Ducks Fall to Pair of Ranked Teams in LA

Sunday, March 8

Santa Monica, CA

8:00 AM

University of Oregon

Stanford

03/08/20 | Women's Beach Volleyball

By: Derren Iha

LOS ANGELES – Oregon closed out play against a pair of ranked Pac-12 teams with a 4-1 loss to No. 19 Stanford and a 5-0 loss at No. 2 UCLA Sunday in matches in Santa Monica and at the Mapes Beach Courts.

How it Happened: Ferreira and Hansen picked up a win on court No. 5 with a 21-17, 21-16 sweep of Stanford's Natalie Berty and Chelsea Red-Horse. The pair improved to 3-0 together on the season, with all three of their wins coming in the No. 5 spot.

The Ducks dropped their other four matches to the Cardinal in straight sets before falling, 5-0, to No. 2 UCLA. Anastasia Lima and Zoe Almanza dropped a tightly-contested first set at the No. 4 court, 23-21, to Rileigh Powers and Jaden Whitmarsh before falling in the second set, 21-6.

No. 19 Stanford 4, Oregon 1
1. Charlie Ekstrom/Sunny Villapando (STAN) def. Jade Sadeiko/Bea Wetton (ORE) 21-14, 21-11
2. Tori Ashkinos/Maddi Kriz (STAN) def. Carly Wallace/Madelyn LaFollette (ORE) 21-18, 21-14.
3. Maddie Dailey/Amelia Smith (STAN) def. Savannah Siegrist/Ally Haden (ORE) 21-15, 21-16
4. Shannon Richardson/Blake Sharp (STAN) def. Zoe Almanza/Anastasia Lima (ORE) 21-14, 22-20
5. Elise Ferreira/Abby Hansen (ORE) def. Natalie Berty/Chelsea Red-Horse Mohl (STAN) 21-17, 21-16
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 3, 5, 2

No. 2 UCLA 5, Oregon 0
1. Abby Van Winkle/Savvy Simo (UCLA) def. Jade Sadeiko/Bea Wetton (ORE) 21-10, 21-7
2. Lexi Denaburg/Lindsey Sparks (UCLA) def. Carly Wallace/Madelyn LaFollette (ORE) 21-9, 21-16
3. Lily Justine/Lea Monkhouse (UCLA) def. Savannah Siegrist/Ally Haden (ORE) 21-19, 21-16
4. Rileigh Powers/Jaden Whitmarsh (UCLA) def. Zoe Almanza/Anastasia Lima (ORE) 23-21, 21-6
5. Megan Muret/Mac May (UCLA) def. Mia Lopez/Abby Hansen (ORE) 21-12, 21-5
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 1, 5, 3

Up Next: The Ducks have the next week off before returning to Southern California for four matches March 20 and 21.