TEMPE – Senior day for the Sand Devils brought all sorts of good vibes to the Sun Devil Invitational as ASU swept Park 5-0 on Saturday afternoon at the home facility.
Savoring every moment of our last home dual ??#SandDevils /// #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/QZZ7IvfLxG
— Sun Devil Beach VB (@SunDevilBeachVB) April 15, 2023
For Arizona State (10-11), this is its second sweep of the weekend and third of the season. Junior Taryn Ames and senior Sarah Waters improved their team-best pairs record to 13-8. Waters moved into ninth place in the ASU record book for career wins with 42, putting her in a tie with Oluoma Okaro.
Prior to the dual, seniors Shane Burleson, Maria Kowal, Lexi Sweeney and Sarah Waters were honored for their four-year careers.
The match started out with sweeps by pairs No. 2 and 4 to get the Sand Devils two points over the Buccaneers to start the match. The No. 4 pair senior Maria Kowal and freshman Adriana Nieves Papaleo finished first, defeating their opponents 21-11, 21-9. For Kowal, this was her season debut. The other pair in that flight, freshman MayaMay Brown and junior Maria Kowal, made their season debut together, and for Brown it was her collegiate debut.
The second flight of matches got off to a hot start when the No. 1 duo Lexi Sweeney and Kylie Wickley dominated the first set 21-8. Veteran duo Ames and Waters won their first set 21-14 on court No. 3, then completely dominated in the second set 21-5. Freshman Kendall Whitmarsh and sophomore Kaitlyn Winkelman got the Sand Devils their last point of the match when they won their game in straight sets 21-12, 21-10.
1??s clinch the dual on a block from @KylieWickley ??????
3??s and 5??s follow right after for the clean sweeep! ??#SandDevils /// #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/lz6gb5dEXe
— Sun Devil Beach VB (@SunDevilBeachVB) April 15, 2023
ASU 5, Park 0
Final Results (Order of Finish: 4, 2, 1*, 3, 5)
- Lexi Sweeney/Kylie Wickley (ASU) def. Romine-Black/Baker (PARK) 21-8, 21-14
- MayaMay Brown/Jensen Kaelin (ASU) def. Wallace/Hicks (PARK) 21-11, 21-18
- Taryn Ames/Sarah Waters (ASU) def. Harper/Urban (PARK) 21-14, 21-5
- Maria Kowal/Adriana Nieves Papaleo (ASU) def. Miranda-Johnson/Beresford (PARK) 21-11, 21-9
- Kendall Whitmarsh/Kaitlyn Winkelman (ASU) def. Poling/Turk (PARK) 21-13, 21-10
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