DAVIS, Calif. — Taking on a pair of the nation's top teams on the beach this season, the UC Davis beach volleyball team suffered a pair of sweeps against No. 19 Stanford and No. 6 Hawai'i, falling by identical 5-0 scores on Monday afternoon at the UC Davis Beach Volleyball Courts on campus.
The Aggies fell to 1-5 overall with the losses, with all six of their matches this season coming against teams either ranked or receiving votes in the AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball poll.
In the opener, the Aggies were swept by the No. 19-ranked Cardinal, 5-0, for the second time this season, but put up a fight against the nationally ranked Cardinal, extending a pair of matches to three sets before falling.
The UC Davis ones of
Paloma Bowman and
Colleen McGuire jumped out to the early lead with a 21-19 victory in the opening set, but could not keep the momentum going, eventually falling 21-15 and 15-12. At the fives, the duo of
Savanah Schroeder and
Alexa Rockas bounced back from an opening set loss to take the second 21-17, before falling 15-6 in the third.
It marked the second and third times that the Aggies have been able to take Stanford to three sets in a match this season after Rockas and Seslar lost a, 21-17, 19-21, 15-9, three-set decision back on March 6.
After Stanford handed Hawai'i a 4-1 loss in the Rainbow Wahine's season opener, Hawai'i answered with a 5-0 sweep of UC Davis, taking four of the five matches in straight sets. The Aggie duo of
Jane Seslar and
Ashlee Goycoochea were the only ones to push the Rainbow Wahine to a third set, winning the opener 21-16, before falling 21-14 and 15-10.
UC Davis returns to the courts on Tuesday (March 23) beginning at 11 a.m., taking on No. 11 California, before hosting Hawai'i once again at 3 p.m. The Golden Bears and Rainbow Wahine will battle in between those contests at 1 p.m.
NCAA WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
March 22, 2021 • Davis, Calif. • UC Davis Beach Volleyball Courts
#19 Stanford 5, UC Davis 0
#1 - Charlie Ekstrom/Sunny Villapando (STAN) def.
Paloma Bowman/
Colleen McGuire (UCD) – 19-21, 21-15, 15-12
#2 - Kate Reilly/Xolani Hodel (STAN) def.
Heather Reed/
Megan Luly (UCD) – 21-18, 22-20
#3 - Maya Harvey/Maddi Kriz (STAN) def.
Rose Holscher/
Madelin Smith (UCD), 21-16, 21-16
#4 - Jordan McKinney/Maddie Dailey (STAN) def.
Jane Seslar/
Ashlee Goycoochea (UCD), 21-18, 21-17
#5 - Kylee Matheson/Winslow Church (STAN) def.
Savanah Schroeder/
Alexa Rockas (UCD), 21-19, 17-21, 15-6
#19 Stanford 4, #6 Hawai'i 1
#1 - Charlie Ekstrom/Sunny Villapando (STAN) def. Brooke Van Sickle/Harlee Kekauoha (UH), 21-16, 21-13
#2 - Kate Reilly/Zo Hodel (STAN) def. Amber Igiede/Julianna Napolean (UH), 14-21, 21-16, 15-6
#3 - Maya Harvey/Maddi Kriz (STAN) def. Ilihia Huddleston/Jaime Santer (UH), 21-16, 21-16
#4 - Jordan McKinney/Maddie Dailey (STAN) def. Kylin Loker/Riley Wagoner (UH), 21-15, 20-22, 15-12
#5 - Kaylee Glagau/Anna Maidment (UH) def. Kylee Matheson/Winslow Church (STAN), 21-9, 21-19
#6 Hawai'i 5, UC Davis 0
#1 - Brooke Van Sickle/Harlee Kekauoha (UH) def.
Paloma Bowman/
Colleen McGuire (UCD), 22-20, 21-18
#2 - Amber Igiede/Julianna Napolean (UH) def.
Heather Reed/
Megan Luly (UCD), 21-19, 21-15
#3 - Ilihia Huddleston/Jaime Santer (UH) def.
Rose Holscher/
Madelin Smith (UCD), 21-11, 21-9
#4 - Kylin Loker/Riley Wagoner (UH) def.
Jane Seslar/
Ashlee Goycoochea (UCD), 16-21, 21-14, 15-10
#5 - Kaylee Glagau/Anna Maidment (UH) def.
Savanah Schroeder/
Alicia Letvin (UCD), 21-17, 21-14
ABOUT UC DAVIS
Over 700 student-athletes across 25 intercollegiate athletics teams, following the addition of equestrian and women's beach volleyball in 2018, represent the fifth-ranked public school in the nation.
Centrally located between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe and the Napa Valley, UC Davis is known nationwide as a leader in Title IX gender equity and leadership, ranks annually in the top 10 in diversity and students' social mobility and offers an unrivaled student-athlete experience that features the ideal combination of elite academics, Division I athletics and personal growth.
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