Beach Volleyball Splits Two Matches On First Day Of Battle For LA

Friday, February 27

Los Angeles, Calif.

Noon

Long Beach State University

Concordia

Beach Volleyball Splits Two Matches On First Day Of Battle For LA

2/27/2026 4:04:00 PM | Women's Beach Volleyball

No. 11 Long Beach State cruised over Concordia before falling on the road at No. 8 LMU.

By: Roger Kirk, Associate Athletics Director, Communications & Broadcast

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Playing two matches at LMU, Long Beach State won 5-0 over Concordia but then suffered their first loss of the season, falling to No. 8 Loyola Marymount 4-1.

Long Beach State (3-1) started the day with a quick win over Concordia (3-2), winning all five matches in straight sets. Tineke Hinton and Demi Wagdy remained unbeaten with a 21-11, 21-17 win, while Brooke Birch and Kealoha Phillips were 21-10, 21-13 winners as the Beach took both matches in the first wave.

In the second, Victoria Henkel and Mahala Esser sealed the win with a 21-14, 2-12 win over Rosie Cline and Jordan Vander Veen. Malia Gementera and Talyor Hagenah grabbed their third win of the season with a 21-17, 21-12 in the top flight, and Kiara Edwards and Savannah Standage finished off the sweep.

Facing the hosts, No. 8 Loyola Marymount (3-4), it was the Lions that took the first wave of matches to move out to a lead. Magdalena Rabistch and Ines Piret handed Wagdy and Hinton their first defeat of the season, while Maja Kruckek and Josefine Schaekel won a close match with Phillips and Birch 21-19, 21-16.

In the second wave, Gementera and Hagenah were 21-18, 13-21, 15-10 winners over Tanon Rosenthal and Anna Pelloia 21-18, 13-21, 15-10. Chloe Hooker and Jaeya Brach clinched the win in the third flight over Edwards and Standage, while Esser and Henkel lost in a close first set on the way to a 22-20, 21-15 defeat in the fifth flight.

#11 Long Beach State 5, Concordia 0
1) Malia Gementera/Taylor Hagenah (LBSU) def. Olivia Medina/Aliyah Moore (CUI), 21-17, 21-12
2) Tineke Hinton/Demi Wagdy (LBSU) def. Gabby Reinking/Lexi Godbey (CUI), 21-11, 21-17
3) Kiara Edwards/Savannah Standage (LBSU) def. Kelia Giusta/Ashley Rossi (CUI), 21-16, 21-11
4) Brooke Birch/Kealoha Phillips (LBSU) def. Madi Kelly/Teagan Algarra (CUI), 21-10, 21-13
5) Victoria Henkel/Mahala Esser (LBSU), def. Rosie Cline/Jordan Vander Veen (CUI), 21-14, 21-12
*6) Sammy Okano/Nicole Lankton (LBSU) def. Kennedy Farley/Jayda Tupea (CUI), 21-18, 21-19
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 5, 1, 3

#8 Loyola Marymount 4, #11 Long Beach State 1
1) Malia Gementera/Taylor Hagenah (LBSU) def. Tanon Rosenthal/Anna Pelloia (LMU), 21-18, 13-21, 15-10
2) Magdalena Rabitsch/Ines Piret (LMU) def. Tineke Hinton/Demi Wagdy (LBSU), 21-11, 21-9
3) Chloe Hooker/Jaeya Brach (LMU) def. Kiara Edwards/Savannah Standage (LBSU), 21-18, 21-14
4) Maja Kruckek/Josefine Schaekel (LMU) def. Kealoha Phillips/Brooke Birch (LBSU), 21-19, 21-16
5) Katie McAlister/Ellie Davis (LMU) def. Victoria Henkel/Mahala Esser (LBSU), 22-20, 21-15
*6) Kiana Stevenson/Ingrid Timon-Johnson (LMU) def. Josie Gambardella/Brooke Wooley (LBSU), 21-19, 21-19
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 3, 5, 1