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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