women's final live on Saturday, May 13, at 3 p.m. PT, with the men's final to follow on a taped-delay basis.
On the men's side, Jackson Bantleย and Hagen Smith from the UCLA indoor team, won their pool (B) with a 3-0 record after a straigh-set win over UC Irvine's Dillon Hoffman and Reid Dominguez, 21-14, 21-15 The second-seeded Bruin pair then defeated 9th-seededย Alex Vohland and Brett Cooper of Mount St. Joseph University in straight sets, 21-9, 21-17 in today's quarterfinals. The Bruins will face 10th-seededย Brett Rosenmeier and Colton Cowell of Hawai'i in Saturday's semifinal at 8:30 a.m.
For more information on the championships or for the completeย scheduleย and results, click here.
