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Post by sandball on Apr 2, 2019 15:05:15 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on Apr 2, 2019 21:08:12 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on Apr 3, 2019 0:49:15 GMT -5
NCAA Plays of the Week
NCAA Photo of the Week
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Post by sandball on Apr 3, 2019 4:04:33 GMT -5
Clips from the #1 pairs of Tina Graudina/Abril Bustamante (USC) vs. Heidi Dyer/Brook Bauer (Pepperdine) and the #4 pairs of Joy Dennis/Maja Kaiser (USC) vs. Skylar Caputo/Alexis Filippone (Pepperdine)
Video: Rob Espero
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Post by sandball on Apr 3, 2019 7:07:17 GMT -5
Week 7 College Beach Power Rankings: Steady at the Top, Madness Elsewhere p1440.com/news/week-7-college-beach-power-rankings-steady-at-the-top-madness-elsewhere"The top five teams in these rankings have made life easy for anyone doing rankings. They’re all, for the most part, taking care of business. But after that? The NCAA Selection Committee is going to have one heck of a time with this gargantuan — and fun — mess of things. Everybody is beating everybody, making the final three teams, and the first four out, a bit of a random guessing game." (...) 6. Hawai’i "This is where we get to the anarchy of these rankings." (...) 7. Cal Poly (...) "And then, because sports are fantastic, they upset Hawai’i the next day. Sports are awesome. March Madness is real. Welcome to the top-8, Cal Poly."
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Post by sandball on Apr 3, 2019 11:19:18 GMT -5
Preview: #1 UCLA vs #2 USC Apr 3 at 3pm (TV: Pac-12 Networks) Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, Los Angeles, CA dailybruin.com/2019/04/02/beach-volleyball-looks-to-maintain-21-game-undefeated-streak-in-upcoming-matchesUCLA senior Zana Muno: "With USC, no matter who is winning or who has a better record, it’s about whoever shows up that day. I think they’ll play their best match and we’ll play ours. (...) It’ll be on our own home court which I think will be a huge advantage for us." UCLA senior Sarah Sponcil: "The more patient we are, and the more we trust each other and communicate, the better chance we have against USC because they’re a really good opponent." UCLA head coach Stein Metzger: "To be honest, I think (our chances of going undefeated this season) are good, but it’s not really something we talk about."
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Post by sandball on Apr 3, 2019 15:48:48 GMT -5
#1 UCLA def. #13 LMU 4-1
1 Megan McNamara/Nicole McNamara (UCLA) def. Megan Nash/Bo Culo (LMU) 21-16, 21-14 2 Savannah Slattery/Reka Orsi Toth (LMU) def. Sarah Sponcil/Lily Justine (UCLA) 25-23, 11-21, 15-13 3 Zana Muno/Abby Van Winkle (UCLA) def. Sara Kovac/Jessie Prichard (LMU) 21-13, 21-18 4 Lea Monkhouse/Savvy Simo (UCLA) def. Ella Boehle/Emma Doud (LMU) 21-14, 21-12 5 Izzy Carey/Lindsey Sparks (UCLA) def. Veronica Nederend/Erin Martin (LMU) 21-10, 21-16 Order of finish: 4, 2, 5, 1*, 3
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Post by trianglevolleyball on Apr 3, 2019 15:51:56 GMT -5
Watching their match, it's hard for me to believe that Lily Justine is UCLA's best big. There was a stretch of three points where Justine shanked twice and hit one way long, she missed a few digs when she pulled on defense as well.
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Post by sandball on Apr 3, 2019 17:06:20 GMT -5
#1 UCLA def. #2 USC 4-1 1. Megan McNamara/Nicole McNamara (UCLA) def. Abril Bustamante/Tina Graudina (USC) 21-10, 21-19 2. Lily Justine/Sarah Sponcil (UCLA) def. Sammy Slater/Terese Cannon (USC) 21-18, 21-15 3. Zana Muno/Abby Van Winkle (UCLA) def. Haley Hallgren/Alexandra Poletto (USC) 23-21, 25-23 4. Savvy Simo/Lea Monkhouse (UCLA) def. Joy Dennis/Maja Kaiser (USC) 21-12, 21-14 5. Laurel Kujan/Hannah Martin (USC) def. Izzy Carey/Lindsey Sparks (UCLA) 22-24, 31-29, 15-13 EXH: Mac May/Megan Muret (UCLA) vs. Josannah Vazquez/Karina Myszkowski (USC) 21-17, 21-15 Order of finish: 4, 2, 1*, 5, 3 uclabruins.com/news/2019/4/3/beach-volleyball-no-1-ucla-posts-a-pair-of-4-1-victories.aspx
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Post by robonthemic on Apr 4, 2019 0:19:19 GMT -5
Here's my footage from Dual #1 feature #11 LMU vs. #1 UCLA...
