SEATTLE— The Washington Beach Volleyball team opened day one of the Alki Pairs tournament by winning the Silver Division and Gold Divisions. The Husky-on-Husky Gold Finals match highlighted the depth of this beach program. Zoey Henson and Lauren Wilcock took the crown in two sets against Scarlett Dahl and Natalie Martin.
In the early morning hours, the Huskies posted four victories in the pool round. First year Beach Dawgs, Henson and Wilcock, started the day with a perfect 3-0 start in pool play. The pairing of Scarlett Dahl and Natalie Martin brought home the second undefeated pool round for UW. Kendall Mather and Brooke Balue followed up with another spotless pool play record. Graduate student Josie Ulrich and freshman Ella Wimmer rounded out the pool section wins with a 2-1 match record to win their pool.
As the playoffs got underway in the afternoon, the format switched to a best of three series from the single match format of the pool round. Mather and Balue brought home the second win of the day in a back-and-forth match against Pac-12 foe Arizona in three sets to take home the Silver Division. The Huskies claimed two of the three possible division victories as Henson and Wilcock brought in two sets. Saturday’s action featured the Beach Dawg debuts of nine student-athletes, who played at least one set today. Huskies will play again on Sunday at 9 a.m.
Pool Results
Gold Pool 1
Johnson/Vezzani (Utah) def. Monk-Heidrich/Rabitsch 21-15
Mcelroy/Rosenthal(Arizona) def. Monk-Heidrich/Rabitsch 21-13
Monk-Heidrich/Rabitsch def. Schroeder/Kaelin (Oregon) 21-17
Gold Pool 2
Dahl/Martin versus Chartier/Patock (Boise) 21-18
Dahl/Martin def. Rondon/Shannon (Arizona) 21-19
Dahl/Martin def. Mcalister/Griffin (Utah) 21-15
Gold Pool 3
Henson/ L Wilcock def.Bullington/Land (Bosie) 22-20
Henson/ L Wilcock def. Gamache/Valentni (Oregon) 21-14
Henson/L Wilcock def. Fitzsimmons/O’meara (Arizona) 21-19
Silver Pool 1
Mather/Balue def. Folau/Peterson (Oregon) 21-14
Mather/Balue def. Fife/Wessel (Utah) 21-19
Mather/Balue def. Guerra-Acuña/Jackson (Boise State) 24-22
Silver Pool 2
Ulrich/Wimmer def. Mejia/Wolf (Boise State) 21-12
Ulrich/Wimmer def. Coats/George (Oregon) 21-14
Kaiser/Kost (Arizona) def. Ulrich/Wimmer 21-19
Silver Pool 3
Christensen/Hayd (Boise) def. S Wilcock/Strawn 21-11
S Wilcock/Strawn def. Koch/Narancich (Utah) 22-20
Erro/Cook (Arizona) def. S Wilcock/Strawn 26-24
Bronze Pool
Lee/Sheehan (Utah) def. Nichols/Peterson 15-21
Nichols/Peterson def. Koellner/Peterson (Oregon) 24-22
Garus/McCann (Boise) def. Peterson/Stephenson 21-19
Playoff Results
Gold A Semi-finals
Dahl/Martin def. Mcelroy/Rosenthal (Arizona) 21-17, 21-16
Henson/Wilcock def. Vezzani/Johnson (Utah) 21-16, 21-18
Gold Finals
Henson/Wilcock def. Dahl/Martin 21-16, 21-16
Gold B Semi-finals
Rondon/Shannon def. Monk-Heidrich 21-17, 21-18
Silver A Semi-finals
Horwarth/Philips def. Ulrich/Wimmer 17-21, 26-24, 15-11
Balue/Mather def. Christensen/Hayd (Boise) 21-18, 21-9
Silver Finals
Balue/Mather Horwath/Philips (Arizona) 19-21, 21-19, 15-12
Silver C Semi-finals
Guerra-Acuña/Jackson (Bosie) def. Strawn/Wilcock 17-21, 22-20, 15-13
Bronze C Semi-finals
Clark/Furtwangler (Oregon) def. Nichols/Peterson 17-21, 22-20,15-13
Up Next:
After Sunday’s slate of matches wrap up, the Beach Dawgs will travel to Manhattan Beach, California, to compete in the West Coast Championship from Friday, October 20, through Sunday, October 22.
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