SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Playing a full day's worth of games on the sand, the USF Dons beach volleyball team (1-4) picked up their first victory of the season on Saturday as they defeated Pacific despite coming up just short against Sacramento State and Saint Mary's. 

FINAL SCORES:

Match 1 - Saint Mary's 5, USF 0-

Jasmin Suarez/Jennifer Laird def. Orsula Staka/Letizia Aquilino 21-18 + 21-12

Chandler Cowell/Selbie Christensen def. Tanner Pemberton/Katie Wagstaff 21-19 + 21-12

Makenna Joyce/Karmin Brown def. Sophie Syndenham/Shyia Richardson 21-7 + 21-13

Aeriel Sundt/Trinity Durfee def. Bruna Correa/Lana Kutakhina 22-20 + 21-15

Megan Chandler/Allie Cataldo def. Francesca Stanschus/Sara Denham 21-16 + 21-17


Match 2 - USF 4, Pacific 1

Orsula Staka/Letizia Aquilino def. Jenny Todd/Sammie Sheppard 21-12 + 12-21 + 15-13

Tanner Pemberton/Katie Wagstaff def. Brooklyn Thomas/Hania Taduran 21-12 + 21-15

Lana Kutakhina/Sophie Sydenham def. Darina Kumanova/Francheska Aguilar 21-13 + 21-18

Shyia Richardson/Sara Denham def. Lucy Carpenter/Miranda Baptista 21-15 + 21-13

Shahrzad Sadeghi/Megan Nishimura def. Bruna Correa/Francesca Stanschus 23-21 + 19-21 + 15-9


Match 3- Sacramento State 3, USF 2-

Orsula Staka/Letizia Aquilino def. Kalani Hayes/Macey Hayden 21-17 + 21-13

Bridgette Smith/Caitlin Volkmann def. Tanner Pemberton/Katie Wagstaff 21-12 + 21-10

McKenna Smith/Ashtin Olin def. Sophie Syndenham/Lana Kutakhina 21-18 + 21-7

Sara Denham/Shyia Richardson def. Ellie Tisko/Tiya Kamba-Griffin 21-14 + 22-20

Karlee Soderberg/Caty Cordano def. Bruna Correa/Francesca Stanschus 20-22 + 21-14 + 15-13

UP NEXT:
USF now looks forward to a rematch with the Hornets of Sacramento State as they will face off in Marin on Friday Mar. 11 at 2:00 p.m. 
 
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