Lily Justine blocked a bunch of balls today-- only got 3-4 of them on video
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Post by sandball on Apr 4, 2019 4:30:09 GMT -5
Highlights: No. 1 UCLA beach volleyball takes sixth straight win over crosstown rival No. 2 USC
Video: Pac-12 Networks
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Post by sandball on Apr 4, 2019 9:55:41 GMT -5
They had not competed together all season until last weekend
Olivia Beyer and Maddie Ligon (LSU) - CCSA Pair of the Week
LSU head coach Russell Brock: "They really deserve this honor. I haven’t very often seen a pair come together and take advantage of an opportunity like they did this weekend. (...) To have them go undefeated for the weekend in so many big matches, it was really clutch." - LSUsports.com
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Post by sandball on Apr 4, 2019 14:06:02 GMT -5
Post-match interview after Megan McNamara (UCLA) recorded her 100th career win
Video: Destination Volleyball
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Post by sandball on Apr 4, 2019 21:50:27 GMT -5
Review: #1 UCLA def. #2 USC dailybruin.com/2019/04/03/beach-volleyball-maintains-no-1-ranking-after-trouncing-lmu-usc-in-doubleheaderUCLA seniors Nicole McNamara and Megan McNamara defeated USC’s Abril Bustamante and Tina Graudina 21-10, 21-19 on court one to clinch the dual for the Bruins. The McNamaras suffered their only loss of the season to Bustamante and Graudina in the prior meeting with the Trojans. "I don’t think the twins have ever lost to anybody twice,” said UCLA head coach Stein Metzger. "Their ability to beat somebody after being beat is incredible. They take it personally when they lose, so they put a lot of focus and effort and usually come out and play great against the team." UCLA senior Megan McNamara: "Playing that team, we always know it’s going to go back-and-forth because they are a really strong team, so we have to play really aggressive and take care of the ball. (Graudina) is a huge blocker, so when the set’s tight, just being able to cover our partner, we saved some points that way." ----- Stein Metzger: "Any time you can walk away with any win with a rival, it’s a good win, and we came up big in some spots where the Trojans are especially tough. I’m thinking about the 1 and 3 spots, those are two really great teams, so we feel really good about our performance." - volleyballmag.com
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Post by sandball on Apr 5, 2019 3:22:32 GMT -5
Weekend Schedule - Top 20 matchups FSU Beach Bash, Tallahassee, FL #3 Florida State, #8 Florida International, #16 Florida Atlantic, #17 Georgia State Apr 5 9:00am : FIU-GSU 3-2Apr 5 11:00am : FSU-FAU 4-1Apr 5 1:00pm : FSU-FIU 4-1Apr 5 3:00pm : GSU-FAU 5-0Apr 6 9:30am : FIU-FAU 3-2Apr 6 11:30am : FSU-GSU 4-1Phoenix, AZ Apr 5 3pm : #7 Cal Poly - #15 GCU 3-2Tempe, AZ Apr 6 1pm : #14 Arizona - #7 Cal Poly 4-1 (!) LSU Beach Invitational, Baton Rouge, LA ( Live video) #4 LSU, #11 South Carolina, #20 TCU Apr 6 6:00pm : LSU - South Carolina 4-1Apr 7 9:15am : TCU - South Carolina 3-2Apr 7 11:30am : LSU - TCU 4-1Pac-12 North Beach Volleyball Invitational, Stanford, CA #1 UCLA, #2 USC, #12 Cal, #19 Stanford Apr 6 11:00am : USC-Cal 5-0Apr 6 3:00pm : UCLA-Cal 4-1Apr 6 5:00pm : USC-Stanford 4-1Apr 7 9:00am : USC-UCLA 3-2Apr 7 1:00pm : UCLA-Stanford 4-1 Apr 7 5:00pm : Cal-Stanford 3-2
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