BERKELEY, Calif. – The Utah beach volleyball team began its 2020 season at No. 11 Cal on Saturday, February 29.
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The team began with Cal and then finished the day off with UC Davis.
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In the second dual of the day, the Utes hung tough with UC Davis as three of the matches went to a third set, but the Aggies came out on top 3-2.
Lauren Sproule and Jessica Vilella took their match in the third as well as
Kinga Windisch and freshman
Sommer Daniel. Windisch and Daniel fell behind before winning the final two sets.
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Cal got off to a hot start and the Utes couldn't recover in their first match of the day dropping it 5-0 to the Golden Bears.
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Utah will be back in action tomorrow to face Stanford at 12 p.m. MT followed by Hawaii at 2 p.m. MT.
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#11 Cal (5) def. Utah (0)Â
#1 - Iya Lindahl/Mima Mirkovic (Cal) def.
Mckenna Granato/
Tiyana Hallums (Utah) – 21-8, 21-11
#2 – Jordan Polo/Caroline Schafer (Cal) def.
Lauren Sproule/
Jessica Villela (Utah) – 21-12, 21-12
#3 – Madison Dueck/Alexia Inman (Cal) def.
Keana Smalls/
Madelyn Robinson (Utah) – 21-15, 22-20
#4 – Ainsley Radell/Maddie Micheletti (Cal) def.
Sommer Daniel/
Kinga Windisch (Utah) – 21-15, 21-11
#5 – Chloe Luyties/Jacqueline Ribeiro (Cal) def.
Leah Schmidt/
Olivia Teerlink (Utah) – 21-9, 21-9
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UC Davis (3) def. Utah (2)
#1 - Jane Seslar/Paloma Bowman (UCD) def. McKenna Granato/
Tiyana Hallums (Utah) - 21-12, 21-13
#2 -
Lauren Sproule/
Jessica Villela (Utah) def. Savanah Schroeder/Chelsea Maeglin (UCD) - 21-17, 16-21, 15-10Â
#3 -Â Heather Reed/Megan Luly (UCD) def.
Madelyn Robinson/
Keana Smalls (Utah) 21-12, 21-16Â
#4 -
Kinga Windisch/
Sommer Daniel (Utah) def. Rose Holscher/Alexa Rockas (UCD) - 8-21, 21-10, 15-13
#5 - Demari Webb/Madelin Smith (UCD) def.
Leah Schmidt/
Olivia Teerlink (Utah) - 21-14, 18-21, 15-7
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