On a perfect sunny day on the TMU Beach Volleyball Courts, The Master's beach volleyball team beat No. 8 Southern Oregon for the second day in a row but lost to former conference rival the Vanguard Lions.
The Sandy Stangs beat the Raiders 4-1 with a slightly different lineup than the team used in Friday's win.
"We shifted our line up a little to give our 6s an opportunity to play in the 5s spot," said TMU Head Coach
Annett Davis. "And Southern Oregon mixed up their line up a little as well. Still happy with the solid performance from most of our pairs. Consistency is a goal this year across pairs."
That 6s pair that moved into the 5s was
Emma Winter and
Arianna DeRaffaele, which suffered the lone loss of the match 14-21, 16-21.
Annika Gudnason and
Evi Roberts won their 1s match 21-9, 21-13;
Faith Wada/
Zoe Yates won 21-19, 21-15;
Grace Colburn/
Violet Avila won 21-14, 21-13;
Ashlyn Unruh/
Isabela Rodriguez won 21-15, 21-12.
In their afternoon match, TMU lost to Vanguard, now in NCAA Division II, 3-2.
The Master's got wins from their 2s pair of Wada and Yates (21-18, 21-13) and 3s pair of Colburn and Avila (21-11, 21-14).
The key match came down to the 5s, with TMU's
Ellie Niehus and
Ellie Unruh taking it to a third set before falling (21-18, 18-21, 9-15).
"Vanguard was a good test for us," Davis said. "I think nine matches in about 10 days is a lot. I think we ran out of steam. Very proud of the girls though for working hard through it all."
The Sandy Stangs will next travel to San Dimas, Calif. on Wednesday to take on the Life Pacific Warriors. First serves will happen at 1 p.m.
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