Dawgs Split With Spartans, No. 11 Mustangs

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The Husky beach volleyball team had its first dramatic clinching moments of the season today at Cal Poly's Swanson Beach courts, as Scarlett Dahl and Kyra Petersen finished off a 3-2 victory for the Huskies over San Jose State.
 
In the day's second match, the Dawgs were close but couldn't earn the upset over the host 11th-ranked Mustangs. Emma Calle and Hannah Yerex got the point in the 1-4 loss, as the Husky No. 5 pair went 2-0 today.
 
Against the Spartans, Yerex and Calle were the first UW pair to finish, earning a 21-19, 21-8 win over Rice/Culver, making it 1-1 overall. The No. 1 pair of Chloe Loreen and Natalie Robinson had a 21-18, 21-10 win to put the Huskies up, 2-1.
 
At No. 4, Ashley Shook and Maeve Griffin lost the first set but won the second, but couldn't close it out against Boerstra/Smevog, falling 21-14, 18-21, 15-11, which tied up the dual. At No. 3, Dahl and Petersen pulled out a 22-20 second set over Harper/Schafer after losing the first, 18-21. The Dawgs pulled away to win set three, 15-9, to clinch the win.
 
Against 11th-ranked Cal Poly on their home courts, the Dawgs managed two of the five first sets. Calle and Yerex pulled out a 25-23 first set marathon, lost a deuce set in the second, 19-21, but then won 15-9 over Graff/Johansen for UW's one point. Dahl and Petersen won their first set at No. 2, but lost a tight third set, 13-15, to Ferch/Lombard of Cal Poly.
 
Robinson and Loreen were also right with Cal Poly's No. 1 duo of Miric Connor but couldn't quite grab a set, falling, 21-18, 21-19.
 
The Huskies (3-3) will now be off for finals week before traveling to Arizona the following week to play six matches in four days including the Pac-12 South Invitational.
 
 
Washington Beach Volleyball
March 12, 2022
San Luis Obispo, Calif. | Swanson Beach
 
Match 1
 
Washington – 3
San Jose State – 2
 
1. Loreen/Robinson (UW) def. Alvarez/Brewster (SJSU) – 21-18, 21-10
2. Nelson/Ward (SJSU) def. Wilmes/Bowman (UW) – 21-15, 21-14
3. Dahl/Petersen (UW) def. Harper/Schafer (SJSU) – 18-21, 22-20, 15-9
4. Boerstra/Smevog (SJSU) def. Griffin/Shook (UW) – 21-14, 18-21, 15-11
5. Yerex/Calle (UW) def. Rice/Culver (SJSU) – 21-19, 21-8
Order of finish: 2, 5, 1, 4, 3
 
 
Match 2
 
Washington – 1
No. 11 Cal Poly – 4
 
1. Miric/Connor (CP) def. Loreen/Robinson (UW) – 21-18, 21-19
2. Ferch/Lombard (CP) def. Dahl/Petersen (UW) – 11-21, 21-12, 15-13
3. Dueck/Hermstad (CP) def. Wilmes/Bowman (UW) – 21-11, 21-16
4. Roscoe/Ulrich (CP) def. Griffin/Shook (UW) – 21-8, 21-18
5. Yerex/Calle (UW) def. Graff/Johansen (CP) – 25-23, 19-21, 15-9
Order of finish: 3, 4, 1, 2, 5