UCLA's game day post featuring Zana Muno (Follow her on Instagram: @zanamuno and UCLA Beach: @uclabeachvb)
LMU's game day post featuring Savannah Slattery (#3) and Reka Orsi Toth (#5) (Follow them on Instagram: @lmulionsbeach, @savannahslattery, and @rekaorsitoth)
Dear Readers~
On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 #1 UCLA had 2 games. The first game was against an unranked Oregon while the second game was against #13 LMU. I will be covering the game against LMU but if you would like to see how the game against Oregon went, I'll be attaching a link to the results below: https://uclabruins.com/news/2019/3/26/beach-volleyball-no-1-ucla-posts-two-more-sweeps.aspx Both games were at Ocean Park Beach there in Santa Monica, California. The Oregon game was at 12:30 and the game against LMU was at 2:30. Now it's time to start talking about the UCLA against LMU game.
The first game to end was the 4's. That consisted of Mac May and Savvy Simo, for UCLA, while Ella Boehle and Emma Doud played for LMU. The first set was close, ending at 21-16 in favor of Mac and Savvy. The second set wasn't as close, ending at 21-11 for Mac and Savvy. UCLA now has a 1 game lead over LMU.
The next game to end were the 2's. That consisted of Sarah Sponcil and Madi Yeomans, for UCLA, against Savannah Slattery and Reka Orsi Toth, for LMU. The first set was close, ending at 21-14 in favor of UCLA but the second set was the closest set between UCLA and LMU that happened that day. The second set ended at 21-19 with Savvy and Mac coming out on top and getting UCLA a 2 game lead over LMU.
The next game to finish was the 1's. That game had Megan and Nicole McNamara, for UCLA, against Megan Nash and Bo Culo, for LMU. The first set was one of the closest of the entire day. that set ended 21-18, in favor of Nicole and Megan. The second set had a bit of a bigger gap in the score at 21-10, with Nicole and Megan winning that set. UCLA is now up 3 games to none against LMU and there are only 2 games left.
The next game to finish were the 3's. That included Abby Van Winkle and Zana Muno, for UCLA, against Sara Kovac and Jessie Princhard, for LMU. Both sets were close. The first set ended 21-17, in favor of Abby and Zana. The second set was even closer than that. The second set ended 21-19, and being one of the longest sets of the day. In the end, it was Abby and Zana who won the set. This now has UCLA up 4 games to LMU's none with only one game left.
The last game between the two teams was Izzy Carey and Lindsey Sparks, for UCLA, taking on Veronica Nederend and Erin Martin, for LMU. The first set was close, ending at 21-18, in favor of Izzy and Linsey. The second set wasn't as close but still big because it ended 21-16 with Veronica and Erin taking that set, causing a third set to happen. That set ended 15-12 with Izzy and Lindsey winning the set. By wining that set, UCLA had just swept LMU in all 5 games.
That game now has UCLA at a record of 17-0 while LMU is now at a record of 13-7. UCLA's next game is part of the Surf and Turf Invitational on March 29th and 30th as the team travels to Miami Beach, Florida where they will play teams including LSU, Stetson, Florida State, and FIU. After that tournament, UCLA's next game is going to be a rematch against LMU on April 3, 2019 at the Sunset Canyon Recreation area in Los Angeles. While UCLA is at the Surf and Turf Invitational, LMU will be spending those 2 days at the Santa Cruz WCC Mid-Season Invitational there in Santa Cruz, California with the other teams in that tournament. The teams that are playing in that tournament are not posted.
That game also had a very special moment for UCLA's Izzy Carey. That's because she just had her 103rd career victory playing NCAA beach volleyball. This is a big deal because it's a new record at UCLA.
This is 5'11 Senior Isabelle "Izzy" Carey, of UCLA with her record of 103 career victories in the NCAA (Follow her on Instagram to see if the 103 becomes 104: @isabellecarey)
As many of you know, AVP pro Irene Pollock is a beach coach at UCLA but what you may not know is that another AVP player is a beach coach for the NCAA. This time for LMU. That other AVP player is Betsi Flint. Her name may sound familiar because she won the 2018 AVP Seattle Open then won the 2018 AVP San Francisco Open a few weeks later, both with Emily Day. Betsi also does a thing called "Monday Mishaps" on her Instagram so follow her to check those out each Monday: @betsiflint and some of those mishaps feature Emily Day and sometimes other AVP players are guest stars like Corinne Quiggle and Kelly Reeves, who I've mentioned in previous blogs about Pepperdine and UCLA before.
This is Irene Pollock watching over her team (follow her on Instagram for more: @irenepollock)
This is Emily Day (left) and Betsi Flint (right) at the 3 star FIVB event held in Sydney, Australia where they came home with a silver medal (Don't forget to follow them on Instagram: @betsiflint and @emday6)
The 2019 AVP season is getting closer with a little over a month until the first stop in Huntington Beach, California as part of the FIVB where you can watch Emily, Betsi, Irene, and so many of your favorite AVP players. Also don't forget that same weekend also has the NCAA men's indoor national championships happening at Long Beach State but if you live on the east coast and can't afford to travel to California that weekend, no worries because that same weekend also has the NCAA women's beach national finals happening in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Until next time, Miller out
~J. Miller
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