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LOS ANGELES — No. 3 UCLA (13-1) posted a pair of 5-0 sweeps on Sunday over ranked teams to conclude the Battle for Los Angeles at Mapes Beach. The Bruins opened with a 5-0 sweep of No. 16 Long Beach State (3-8) at 10 a.m. PT and then followed that with a 5-0 sweep of No. 13 Florida Atlantic (7-5) at 2:00 p.m. PT.
In the first dual against the Beach, the Bruins went 10-1 in sets, recording their ninth 5-0 sweep of the season, while improving to 10-4 all-time against LBSU with their 10th straight victory in the series.
The Bruins went up 1-0 on court four when senior Rileigh Powers and graduate student Haley Hallgren defeated the Beach’s Emily Mattoon and Megan Widener on court four, 21-14, 21-10.
UCLA put another point on the board when graduate student Abby Van Winkle and junior Peri Brennan took down LBSU’s Mari Molina and Christine Deroos, 21-10, 21-16. The Bruin duo improved to 5-0 on the year, all on court two.
Senior Lexy Denaburg and freshman Maggie Boyd teamed up to clinch the dual on court one with a 21-9, 21-19 win over the Beach’s Sydney Stevens and Julie Westby.
Sophomore Sophie Moore and junior Tessa Van Winkle paired up to take down Malia Gementera and Taylor Hagenah, 22-20, 21-15 on court three. The Bruin duo improved to 8-0 on the year, all on court three.
Graduate students Jaden Whitmarsh and Marlie Monserez defeated LBSU’s Maggie Walters (former UCLA Bruin) and Natalie Glenn on court five, 21-12, 19-21, 15-10, to complete the 5-0 sweep.
Sophomore Natalie Myszkowski paired up with graduate student Kelli Greene-Agnew to defeat Holly Jackson and Haley Carrington, 21-16, 21-7, in exhibition play on court six.
In the second dual against Florida Atlantic, the Bruins went 10-1 in sets, recording their 10th 5-0 sweep of the season, while improving to 6-0 all-time against FAU.
Sophomore Jessie Smith teamed up with Abby Van Winkle to put the Bruins on the board first with a 21-19, 21-17 win on court two over the Owls’ Ashleigh Adams and Julie Honzovicova. The duo improved to 3-2 on the year, all on court two.
Powers and Hallgren made it 2-0…
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