Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Coming off two tough losses to ranked opponents yesterday, the Huskies came out on fire on day two of the Tiger Beach Challenge. Washington faced the University of New Orleans and the University of Southern Miss. Starting with a new lineup for day two, Coach Derek Olson was hopeful for his squad.
“Today was a good opportunity for us to work on some things we maybe wish we could have done better on Saturday. We identified some disciplines after two tough matches against some top 5 teams and got a chance to implement them today,” Olson said, “I’m hoping we leave Baton Rouge with some new insight into how to get better, but we will see how training goes this week.”
With questionable weather on the forecast, games were played to completion. The Huskies were victorious over both UNO and USM beating them both 3-0.
New Orleans
To start off the day the Washington Huskies faced off against the University of New Orleans. The first pair to finish up was Washington’s No. 1 pair Chloe Loreen and Natalie Robinson versus UNO’s Esarte/Ozaeta. The Huskies defeated them 21-17, 21-14.
Shortly after, Huskies Teagan DeFalco and Mary Sinclair defeated Peixe/Serena Baumgart in a dominant performance. The No. 4 pair won 21-12, 21-10. To secure the win for Washington, pair No. 3 Paloma Bowman and Scarlett Dahl took on UNO’s Volpi/Vujnovich. Washington won 21-15, 21-12.
Meanwhile, on court two Huskies Piper Monk-Heidrich and Kendall Mather faced off against Jackson/ Spartz. The pair won the first set 21-13 but trailed 13-17 when the Huskies won the match and stopped playing. On court 5 Huskies Hannah Yerex and Shannon Gormally beat Zecchin/ Echeverri 21-15 in the first set and were winning 18-14 when the game was called.
Southern Miss
To finish off the weekend the Huskies faced the University of Southern Miss and defeated them 3-0. Washington stuck with the same lineup as game one. The first pair to finish up was Teagan DeFalco and Mary Sinclair who defeated USM’s Siakidou/Perry. Washington’s No. 4 pair won 21-15, 21-11.
The next pair to finish was Huskies Chloe Loreen and Natalie Robinson, still at the No. 1 pair. They took on USM’s Hurnikova/Chudzik and defeated them 21-16, 21-16. To give the Huskies the win, pair No. 2 Piper Monk-Heidrich and Kendall Mather beat Pierce/Reagan Sandlin 21-17, 21-17.
Pair No. 3 Scarlett Dahl and Paloma Bowan dropped the first set to Phelan/Kellie Garraway…
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