Malibu, California – The Pepperdine Beach Volleyball team dominated Chaminade in the opening two rounds of the Queen's Cup, then defeated Nebraska 4-1 in the afternoon.
The Waves (4-3) dominated Chaminade (1-2) without losing a set and defeated the Silver Swords 5-0. Pepperdine continued its impressive day with the Waves' 4-1 win over Nebraska (8-5).
result
Pepperdine 5, Chaminade 0
First place: Kate Clermont/mckenna thomas (PEPP) definition. Mahala Kapuni/Malena Mihalik (CHAM) 21-9, 21-12
2nd place: madison oriskovic/Christine Breede (PEPP) definition. Greta Corti/Fra Crisostomo (CHAM) 21-15, 21-18
3rd place: Sarlota Svobodova/Gabriela Perez (PEPP) definition. Sophie Schilling/Ellie Tsukano (CHAM) 21-17, 21-13
4th: Gracie Pedersen/Kaydon Myers (PEPP) definition. Kanoehua Misipeka/Delaney Pauling (CHAM) 21-14, 21-16
5th place: Emi Erickson/aubrey roberts (PEPP) definition. Leilani Ama/Grace Talpash (CHAM) 21-10, 21-14
Order of arrival:1, 5, 3*, 4, 2
Pepperdine 4, Nebraska 1
First place: Kate Clermont/mckenna thomas (PEPP) definition. Allie Battenhorst/Bergen Riley (NEB) 21-19, 21-18
2nd place: madison oriskovic/Christine Breede (PEPP) definition. Lindsay Krause/Lexi Rodriguez (NEB) 16-21, 21-16, 16-14
3rd place: Gabriela Perez/Sarlota Svobodova (PEPP) definition. Harper Murray/Lainey Choboy (NEB) 21-19, 21-18
4th place: Merritt Beeson/Skylar Pierce (NEB) def. Gracie Pedersen/Kaydon Myers (PEPP) 21-16, 19-21, 17-15
5th place: Emi Erickson/aubrey (PEPP) definition. Andy Jackson/Olivia Mauck (NEB) 21-16, 21-12
Order of arrival:5, 1, 3*, 2, 4
Summary of the match
In the first dual, Pepperdine quickly took a 2-0 lead with a two-set win over their opponent. Kate Clermont (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) and mckenna thomas (Laguna Niguel, California) 21-9, 21-12 on Court 1. aubrey roberts (Walnut Creek, California) and Emi Erickson (Honolulu, Hawaii) 21-10, 21-14 on court 5.
Sarlota Svobodova (Brno, Czech Republic) and Gabriela Perez (Loomis, Calif.) held on to the No. 3 spot, 21-17, 21-13, and would be the pair to seal the victory.
Gracie Pedersen (Franklin, Tennessee) and Kaydon Myers (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Pepperdine won 21-14, 21-16, further advancing to fourth place. madison oriskovic (Santa Barbara, California) and Christine Breede (Balogi, Latvia) won two more sets 21-15, 21-18 on Court 2 to complete the sweep.
In the second dual, Erickson and Roberts quickly dispatched the Huskers duo 21-16, 21-12, giving the Waves a 1-0 lead after a two-set victory on court five. Clermont and Thomas won two sets 21-19, 21-18 in slot No. 1, increasing Pepperdine's advantage to 2-0. The Waves clinched the dual with Svobodova and Perez winning Court 3 in straight sets, 21-16, 21-18.
In slot number 2, after losing the first set 16-21, Oriskovic and Breede forced a decisive third set and won the second set 21-16. The Pepperdine duo then won on Court 2, taking the decisive third set 16-14 and extending the Waves' lead to 4-0.
Pedersen and Myers take the first set 21-16 on Court 4, but the Nebraska pair fights back to take the second and third sets to put the Huskers on the board, but the Waves end up winning the dual. Win 4-1.
to the next
Pepperdine continues the Queen's Cup tomorrow, playing against Boise State at 12:15 PM PT and tournament host #12 Hawaii State at 2:45 PM PT.
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