Bears Bested by No. 3 Stanford 4-1
STANFORD, Calif. – The No. 7 California beach volleyball team was bested by No. 3 Stanford 4-1 on Saturday to close out the regular season.
The Golden Bears (20-11) saw their four-match win streak ended at the hands of the rival Cardinal (27-3), who are winners of 10 straight.
All five matches were decided in two sets with Stanford winning the top four courts. The Bears ended the weekend on a high note as Portia Sherman and Jenna Colligan defeated the Cardinal’s Maya Harvey and Ashley Vincent 21-16, 21-18. Sherman and Colligan are the first duo to take a point off Stanford in over two weeks.
No. 3 Stanford 4, No. 7 Cal 1
1 Xolani Hodel/Brooke Rockwell (STAN) def. Sierra Caffo/Alex Young-Gomez (Cal) 21-19 21-12
2 Ruby Sorra/Taylor Wilson (STAN) def. Emma Donley/Kendall Peters (Cal) 21-16 21-16
3 Kelly Belardi/Chloe Hoffman (STAN) def. Ga Fisher/Marilu Pally (Cal) 21-16 21-7
4 Kate Reilly/Clara Stowell (STAN) def. Ella Dreibholz/Lara Boos (Cal) 21-14 21-10
5 Portia Sherman/Jenna Colligan (Cal) def. Maya Harvey/Ashley Vincent (STAN) 21-16 21-18
Order of finish: 2, 4, 1*, 3, 5
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The Bears will now prepare for next week’s Pac-12 Championship in Tempe, Ariz. The first round is set for Wednesday and seeding has yet to be set.
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