SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The Concordia University beach volleyball team played against two ranked teams on Sunday as a make-up day due to inclement weather on Friday.
Cal 5, CUI 0
Duo
Eva Prewitt and
Kelissa Lemoine came out fighting in their first match of the day against Cal as they almost took their opponent to a third set but just came up short by a close 19-21 score.
1. Gessner/Dreibholtz (Cal) def.
Hannah Phair /
Olivia Highstreet (CUI) 21-14, 21-13
2. Radell/Delgado (Cal) def.
Hailee Ryan /
Sara Ostojic (CUI) 21-11, 21-12
3. Young/McKeown (Cal) def.
Tatum Smith /
Kelia Giusta (CUI) 21-9, 21-18
4. Caffo/Waters (Cal) def.
Eva Prewitt /
Kelissa Lemoine (CUI) 21-14, 21-19
5. Mann/Buchner (Cal) def.
Carly Moreno /
Lily Dyer (CUI) 21-15, 21-12
6. Martin/Sears (Cal) def.
Lauren Clifton /
Ashleigh Souza (CUI) 21-15, 21-13
LMU 5, CUI 0
The first flight put up a fight against LMU as they came within just a couple points in each set.
Sara Ostojic and
Hailee Ryan had an intense first set against LMU as they went to an impressive 31-33 score but ultimately lost in two sets.
1. Paul/Prihti (LMU) def.
Hannah Phair /
Olivia Highstreet (CUI) 21-18, 21-19
2. Thorup/Chinn (LMU) def.
Tatum Smith/
Kelia Giusta (CUI) 21-19, 21-16
3. Ramirez/Garder (LMU) def.
Sara Ostojic /
Hailee Ryan (CUI) 33-31, 21-15
4. Tucker/Firnett (LMU) def.
Kelissa Lemoine /
Eva Prewitt (CUI) 21-13, 21-9
5. Hooker/Riffel (LMU) def.
Lily Dyer /
Carly Moreno (CUI) 21-16, 21-13
6. Anderson/Johansen (LMU) def.
Lauren Clifton /
Ashleigh Souza (CUI) 21-9, 21-15
The Golden Eagles will host Westcliff and Arizona Christian in their home opener of the season with start times slated at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
To see the full CUI beach volleyball schedule click
HERE.