HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— Colorado Mesa University redshirt seniors Macie Lachemann and Holly Schmidt defeated the University of Oregon's Alex Laita and Beatrice Wetton during a 1-1 day for the Maverick duo on Saturday here at the AVCA Fall Beach Championships, which will run through Sunday at the John Hunt Park Sand Volleyball Complex.
 
The Mavericks' 21-13, 16-21, 15-9 victory over the Duck duo was their first of the tournament and came in the first round of the 49^th place bracket after the CMU players had went 0-3 during pool play on Friday.
 
Lachemann and Schmdit then fell 21-11, 21-18 to Central Arkansas' Ryenne Gepford and Julia Oravcec in the next round.
 
The Mavs will play two more matches on Sunday facing Arizona State's Taryn Ames and Lexi Sweeney in the 53^rd place bracket, beginning at noon CST (11 a.m. Mountain).  The Mavs will then play a team from either Tampa or Georgia State in their final match of the 64-pair tournament, the first of its kind.