IRVINE, Calif.  — Following a season that featured a Big West Semifinals appearance, UC Davis beach volleyball lands three student-athletes on the 2026 Big West Beach Volleyball All-Conference Teams. First flight pair Ella Erteltova and Kinley Lindhardt were named to the All-Conference Second Team while Kate O'Steen was tabbed as an Honorable Mention.

Playing together as teammates throughout the majority of the season, Lindhardt and Erteltova went 8-12 while as a pair, stringing together a five match winning streak that included the Aggies first win over Saint Mary's since 2023 and a home sweep of rival Sacramento State.

Playing nearly every match with Skye Smolinski in the third and fourth flights, O'Steen posted her best season as an Aggie, winning 21 games on the year and becoming just the fourth Aggie to post 50 or more wins in a career. 

O'Steen also served as a sparkplug for the Aggies in some of their toughest competition throughout the year, getting ranked wins over teams such as Grand Canyon and Arizona. A seven-game win streak punctuated by a 3-1 home tournament solidified her spot as one of the best in program history.

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UC Davis, ranked No. 2 among public universities by the Wall Street Journal in the value of a college degree, is home to 40,000 undergraduate students and 12,000 employees. Ranked top in the United States in agriculture and forestry as well as No. 1 in veterinary medicine, UC Davis is located in a true California college town nestled between world-class destinations such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Napa Valley and Lake Tahoe. Over 650 Aggie student-athletes compete in 25 Division I varsity sports, with 16 sports transitioning to the Mountain West Conference beginning in 2026–27. 

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