Bruins at Inaugural Collegiate Beach Pairs Championships
May 11, 2017 | Beach Volleyball
Three Bruin pairs (two women's/one men's) are competing at the Hermosa Beach Pier in Hermosa Beach, Calif. (May 11-13).
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LOS ANGELESย -- UCLA beach volleyball is being represented by four Bruins at the inaugural USAV Beach Collegiate Pairs Championship at the Hermosa Beach Pier in Hermosa Beach, Calif. from May 11-13.
Theย Bruins' pairsย are competingย for the first collegiate individual title in the sport since the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) crowned pairs' champions from 2012-15. UCLA is one of 15 schools represented among the 24 selected women's pairs.
Seniors Kamila Tan and Jordan Anderson wereย seededย 13thย andย placed in Pool A, going 1-1 on the first day of the tournament today, defeating #12 Lindsey Knudsen/Payton Rundย (Saint Mary's)ย in three sets (22-20, 12-21, 15-13) before falling to #1 Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes (USC) in straight sets, 22-20, 21-11. The seniors are playing together for the first time this season.
UCLA's other pair is also playing together for the first time in 2017. Freshmen Madi Yeomans and Lily Justine were seeded 15th and placed in Pool C, goingย 1-1 on Thursday as well. The pair defeated #10 Joy Dennis/Abril Bustamante (USC) in the first match, 21-17, 21-16, but dropped the second match to #3 Delaney Knudsen/Madalyn Roh (Pepperdine) in straight sets, 21-12, 21-12.
On the men's side, Jackson Bantleย and Hagen Smith from the UCLA indoor team, are seeded second and were placed in Pool B. They are currently 2-0 with straight-set wins over #11 Mattย Yoshimoto/Jake Walenga (Lewis), 21-10, 21-9 and #8 Tylerย Hedley (Palomar College)/Vincent Pizzuti (Long Beach State), 21-14, 21-17.
The round-robin pool play will wrap tomorrowย morning and a 16-team single-elimination bracket will be formed and play down to a champion beginning on Friday, May 12, with the quarters, semis, and championship match set for Saturday, May 13.
For more information on the championships or for the completeย scheduleย and results, click here.
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