Chloe Loreen and Natalie Robinson made history in only their second professional beach volleyball tournament as they became the first No. 32-seeds ever to upset the No. 1 seed in any AVP tournament, scoring the huge win in the first round of the Manhattan Beach Open tournament.
The Husky alums battled a highly contested three set match as the top ranked pairing fought to the last point. Robinson and Loreen faced a tough battle against Julia Scoles, a former back-to-back National Champion and All-American from conference rival University of Southern California, as well as a Betsi Flint, a standout player from Loyola Marymount University. Loreen and Robinson ultimately prevailed, 21-19, 15-21, 15-12.
The Huskies continued their winning ways by sweeping their second-round match on Friday against the No. 16 team in the bracket. The duo from Montlake battled a two-time NCAA National Runner-up in Macy Jerger and the second LMU athlete Megan Rice. The duo fell in two set in the quarter finals against another Pac-12 foe from UCLA and a former Wisconsin Badger.
The duo wrapped up their tournament run with a three set loss against Brook Bauer and Megan Rice as the talented pair finished in 9th-place overall.
Loreen and Robinson finished their Husky careers as the two winningest beach players in school history. They became UW’s first ever First Team All-Americans this year.
Results
AVP Manhattan Beach Open
Friday, Aug. 18
First Round
Loreen/Robinson def. Flint and Scoles – 21-19,15-21,15-12
Round of 16
Loreen/Robinson def. Jerger and Rice – 21-14, 21-17
Saturday, Aug. 19
Quarterfinals
Kraft/ Muno def. Loreen/Robinson – 23-21, 21-17
Consolation Round
Bauer/ Rice def. Loreen/Robinson – 17-21, 21-18, 15-12
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