IRVINE, CA – The Eagles head down the street to play three matches against Nebraska, Irvine Valley College, and #5 Long Beach State.
 
The first match was against Nebraska as the Eagles went 0-5. Tristan Self and Vanessa Bernzen played the No. 1 slot where they lost in two sets with scores 12-21 and 17-21. Avery Keathley and Riley Gill competed in the second slot with scores 14-21 and coming close in the second set with a score of 18-21. Marcela Frazzoni and Kyra Auten battled out in both sets but ultimately losing in two sets, 18-21 and 16-21. In the fourth slot, Jessica Diederich and Asia O'Neil put up a tough fight against the Huskers as they took them to three sets. Diederich and O'Neil dominated in the first set winning 21-12, but losing the next two sets with scores 18-21 and 11-15. Julia Denboer and Kekela Hendrickson played the last slot where they fell short in two sets 16-21 and 10-21.
 
The next match up was against Irvine Valley College where the Eagles were able to take one match from them with a score 1-4. In the first slot, Tristan Self and Vanessa Bernzen were able to take Lasers to three sets winning the first set 21-17. The Eagles fell short in the second set losing 18-21, while the third set was battled back and forth between each team; losing with a final score 16-18. Avery Keathley and Riley Gill were in the second slot with scores 14-21 and 18-21. In the third slot, Marcela Frazzoni and Kyra Auten lost in two close scoring sets, 19-21 and 17-21. The No. 4 slot, was the one win for the Eagles from Jessica Diederich and Asia O'Neil. Diederich and O'Neil put up two strong sets winning with scores of 22-20 and 21-18. In the last slot, Julia Denboer and Kekela Hendrickson won the first set against the Lasers 18-21, but were not able to rally in the last two sets with scores 15-21 and 9-15.
 
The last match of the day was against #5 Long Beach State where the Eagles had a tough match up going 0-5. The No.1 slot went to two sets with scores 9-21 and 11-21. In the second slot, Avery Keathley and Riley Gill lost the first set 11-21, but were able to come back for the second set with a hard battle with a score 22-20. Keathley and Gill were not able to hang on to Long Beach State in the third set with a score 7-15. The third slot Marcela Frazzoni and Kyra Auten fell short with scores 9-21 and 17-21. In the last slots, the Eagles fell short in two sets each, 12-21, 11-21, and 9-21, 5-21.
 
Nebraska 5, Concordia 0

1. Lauren Stivrins/Kelly Hunter (NEB) def. Tristan Self/Vanessa Bernzen (CUI), 21-12, 21-17 
2. Annika Albrecht/Kenzie Maloney (NEB) def. Avery Keathley/Riley Gill (CUI), 21-14, 21-18 
3. Jazz Sweet/Sami Slaughter (NEB) def. Marcela Frazzoni/Kyra Auten (CUI), 21-18, 21-16 
4. Chesney McClellan/Hayley Densberger (NEB) def. Jessica Diederich/Asia O'Neil (CUI), 21-12, 18-21, 15-11 
5. Allie Havers/Jessica Schmidt (NEB) def. Julia Denboer/Kekela Hendrickson (CUI), 21-16, 21-10
 
Irvine Valley 4, Concordia 1
 
1. Taira Ka'awaloa/Megan Ramseyer (IVC) def. Tristan Self/Vanessa Bernzen (CUI), 17-21, 21-18, 18-16
2. Olivia Aguilar/Renata Bath (IVC) def. Avery Keathley/Riley Gill (CUI), 21-14, 21-18
3. Hannah Salaya/Emilie Austin (IVC) def. Marcela Frazzoni/Kyra Auten (CUI), 21-19, 21-17
4. Jessica Diederich/Asia O'Neil (CUI) def. Gabi Lau/Alma Entesari (IVC), 22-10, 21-18
5. Diamond Brogan/Alyssa Vortouni (IVC) def. Julia Denboer/Kekela Hendrickson (CUI), 18-21, 21-15, 15-9
 
#5 Long Beach State 5, Concordia 0 
1) Nele Barber/Rachel Nieto (LBSU) def. Vanessa Bernzen/Tristan Self (CUI) 21-9, 21-11 
2) Sasha Karelov/Megan Kruidhof (LBSU) def. Riley Gill/Avery Keathley (CUI) 21-11, 20-22, 15-7 
3) Kristyna Adamcikova/Hailey Harward (LBSU) def. Kyra Auten/Marcela Frazzoni (CUI) 21-9, 21-17 
4) Zoi Konstantopoulou/Nicci Reinking (LBSU) def. Asia O'Neil/Jessica Diederich (CUI) 21-12, 21-11 
5) Hannah Matt/Marisa Ramsey (LBSU) def. Julia Denboer/Kekela Hendrickson (CUI) 21-9, 21-5 
 
 
The Eagles will take on Loyola Marymount University and St. Mary's College on March 29^th in Los Angeles.