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Anae and Barton Earn All-Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Honors
5/3/2018 1:34 PM | Beach Volleyball
Duo both named to All-Pac-12 Second Team
SAN FRANCISCO – Utah senior Adora Anae and sophomore Dani Barton were both named to the 2018 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball All-Conference Team, the league announced on Thursday. Both student-athletes earned second team honors.
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This marks Barton's second-consecutive second team honor after being named All-Pac-12 as a freshman last season. This is the first Pac-12 beach volleyball honor for Anae.
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Anae and Barton played together as Utah's No. 1 pairing all season long, going 10-7 overall, which included a 1-2 effort in the Pac-12 Championship last week. After dropping their first two duals of the season, Anae and Barton would go on to pick up its first win against Loyola Marymount's No. 1 pairing, which was ranked the No. 34 pairing in the nation, according to CollegeBeachVB.com.
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Anae and Barton would later close out the regular season winning seven straight duals and pushed the streak to eight straight following a dual win over Oregon's Lindsey Vander Weide and August Raskie in the Pac-12 Championships. The duo's best win of the season was a two-set victory over Long Beach State's Nele Barber and Sasha Karelov, who were ranked No. 13 at the time.
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Utah finished the beach volleyball season going 5-12 overall. The five victories is a new school single-season record, after winning two matches in the Utes' inaugural season a year ago. Â
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2018 ALL-PAC-12 TEAMS
First Team
Abril Bustamante, USC
Terese Cannon, USC
Tina Graudina, USC
Lily Justine, UCLA
Nicole McNamara, UCLA
Megan McNamara, UCLA
Mima Mirkovic, CAL
Kathryn Plummer, STAN
Sarah Sponcil, UCLA
Courtney Schwan, WASH
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Second Team
Adora Anae, UTAH
Jordan Anderson, WASH
Danielle Barton, UTAH
Courtney Bowen, STAN
Hailey Hallgren, USC
Morgan Hentz, STAN
Destiny Julye, WASH
Iya Lindahl, CAL
Savvy Simo, UCLA
Sammy Slater, USC
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All-Freshman Team
Tina Graudina, USC
Mac May, UCLA
Mima Mirkovic, CAL
Sammy Slater, USC
Sunny Villapando, STAN
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This marks Barton's second-consecutive second team honor after being named All-Pac-12 as a freshman last season. This is the first Pac-12 beach volleyball honor for Anae.
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Anae and Barton played together as Utah's No. 1 pairing all season long, going 10-7 overall, which included a 1-2 effort in the Pac-12 Championship last week. After dropping their first two duals of the season, Anae and Barton would go on to pick up its first win against Loyola Marymount's No. 1 pairing, which was ranked the No. 34 pairing in the nation, according to CollegeBeachVB.com.
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Anae and Barton would later close out the regular season winning seven straight duals and pushed the streak to eight straight following a dual win over Oregon's Lindsey Vander Weide and August Raskie in the Pac-12 Championships. The duo's best win of the season was a two-set victory over Long Beach State's Nele Barber and Sasha Karelov, who were ranked No. 13 at the time.
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Utah finished the beach volleyball season going 5-12 overall. The five victories is a new school single-season record, after winning two matches in the Utes' inaugural season a year ago. Â
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2018 ALL-PAC-12 TEAMS
First Team
Abril Bustamante, USC
Terese Cannon, USC
Tina Graudina, USC
Lily Justine, UCLA
Nicole McNamara, UCLA
Megan McNamara, UCLA
Mima Mirkovic, CAL
Kathryn Plummer, STAN
Sarah Sponcil, UCLA
Courtney Schwan, WASH
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Second Team
Adora Anae, UTAH
Jordan Anderson, WASH
Danielle Barton, UTAH
Courtney Bowen, STAN
Hailey Hallgren, USC
Morgan Hentz, STAN
Destiny Julye, WASH
Iya Lindahl, CAL
Savvy Simo, UCLA
Sammy Slater, USC
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All-Freshman Team
Tina Graudina, USC
Mac May, UCLA
Mima Mirkovic, CAL
Sammy Slater, USC
Sunny Villapando, STAN
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