BVB04/24/2024 19:15 | By: Cal Athletics

Cal sweeps first 3 flights to end early duality

TEMPE, Ariz. – Opening the 2024 Pac-12 Championship on Wednesday at the Sun Devil beach volleyball facility, the No. 4-seeded California beach volleyball team won the first three flights against No. 5-seed Washington, in straight sets to achieve his second double victory in five. days on the Huskies.

The Golden Bears (21-11) advance to face No. 1 USC in Thursday’s quarterfinals, a team they defeated 3-2 in the same round last year.

With a fortunately well-timed blanket of clouds covering the courts on a 90-degree day, a high-energy Cal team got off to a good start and never looked back. No. 4 pair Lara Boos and Ella Dreibholz They took the first set 21-17 and stayed strong in the 21-12 victory in the second set. Seconds after that victory was achieved, Emma Donley and Kendall Peters finished off a 21-18, 21-18 sweep on the adjacent court.

Facing the same pair they defeated last Friday at the Stanford Invite, the No. 1 pair Sierra Cafe and Alexandria Young-Gomez They broke away midway through the first set, going on a 5-0 run to take a 17-10 lead. After a set-clinching attack by Caffo, they quickly took a 5-2 lead in the second set and led comfortably the rest of the way, with Caffo finally clinching a second straight set with a decisive cross-court shot into the net. .

That ended the matchup ahead of schedule with Cal’s No. 5 pair of shoes. Jenna Colligan and portia sherman dominating an unfinished match 21-15, 12-6 and gia fisherman and Marilu Pally leading 7-5 in the second set of the third leg.

Tomorrow morning, the Bears and Trojans will meet for the second time this year at 10:15 a.m. PT. USC came away with a 3-2 victory over Cal in the Pac-12 North Tournament on April 6 in a match where Caffo and Young came back to win the first leg in three sets and Sherman and Dreibholz earned a convincing sweep in the battle of the 5 shillings.

#4 Cal 3, #5 Washington 0
1 Sierra Cafe/Alexandria Young-Gomez (CAL) def. Piper Monk-Hedrich/Maggy Rabitsch (UW) 21-17, 21-18
2 Emma Donley/Kendall Peters (CAL) def. Zoey Henson/Lauren Wilcock (UW) 21-18, 21-18
3 gia fisherman/Marilu Pally (CAL) vs. Kierstyn Barton/Kendall Mather (UW) 13-21, 7-5 (ugh)
4 Lara Boos/Ella Dreibholz (CAL) def. Scarlett Dahl/Josie Ulrich (UW) 21-17, 21-12
5 Jenna Colligan/portia sherman (CAL) vs. Brooke Balue/Sarah Wilcock (UW) 21-15, 12-6 (ugh)
Order of arrival: 3, 2, 1

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