Saturday, March 5
Los Angeles, Calif.
12 P.M.
Long Beach State University
0
at
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UCLA
Photo by: John Fajardo
No. 14 Long Beach Falls to No. 2 UCLA, No. 11 Cal Poly on Day One of Battle for L.A.
3/5/2022 6:15:00 PM | Women's Beach Volleyball
The Beach fell to 1-5 on the season.
Long Beach, CALIF. - No. 14 Long Beach State began their weekend at the Battle for L.A., hosted by USC and UCLA, on Saturday. The Beach opened the tournament suffering a loss against No. 2 UCLA, 0-5 and unfortunately fell short against No. 11 Cal Poly, 2-3.
Fresh off the heels of their tri-dual this past Tuesday against No. 16 Stetson and No. 4 LMU, the Beach fought hard but ultimately lost against No. 2 UCLA. Each match ended in two sets with the exception of Nicci Reinking and Katie Kennedy, who forced a third set against Rileigh Powers and Lea Monkhouse, losing the first set 12-21 but coming back to win the next set 21-13. The duo came up just short in the third set 14-16.
In the second dual of the invitational, Long Beach State suffered a loss against No. 11 Cal Poly, but not without a fight. Sydney Stevens & Holland Jackson secured Long Beach's first point of the dual, beating Delaney Peranich & Eleonore Johansen 22-20 in the first set and 21-16 in the next. Jillian Rodriguez & Emilly Mattoon also secured a victory for the Beach, losing to Addison Hermstad & Josie Ulrich in the first set 15-21 but coming back to win 2 sets back to back.
The Beach are scheduled to play two more games on Sunday, starting the day with a dual against No. 8 Stanford at 10am .and finishing the tournament with a rematch against No. 1 USC at 2pm.
#2 UCLA 5, #14 Long Beach State 0
#11 Cal Poly 3, #14 Long Beach State 2
Fresh off the heels of their tri-dual this past Tuesday against No. 16 Stetson and No. 4 LMU, the Beach fought hard but ultimately lost against No. 2 UCLA. Each match ended in two sets with the exception of Nicci Reinking and Katie Kennedy, who forced a third set against Rileigh Powers and Lea Monkhouse, losing the first set 12-21 but coming back to win the next set 21-13. The duo came up just short in the third set 14-16.
In the second dual of the invitational, Long Beach State suffered a loss against No. 11 Cal Poly, but not without a fight. Sydney Stevens & Holland Jackson secured Long Beach's first point of the dual, beating Delaney Peranich & Eleonore Johansen 22-20 in the first set and 21-16 in the next. Jillian Rodriguez & Emilly Mattoon also secured a victory for the Beach, losing to Addison Hermstad & Josie Ulrich in the first set 15-21 but coming back to win 2 sets back to back.
The Beach are scheduled to play two more games on Sunday, starting the day with a dual against No. 8 Stanford at 10am .and finishing the tournament with a rematch against No. 1 USC at 2pm.
#2 UCLA 5, #14 Long Beach State 0
- Lexy Denaburg/Abby Van Winkle (UCLA) def. Skyler Germann/Alice Pratesi (LBSU) 21-13, 21-18
- Rileigh Powers/Lea Monkhouse (UCLA) def. Nicci Reinking/Katie Kennedy (LBSU) 12-21, 21-13, 16-14
- Jaden Whitmarsh/Devon Newberry (UCLA) def. Sydney Stevens/Holland Jackson (LBSU) 21-13, 21-18
- Natalie Myszkowski/Sophie Moore (UCLA) def. Jillian Rodriguez/Emily Mattoon (LBSU) 21-19, 21-19
- Jessie Smith/Marlie Monserez (UCLA) def. Sophie Major/Christine DeRoos (LBSU) 21-16, 21-17
#11 Cal Poly 3, #14 Long Beach State 2
- Ella Connor/Tia Miric (CP) def. Skyler Germann/Alice Pratesi (LBSU) 21-18, 22-20
- Piper Ferch/Jayelin Lombard (CP) def. Nicci Reinking/Katie Kennedy (LBSU) 21-15, 21-17
- Sydney Stevens/Holland Jackson (LBSU) def. Delaney Peranich/Eleonore Johansen (CP) 22-20, 21-16
- Jillian Rodriguez/Emily Mattoon (LBSU) def. Addison Hermstad/Josie Ulrich (CP) 15-21, 21-14, 15-11
- Vanessa Roscoe/Peyton Dueck (CP) def. Sophie Major/Christine DeRoos (LBSU) 17-21, 23-21, 15-13
- Haley Carrington/Leah Black (LBSU) vs. Piper Naess/Rachel Rahtz (CP) 21-19, 18-21
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