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Cal claims Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week

Apr 23, 2019
California Athletics

PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL PAIR OF THE WEEK: 
Alexia Inman (SO/Manhattan Beach, Calif.)/Mia Merino (SR/Tustin, Calif.),

• Helped California to a top-7 and a top-20 win in their first time playing together all year.
• Playing on the No. 4 court, posted a straight-set win over then-No. 7 Cal Poly's duo, then followed up with a three-set victory over then-No. 20 Stanford's pair.
• It is the Bears' second victory over a top-10 opponent.
• Inman is a media studies major with a 3.18 GPA. Merino has a 3.22 GPA and is going to grad school next year at Bournemouth University in the U.K. to get her master's degree in public health. She also intends to continue playing volleyball on the University's indoor and beach volleyball teams.
• It is the second all-time pair of the week honor for Cal since the award's inception in 2016.

ALSO NOMINATED: Natalie Anselmo/Madison Rigdon, ARIZ; Savvy Simo/Lea Monkhouse, UCLA; Abril Bustamante/Tina Graudina, USC..

2019 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL PAIR OF THE WEEK

 Week of Pair
Feb. 26 Lily Justine & Sarah Sponcil, UCLA
Mar. 5 Abril Bustamante & Tina Graudina, USC
Mar. 12 Haley Hallgren & Alexandra Poletto, USC
Mar. 19 Oluoma Okaro & Ashley Wenz, ASU
Mar. 26 Abril Bustamante & Tina Graudina, USC
Apr. 2 Megan McNamara & Nicole McNamara, UCLA
Apr. 9 Savvy Simo & Lea Monkhouse, UCLA
Apr. 15 Terese Cannon & Sammy Slater, USC
Apr. 23 Alexia Inman & Mia Merino, CAL