MANOA- The Loyola Marymount Beach Volleyball team (19-3) split day one of Hawaii, winning against No. 7 GCU, 3-2, and falling short to No. 8 Hawaii, 3-2.
 
#6 Loyola Marymount 3, #7 Grand Canyon 2

1. Reka Orsi Toth/Megan Rice (LMU) def. Anaya Evans/Jess Vastine (GCU) 21-19, 21-15
2. Allison Hansen/Allanis Navas (GCU) def. Marine Kinna/Avery Poppinga (LMU) 21-19, 21-18
3. Macy Gordon/Vilhelmiina Prihti (LMU) def. Tegan DeFalco/Samaya Morin (GCU) 21-15, 21-17
4. Isabelle Reffel/Jacinda Ramirez (LMU) def. Abbie Hughes/Krista Rowan (GCU) 21-12, 23-21
5. Dana Roskic/Cami Sanchez (GCU) def. Madi Firnett/Cassie Chinn (LMU) 21-13, 15-21, 15-11
 
Match Notes:
Loyola Marymount 20-3; National ranking #6
Grand Canyon 17-5; National ranking #7
Order of finish: (5,4,3,2,1)


#6 Loyola Marymount 2, #8 Hawai'i 3
 
1. Kaylee Glagau/Brooke Van Sickle (UH) def. Reka Orsi Toth/Megan Rice (LMU) 21-14, 22-20
2. Kylin Loker/Sarah Penner (UH) def. Marine Kinna/Avery Poppinga (LMU) 25-23, 21-17
3. Macy Gordon/Vilhelmiina Prihti (LMU) def. Anna Maidment/Sofia Russo (UH) 21-17, 21-16
4. Isabelle Reffel/Jacinda Ramirez (LMU) def. Jaime Santer/Megan Widener (UH) 20-22, 24-22, 16-14
5. Ilihia Huddleston/Riley Wagoner (UH) def. Madi Firnett/Cassie Chinn (LMU) 19-21, 21-17, 15-12
 
Match Notes:
Loyola Marymount 20-4; National ranking #6
Hawai'i 18-11; National ranking #8
Order of finish: (5,3,4,1,2)
 
Next up: The Lions will remain in Manoa, Hawaii for day two of competition, as they will face both teams again. The first match against No. 7 ranked GCU at 1:00 p.m. PST, followed by a rematch with No. 8 Hawaii at 4:00 p.m. PST