SandBows lose to SC, men’s auto bids
MPSF
BYU def. UCLA 25-20, 25-19, 18-25, 25-15
EIVA
George Mason def. St. Francis, 25-14, 17-25, 25-18, 25-19
MIVA
Ohio State def. Lewis, 25-18, 25-17, 23-25, 17-25, 15-12
We’ll see what happens with the two at-large bids. Guessing UCLA gets one and it likely comes down between Long Beach State and Stanford.
As for today at Queen’s
Championship
USC 3, Hawaii 0
Flight 1: Sara Hughes/Kelly Claes (USC) def. Katie Spieler/Emily Maglio (UH), 21-14, 21-14.
Flight 2: Sophie Bukovec/Alexa Strange (USC) def. Hawaii 2 (Ka’iwi Schucht/Nikki Taylor (UH), 21-14, 18-21, 15-11.
Flight 3: Allie Wheeler/Nicolette Martin (USC) def. Lara Schreiber/Hannah Zalopany (UH), 21-17, 22-20.
Flight 4: Jenna Belton/Abril Bustamante (USC) led Ginger Long/Mikayla Tucker (UH); 21-15, 16-12 DNF
Flight 5: Ari Homayun/Hannah Rooks led Jo Kremer/Zoe Nightingale (USC), 19-21, 14-7 DNF
Exhibition championship
Hi’ilawe Huddleston/Gianna Guinasso (UH) def. Katrina Kernochan/Terese Cannon (USC), 21-18, 20-22, 15-13.
Winners bracket
USC 5, Hawaii 0
Flight 1: Sara Hughes/Kelly Claes (USC) def. Katie Spieler/Emily Maglio (UH), 21-10, 21-15.
Flight 2: Sophie Bukovec/Alexa Strange (USC) def. Nikki Taylor/Ka’iwi Schucht (UH), 21-18, 21-16.
Flight 3: Allie Wheeler/Nicolette Martin (USC) def. Lara Schreiber/Hannah Zalopany (UH), 21-9, 19-21, 15-9.
Flight 4: Abril Bustamante/Jenna Belton (USC) def. Ginger Long/Mikayla Tucker (UH), 21-19, 21-16.
Flight 5: Josephine Kremer/Zoe Nightingale (USC) def. Hannah Rooks/Ari Homayun (UH), 21-18, 21-12.
Contenders bracket
Grand Canyon 4, Long Beach State 1 (Long Beach State eliminated)
Hawaii 5, Grand Canyon 0 (Grand Canyon eliminated)
Flight 1: Katie Spieler/Emily Maglio (UH) def. Mackenzie Phelps/Shannon Dugan (GCU), 25-23, 21-12.
Flight 2: Ka’iwi Schucht/Nikki Taylor (UH) def. Molly Turner/Aleksandra Wachowicz (GCU), 21-16, 21-17.
Flight 3: Lara Schreiber/Hannah Zalopany (UH) def. Brooke Razo/Emilee Erichsen (GCU), 21-14, 21-14.
Flight 4: Ginger Long/Mikayla Tucker (UH) def. Kami Dickerson/Jordyn Sanchez (GCU), 21-17, 21-12.
Flight 5: Hannah Rooks/Ari Homayun (UH) def. Rebecca Conrad/Chloe Jenkins (GCU), 21-15, 21-12.
Consolation bracket
Louisiana-Monroe 3, Washington 2
say cindy can you fill in more on the aloha invitational? did it include cbs (see BS) ‘creating some drama’ like last year, declare the winner of the #1 flight the team that wins the gold, and insist that said winners team gets 5-# instead like they manufactured a crisis? particularly at the conclusion of today?
not that it would really matter considering sc was unstoppable and even their lower flights that could of almost been taken over got lucky.
also just realized schreiber wears 11. sorry im just catching up but whatever happened to londow chow? now she was quite a firecracker in beach.
and was there no video broadcast for na wahine vs boise state on the ching complex including for their sendoff of seniors?
Hi Cindy. It doesn’t appear the NCAA is giving auto bids to conference winners for the inaugural NCAA Beach Tourney.
http://www.ncaa.com/championships/beach-volleyball/nc/road-to-the-championship
BYU plays the winner of Beach/Erskine, UCLA plays the winner of Ohio St/George Mason…
Tough weekend for the wahine’s. Still like the new pairs though.
BYU defeated who? Team name is missing.
5. UCLA
A quote from a CCSA article back in October, 2015, on the CCSA forming Beach Volleyball conference and the upcoming 2016 NCAA Beach Championships:
“The NCAA does not currently offer automatic qualification (AQ) into the beach volleyball championship for conference winners (a two-year championship history is required), but the CCSA will be in position to qualify for an AQ should they be offered in 2018.”
http://www.theccsa.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210435800
http://hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=37146
new thread up on MVB pairings
1. No need to create drama as last year. USC was dominate. see no ‘luck’ involved.
Chow left after last year
No, no video of senior night. TV chose to broadcast all baseball games that week since team was in first place rather than go to beach.
2. you’re right. must have been the 8 hours at the beach that fried brain. my bad for using old info which still is being used by USC.
It’s top 3 from the west, top 3 from the east and two at-large. which, if politics don’t come into play, means two more from the west