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2023 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship

April 26-28 | Stanford, CA
TV: Pac-12 Networks

2023 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship Day One

Apr 26, 2023

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STANFORD, Calif. - The first day of the 2023 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship kicked off Wednesday at Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium with the top-three seeds as well as host and No. 4 seed STANFORD winning their opening duals.

All six of Wednesday's duals went according to seed with No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 USC, No. 3 CALIFORNIA and the fourth-seeded Cardinal advancing into the winners bracket while No. 5 WASHINGTON and No. 6 ARIZONA STATE will have a chance to stay alive through the contenders bracket. Arizona later eliminated No. 9 seed OREGON via a 3-0 sweep, leaving the top-eight seeds alive for Thursday.

Action resumes Thursday with No. 2 USC and No. 3 CALIFORNIA fighting to stay in the winners bracket at 8:30 a.m. PT, followed by another quarterfinal matchup between UCLA and Stanford at 10:15 a.m PT.

The Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship airs live across Pac-12 Networks and on the Pac-12 Now app. For updated scores and bracket throughout the championship, visit Pac-12.com/BVBChamps.

2023 PAC-12 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium, Stanford, California

Wednesday’s Results (* all Duals played to decision)

Dual 1: #9 UTAH def. #8 OREGON, 3-1
 
1. Amaya Messier/Katie McAlister (UTAH) def. Chloe Brown/Zoe Almanza (ORE) 21-19, 19-21, 15-13
2. Bea Wetton/Ella Tyus (ORE) def. Bella Vezzani/Abby Karich (UTAH) 21-16, 21-18
3. Grace Andrews/Chloe Narancich (UTAH) def. Batia Rotshtein/Valerie Peterson (ORE) 21-17, 21-18
4. Kylie Pitzak/Marissa Koch (UTAH) vs. Ashley Schroeder/Natasha George (ORE) 15-21, 10,13, unfinished
5. Azure McOmber/Sonja Wessel (UTAH) def. Abby Plevin/Presley McCaskill (ORE) 21-19, 13-21, 15-10
Order of finish: 3,5,2,1
 
Dual 2: #2 USC def. #6 ARIZONA 3-0
 
1. Megan Kraft/Laynie Maple (USC) def. Alex Parkhurst/Sarah Blacker (ARIZ) 21-19, 21-15
2. Madison White/Madison Shields (USC) vs. Abby Russell/Hope Shannon (ARIZ) 25-24, unfinished
3. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (USC) def. Alana Rennie/Grace Cook (ARIZ) 21-11, 21-14
4. Delaney Karl/Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope (USC) vs. Kali Uhl/Dilara Gedikoglu (ARIZ) 16-15, unfinished
5. Olivia Bakos/Gabby Walker (USC) def. Annie Kost/Miranda Erro (ARIZ) 21-10, 17-21, 15-8
Order of finish: 3,5,1
 

Dual 3: #3 CALIFORNIA def. #7 ARIZONA STATE 3-0

1. Sierra Caffo/Liz Waters-Leiga (CAL) def. Lexi Sweeney/Kylie Wickley (ASU) 21-18, 21-15
2. Ashley Delgado/Ainsley Radell (CAL) vs. Anya Pemberton/Ivey Weber (ASU) 21-10, 8-3, unfinished
3. Maya Gessner/Gia Fisher (CAL) def. Carys Thomas/Rylie Kael (ASU) 24-22, 21-16
4. Lexi McKeown/Ella Dreibholz (CAL) vs. Sarah Waters/Taryn Ames (ASU) 21-17, 12-9, unfinished
5. Brooke Buchner/Alex Young-Gomez (CAL) def. Kate Fitzgerald/Adri Nieves Papaleo (ASU) 21-10, 21-17
Order of finish: 5,3,1
 

Dual 4: #4 STANFORD def. #5 WASHINGTON 3-0

1. Xolani Hodel/Maddi Kriz (STAN) vs. Natalie Robinson/Chloe Loreen (UW) 21-11, 11-21, 2-0, unfinished
2. Charlie Ekstrom/Maya Harvey (STAN) vs. Piper Monk-Heidrich/Kendall Mather (UW) 15-12, unfinished
3. Kate Reilly/Emmy Sharp (STAN) def. Scarlett Dahl/Paloma Bowman (UW) 21-18, 16-21, 15-9
4. Kelly Belardi/Ashley Vincent (STAN) def. Teagan DeFalco/Mary Sinclair (UW) 21-13, 21-13
5. Line Andersson/Daria Gusarova (STAN) def. Shannon Gormally/Hannah Yerex (UW) 21-18, 21-8
Order of finish: 5,3,4
 

Dual 5: #1 UCLA def. #8 UTAH 3-0

1. Maggie Boyd/Lexy Denaburg (UCLA) def. Amaya Messier/Katie McAlister (UTAH) 21-16, 21-13
2. Peri Brennan/Abby Van Winkle (UCLA) vs. Bella Vezzani/Abby Karich (UTAH) 21-8, 12-3, unfinished
3. Rileigh Powers/Haley Hallgreen (UCLA) def. Grace Andrews/Chloe Narancich (UTAH) 21-12, 21-9
4. Jessie Smith/Marlie Monserez (UCLA) vs. Kylie Pitzak/Marissa Koch (UTAH) 21-14, 3-3, unfinished
5. Jaden Whitmarsh/Devon Newberry (UCLA) def. Azure McOmber/Sonja Wessel (UTAH) 21-9, 21-11
Order of finish: 3,5,1