This is Berkeley's game day post for this game. It features 6'0 sophomore #41 Caroline Schafer. Don't forget to follow Berkeley on the rest of their 2019 season and beyond over on Instagram: @calbeachvolleyball for the rest of their 2019 season and beyond.Pepperdine didn't have a game day post so now let the blog begin
Dear Readers~
On Saturday, April 13, 2019 Pepperdine University held the Pepperdine Invitational on Zuma Beach, there in Malibu, California. Pepperdine hosted Cal Poly and UC Berkeley. The results of the Berkeley vs Cal Poly game are linked down below: https://calbears.com/news/2019/4/13/beach-volleyball-no-12-cal-comes-up-just-short-against-top-10-opponents.aspx The game between Cal Poly and Pepperdine is also linked below: https://www.gopoly.com/sports/beachvball/2018-19/releases/20190413xpr6k3 so make sure to check those out as well as the game between Pepperdine and Cal Poly I'll be covering in this blog. This was not just your average game. This game was the last game before the 2019 West Coast Conference Championships. With Pepperdine at 17-7 and Berkeley at 17-6, the pressure was on between the two teams. Now it's time to cover the game between #5 Pepperdine and #12 Berkeley.
The first game to end were the 4's. That was between Maddie Dilfer and Nikki Lyons, of Pepperdine, against Abby Waldburger and Mia Merino, of Berkeley. The first set ended at 22-20, with Maddie and Nikki taking that close set. The second set ended at 21-10 with Maddie and Nikki taking the second set and giving Pepperdine a 1-0 lead over Berkeley.
The next game to end was between the 1's. That was Brook Bauer and Heidi Dyer, for Pepperdine, against Jordan Polo and Mimi Mirkovic, for Berkeley. The first set ended at 21-18 in favor of Brook and Heidi. The second set ended at 21-16 in favor of Brook and Heidi as well. That gives Pepperdine a 2-0 lead over Berkeley.
The next game to end was the 2's. That had Gigi Henandez and Deahna Kraft, for Pepperdine, against Caroline Schafer and Maddie Micheletti, for Berkeley. The first set ended 21-18 with Gigi and Deahna taking that set. The second set also ended at 21-18 but this time Caroline and Maddie won that set, causing a third set to happen. The third set ended at 15-7 with Gigi and Deahna taking that set and putting Pepperdine up 3-0 against Berkeley.
The next set was between the 3's. That put Alexis Filippone and Skylar Caputo, for Pepperdine, against Iya Lindahl and Grace Campbell, for Berkeley. The first set ended at 21-17 with Iya and Grace taking the first set. The second set also ended at 21-17, but this time Alexis and Skylar got revenge by winning the second set and causing a third set to happen. That third set ended at 15-10 with Alexis and Skylar winning and making the score 4-0.
The last game was the 5's. That had Simone Priebe and Katie Gavin, for Pepperdine, against Mati Dueck and Alexia Inman, for Berkeley. The first set was close, ending at 22-20 with Mati and Alexia taking the first set. The second set ended at 21-15 with Simone and Katie winning that set to cause a third set to happen. The third set ended at 15-13 with Mati and Alexia winning it and making the overall score between the two teams 4-1 with Pepperdine beating Berkeley at Zuma Beach there in Malibu, California.
That concludes the blog between Pepperdine and Berkeley. Stay tuned for my next blog and until then, Miller out
~J. Miller
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