MANHATTAN BEACH- The Loyola Marymount No. 4 ranked women's beach volleyball team (18-1) fell short on day one of the UCLA Beach Invitational losing to the No. 2 ranked TCU Horned Frogs, 3-2, and then taking another close lose to No. 6 ranked LSU, 3-2.
UCLA BEACH INVITATIONAL
Game 1
#4 LMU 2, #2 TCU 3
1.
Reka Orsi Toth/
Megan Rice (LMU) def. Tania Moreno/Daniela Alvarez (TCU) 10-21, 21-16, 15-12
2.
Marine Kinna/
Avery Poppinga (LMU) losses to Sutton MacTavish/Hailey Hamlett (TCU) 21-11, 21-16
3.
Selina Marolf/
Abbey Thorup (LMU) losses to Alexis Filippone/Hailey Brockett (TCU) 21-14, 21-17
4.
Vilhelmiina Prihti/
Macy Gordon (LMU def. Maria Gonzalez/Ana Vergara (TCU) 21-11, 21-11
5.
Jacinda Ramirez/
Isabelle Reffel (LMU) losses to Megan Muret/Rochelle Scott (TCU) 221-16, 21-19
Match Notes:
TCU - Record 27-0; National Ranking #2
LMU - Record 18-2; National Ranking #4
Order of Finish: (4,2,3,5,1)
Game 2
#4 LMU 2, #6 LSU 3
1.
Reka Orsi Toth/
Megan Rice (LMU) def. Bella Bauman/Perker Bracken (LSU) 21-17, 21-19
2.
Marine Kinna/
Avery Poppinga (LMU) def. Holly Carlton/Reilly Allred (LSU) 21-15, 24-22
3.
Selina Marolf/
Abbey Thorup (LMU) losses to Kylie Deberg/Kellie Greene-Agnew (LSU) 21-19, 25-23
4.
Vilhelmiina Prihti/
Macy Gordon (LMU losses to Melia Lindner/Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope (LSU) 21-17, 21-15
5.
Jacinda Ramirez/
Isabelle Reffel (LMU) losses to Grace Seits/Ellie Shank (LSU) 21-19, 21-15
Match Notes:
LSU 20-5; National ranking #6
LMU 18-3; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (4,2,3,5,1)
Next Up: The Lions will remain in Manhattan Beach for day two of the UCLA Beach Invitational to face No. 19 ranked FIU and Utah. The Lions will compete first at 10:30 a.m. PST versus FIU, followed by a second match at 2:30 p.m. PST versus Utah.
