PHOENIX, Ariz. - The UC Davis Women's Beach Volleyball who went into the Grand Canyon Tournament 9-0, received its first loss of the season in a competitive 2-3 match against Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
In Grand Canyon University's beach volleyball stadium, the Ags battled the Islanders at 2 p.m. UC Davis' sophomore
Tabitha Mitchell and freshman
Finley Rollins captured the first flight winning by two in each set.
However, the Islanders would come back and win two-straight sets for an overall 2-1 match advantage. The pair of sophomore
Morgan Coolbaugh and senior
Sam Lazenby were able to capture a win over Corpus Christi in the fourth flight.
At 2-2, only the fifth flight remained. The first set combined for 56 points as the Islanders narrowly escaped the Aggies 29-27. But, Corpus Christi was able to pull out the win in the next set and take the match.
UCD recedes to 9-1 on the season as Texas A&M ascends to 10-5.
Match #1
UC Davis vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Thursday, Mar. 16th
GCU Beach Volleyball Stadium, 2 p.m.
Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Ariz.
UC Davis 2, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 3
(1)
Tabitha Mitchell/Finley Rollins (UCD) def.Giuliana Poletti/ Kiley Lewis (TEXAS A&M CC): 21-19 + 21-19
(2) Chloe Tome/ Kristin Bobay (TEXAS A&M CC) def.
Colleen McGuire/Kylie Miller (UCD): 27-25 + 21-14
(3) Tori Johnson/ Jade Bennett (TEXAS A&M CC) def.
Mia Olen/Megan Luly (UCD): 21-17 + 22-20
(4)
Morgan Coolbaugh/Sam Lazenby (UCD) def. Raven Jordan/ Kela Moreno (TEXAS A&M CC): 21-16 + 21-18
(5) Shea Slusser/ Ashlyn Power (TEXAS A&M CC) def.
Sydney Rau-Kim/Alicia Letvin (UCD): 29-27 + 21-17
Next Match
Match #2
UC Davis vs. Grand Canyon University
Where: Grand Canyon University (GCU Beach Volleyball Stadium), Phoenix, Ariz.
When: Friday, Mar. 17th, 2:30 p.m.
The Aggies look to get back into the win column, when they face Grand Canyon University as their next opponent in the tournament. The two-teams previously met in 2021 for their first confrontation. In which the Thunder swept the Aggies five sets to zero and took a 1-0 series edge. UCD attempts to even the overall-record against the Thunder on Friday at 2:30 p.m.
