Beach Volleyball | 4/7/2017 9:35:00 PM

STANFORD, Calif. – The San Francisco beach volleyball squad succumbed to the Cardinal 5-0 at Stanford Sand Volleyball Stadium on a windy Friday afternoon in the South Bay.
  Despite the sweep, two sets on two courts were pushed to extra points by the Dons. USF's No. 1 tandem of Nora Buvarp Lavik and Emily Reed challenged Stanford's Kathryn Plummer and Jenna Gray. Requiring extra effort in the first frame, Buvarp Lavik and Reed fell 25-21, 21-12.

At Court 3, Dane Miller and Carly Lowry dropped their first set to Morgan Hentz and Caitlin Keefe, 21-16. In the second, Miller and Lowry did not go quietly before Hentz and Keefe secured the 22-20 victory. Another close opening-set score came in on Court 4 in the lineup, with Shannon Levinson and Kate Ashman falling 21-17, 21-12 to Catherine Raquel and Shannon Richardson.

With the win, the Cardinal improve to 9-4 on the year, while USF still seeks its first win of the spring.

USF closes out its season on the sand next week with three matches, beginning with a date with Santa Clara on Wednesday. The Dons and the Broncos will compete at Los Gatos HS with first serve slated for 3 p.m.
 

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Stanford 5, USF 0
Friday, April 7 | Stanford, Calif. (Stanford Sand Volleyball Stadium)

1. Kathryn Plummer/Jenna Gray (Stan) def. Nora Buvarp Lavik/Emily Reed (USF) 25-23, 21-12
2. Ivana Vanjak/Payton Chang (Stan) def. Marjolijn Oskam/Camille Araujo (USF) 21-11, 21-11
3. Morgan Hentz/Caitlin Keefe (Stan) def. Dane Miller/Carly Lowry (USF) 21-16, 22-20
4. Catherine Raquel/Shannon Richardson (Stan) def. Shannon Levinson/Kate Ashman (USF) 21-17, 21-12
5. Courtney Bowen/Kat Anderson (Stan) def. Montana Green/Trish Koutsoukos (USF) 21-9, 21-9