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LOS ANGELES — No. 3 UCLA (11-1) posted a pair of 5-0 sweeps without dropping a set on Saturday in the Battle for Los Angeles at Mapes Beach. The Bruins opened with a 5-0 sweep of Cal Poly (2-9) at 10 a.m. PT and then followed that with a 5-0 sweep of No. 6 Grand Canyon (7-3) at 2:00 p.m. PT.
In the first dual against the Mustangs, the Bruins went 10-0 in sets, recording their seventh 5-0 sweep of the season, while improving to 11-0 all-time against Cal Poly.
The Bruins went up 1-0 on court two when graduate student Abby Van Winkle and junior Peri Brennan took down CP’s Jayelin Lombard and Piper Naess, 21-18, 21-8. The Bruin duo improved to 4-0 on the year, all on court two.
UCLA put another point on the board when senior Rileigh Powers and graduate student Haley Hallgren defeated the Mustangs’ Emma Zuffelato and Kalee Graff on court four, 21-11, 23-21.
Sophomore Sophie Moore and junior Tessa Van Winkle teamed up to clinch the dual on court three with an easy 21-11, 21-1 win over Delaney Peranich and Julia Soeller. The Bruin duo improved to 7-0 on the year, all on court three.
Sophomore Natalie Myszkowski paired up with graduate student Kelli Greene-Agnew to put the Bruins up 4-0 with a 21-14, 21-15 win on court five over Cal Poly’s Margo Smith and Susie Lloyd.
Senior Lexy Denaburg and freshman Maggie Boyd posted a 24-22, 21-13 win over the Mustangs’ Piper Ferch and Izzy Martinez on court one to complete the 5-0 sweep.
Graduate students Jaden Whitmarsh and Marlie Monserez defeated CP’s Marina Warren and Jenna Drobeck, 21-13, 21-8, in exhibition play on court six.
In the second dual against Grand Canyon, the Bruins went 10-0 in sets, recording their eighth 5-0 sweep of the season, while improving to 6-0 all-time against GCU.
Powers and Hallgren put the Bruins on the board first with a win on court four over GCU’s Dana Roskic and Jessica Drake, 21-16, 21-19. The Bruin duo improved to 11-0 on the year (6-0 on court four and 5-0 on court five).
The Bruins’ got a boost when Jessie Smith returned to the lineup from an undisclosed injury. The sophomore…
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