LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Utah beach volleyball team took on Oregon and No. 19 Arizona State in the first day of the Pac-12 South Tournament.
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The Utes dropped both contests by a 4-1 score against Oregon and 5-0 score to Arizona State.
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In their first match of the day against Oregon, Utah got off to a good start winning the first match as
Keana Smalls and
Mckenna Granato earned the win. They got it done in straight sets winning it 21-18 and 21-15.
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The rest of the matches were really close with Utah's second pair taking it to a third set. After dropping the first set,
Lauren Sproule and
Jessica Villela won the second set 21-17, but Oregon rallied to take the third set 15-10.
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Leah Schmidt and
Sommer Daniel took Oregon to extra points in the first set and fell in the second set 21-18.
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In Utah's second match of the day, Arizona State took control of the match early and never let up taking the match 5-0.
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The Utes will have two more matches tomorrow, taking on Washington at 10 a.m. and USC at 3:30 p.m.
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Oregon def. Utah, 4-1
1. Jade Sadeiko/Bea Wetton (ORE) def.
Madelyn Robinson/
Kenzie Koerber (UTAH) 21-14, 21-18
2. Carly Wallace/Madelyn LaFollette (ORE) def.
Lauren Sproule/
Jessica Villela (UTAH) 21-14, 17-21, 15-10
3. Ally Haden/Savannah Siegrist (ORE) def.
Kinga Windisch/
Tiyana Hallums (UTAH) 21-12, 21-19
4.
Mckenna Granato/
Keana Smalls (UTAH) def. Zoe Almanza/Anastasia Lima (ORE) 21-18, 21-15
5. Elise Ferreira/Abby Hansen (ORE) def.
Leah Schmidt/
Sommer Daniel (UTAH) 22-20, 21-18
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No. 19 Arizona State def. Utah, 5-0
1. Allyson Eylers/Matea Suan (ASU) def.
Madelyn Robinson/
Kenzie Koerber (Utah) 21-15, 21-16
2. Sarah Waters/Emily Anderson (ASU) def.
Jessica Villela/
Lauren Sproule (Utah) 21-6, 21-18
3. Katelyn Carballo/Samantha Plaster (ASU) def.
Mckenna Granato/
Tiyana Hallums (Utah) 21-12, 21-14
4. Cierra Flood/Ellyson Lundberg (ASU) def.
Sommer Daniel/
Kinga Windisch (Utah) 21-7, 21-18
5. Lexi Sweeney/Kate Baldwin (ASU) def.
Leah Schmidt/
Keana Smalls (Utah) 21-8, 21-10
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