This is the first career Pac-12 weekly honor for both Devon Newberry (left) and Lindsey Sparks.
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
Newberry/Sparks Named Pac-12 Pair of the Week
April 09, 2021 | Beach Volleyball
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SAN FRANCISCOย -- UCLA freshman Devon Newberryย (Santa Monica, Calif.) and sophomore Lindsey Sparksย (Huntington Beach, Calif.) have been named the Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week as announced by the league office today.
The Bruins' courtย three pair of Newberry and Sparks helped UCLA go 4-0 against top-3 nationally ranked competition last week to improve to 15-1 on the year.
The fourth-ranked Bruins beat No. 3 LSU twice (4-1,ย 3-2) on Saturday, April 3,ย then swept a pair fromย No. 2 Florida State (4-1, 3-2) on Sunday, Aprilย 4.
In the win over the Tigers, the Bruin duo twice defeated Toni Rodriguez and Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope (now 18-4 on the year) in back-to-back three-set thrillers.
The UCLA tandem then took down the Seminoles' previously undefeated pair of Sara Putt and Maddie Anderson in another three-set thriller in the morning dual. The duo appearedย headed for yet anotherย three-setย contest in the afternoon dual trailing, 18-13, but Newberry and Sparks went on a 9-2 run to win the second set 22-20 toย claimย their 10th consecutive victory while handing Putt and Anderson their second loss of the year (23-2).
The Bruin pair is now 13-1 on the year.
Also Nominated: Natalie Anselmo & Carly Lowry, ARIZ;ย Brooke Buchner & Ava Mann, CAL; Maddie Dailey &ย Jordan McKinney, STAN; Audrey Nourse &ย Nicole Nourse, USC.
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