NCAA beach volleyball: Hawaii eliminated by USC, SandBows finish fourth
After Hawaii knocked off Stetson, USC defeated the SandBows 3-0 in the NCAA tournament losers bracket at Gulf Shores, Ala., on Saturday.
The SandBows (28-11) finished fourth when losing to the Women of Troy for a second straight time this season.
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1. Emily Maglio-Amy Ozee vs Abril Bustamante-Tina Graudina, 22-24, 9-12 unfinished
2. Julia Scoles-Ari Homayun vs. Sammy Slater-Terese Cannon, 20-22, 7-15 unfinished
3. Morgan Martin-Pani Napoleon lose to Alexandra Poletto-Haley Hallgren 21-14, 22-20
4. Kylin Loker-Hi’ilawe Huddleston lose to Joy Dennis-Maja Kaiser, 21-14, 21-15
5. Sofia Russo-Norene Iosia lose to Cammie Dorn-Mollie Ebertin,21-14, 21-16
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UCLA advances to Sunday’s championship final with 3-0 win over LSU
LSU into Sunday’s losers bracket final against winner of Hawaii-USC
That final winner plays UCLA, winner take all
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Hawaii def. Stetson 3-0
1. Emily Maglio-Amy Ozee tied Sunniva Helland-Hansen/Carly Perales, 21-17, 13-21 unfinished
2. Julia Scoles-Ari Homayun tied Sammee Thomas-Darby Dunn, 21-13, 19-21, unfinished
3. Morgan Martin-Pani Napoleon def. Ana Costa-Rachel Nobel, 21-15, 21-18
4. Kylin Loker-Hi’ilawe Huddleston def. Samantha Harris-Julie Varga, 21-14, 21-15
5. Sofia Russo-Norene Iosia def. Quinci Birker-Rebecca Ingram, 21-14, 22-20
SandBows win Set 1 at all five courts Flight 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
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Hawaii vs. Stetson at 5 p.m.
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Today’s schedule
1. USC eliminates 3. Florida State, 3-1. Playing for the ‘Noles is Avery Poppinga, the daughter of Brian Poppinga and Karrie Trieschman.
USC plays the winner of Hawaii-Stetson, 7 a.m. HST
That winner moves on to Sunday’s match against today’s loser between ucla and LSU. That winner to play the winner of LSU-UCLA.
UCLA vs. LSU, 6 a.m. HST
Winner moves on to championship match.
It was double elimination until this point. Sunday’s final 7 a.n. winner take all
Quite impressed with their play since losing to Cal Poly in the conference final. USC has already lost to Stetson, so they are vulnerable.
all about the match-ups
Sandbows repped well in Gulf Shores. Took UCLA to the brink (2-3), lose Set 3 in extra. Then bolo Cal Poly and Cinderella Stetson. I predict an all LA final. Respectable 4th place.
Would not be surprised if it’s UCLA-SC tomorrow. Although LSU has been looking pretty good.