Thursday, March 28

Gallery: No. 2 UCLA beach volleyball sweeps No. 19 Stanford in doubleheader


(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)


This post was updated March 4 at 5:40 p.m.

Correction: The original version of this article misidentified Lindsey Sparks as Hannah Phair in a photo caption. The article also misidentified Rileigh Powers as Lea Monkhouse in a photo caption. The article also misidentified Jaden Whitmarsh as Maggie Walters. 

 

Featuring five completely different pairings from the last season, the Bruins collected a 3-2 win over the Cardinal in their first dual match.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

On court four, Freshman Rileigh Powers hit the ball past Stanford’s Amelia Smith. Powers partnered with redshirt freshman Jaden Whitmarsh.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

“Powers raised her arms to defend a ball returned by Smith. Powers and Whitmarsh fell to the Cardinal 21-18, 21-16.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

Sophomore Lindsey Sparks made a pass on court two. Sparks played in a pair with freshman Devon Newberry in the dual match.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

Redshirt sophomore Hannah Phair jumped to tip the ball over the net on the exhibition court. Phair has remained undefeated since last season.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

Sparks dove in an attempt to dig the ball.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

Newberry reached for the ball across the net from Stanford’s Xolani Hodel. The match went into a third set, as Newberry’s pairing split the first two sets with their opponents. The Bruins tied with the Cardinal 24-22 and 20-22, with each team winning a set.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

Sparks ran to Newberry in celebration of their 16-14 victory in the final set against Hodel and her partner Kate Reilly. Each set of the match was decided by two points.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

Junior Lea Monkhouse sent the ball over the net during warmups.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

Freshman Lexy Denaburg failed to block a ball returned by the Cardinal. Denaburg and her partner, graduate student Savvy Simo, won the match 21-12, 21-14, taking UCLA to a 2-1 lead over Stanford.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

Graduate student Jacqueline Quade poked the ball over the outstretched arms of a blocker. The pair fell short to the Cardinal 21-17, 21-19.

(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
(Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)

Sparks (left) and Newberry (right) communicated with their respective partners through hand signals.

 

The Bruins swept the Cardinal 5-0 in the second matchup of the doubleheader.

(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)
(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)

Redshirt freshman Jaden Whitmarsh hit the ground as she passed the ball.

(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)
(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)

Newberry went up to spike the ball as she and Sparks went on to defeat their Stanford opponents 21-16, 23-21.

(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)
(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)

Simo leaped for the ball to hit it over the net.

(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)
(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)

Simo celebrated getting a point as she and Denaburg went on to defeat their Stanford opponents 21-18, 21-13.

(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)
(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)

Phair went for a pass to Walters. The pair defeated their Stanford opponents 21-12, 21-10.

(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)
(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)

Diving to the ground, Sparks moved left to pass the ball to Newberry before winning their match 21-16, 23-21.

(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)
(Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)

Freshman Rileigh Powers passed the ball. Powers and Whitmarsh defeated their opponents 21-14, 21-16.


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