TUCSON, Ariz.— The Colorado Mesa University beach volleyball team posted a pair of 4-1 wins over Division I foes on Friday and extended their winning streak to six matches, a school-record matching run.
Now 12-5 on the season, the Mavericks bested Missouri State in the morning before downing UTEP for the second time this season in their first two duals of the weekend Wildcat Spring Challenge which continues Saturday here at the University of Arizona's Bear Down Beach.
Ten of the 11 Mavericks in action throughout the day posed at least one individual win as the No. 2, 3 and 4 pairs all went 2-0.
Against Missouri State, the Mavs clinched the dual early as winning on Courts 2, 4 and 1 in straight sets.
Hahni Johnson and
Savannah Spitzer were 21-12, 21-9 victors at No. 2 while
Tye Wedhorn and
Sabrina VanDeList were able to prevail 21-18, 21-17 on Court 4. Meanwhile,
Holly Schmidt and
Macie Lachemann battled to win 26-24, 21-19 over Grayson Hall and Tylar Garrett in the top flight, which clinched the team victory.
CMU redshirt freshman
Gracyn Spresser also won alongside partner
Jada Hall at No. 3 in a 21-11, 18-21, 16-14 thriller over Manuela Niemeyer and MacKenzie Steele. Spresser was on the Missouri State roster last season while redshirting although Niemeyer and Steele are freshman this season and thus new to the Bear roster this season.
The No. 5 match was just as close and went to the Bears' Riley Drew and Adison Crider, who were able to come from a set down to win 14-21, 21-16, 15-13 over CMU's
Savannah Ott and
Sydney Leffler.
Against UTEP, a team the Mavericks had defeated here last month, the Mavs won each of the first four decided matches in straight sets.
Wedhorn and VanDeList were the first to finish, polishing off Aaliyah Austin and Deanna Almaguer, 21-14, 21-11. Johnson and Spitzer then finished a 21-19, 21-11 win over Ema Uskovic and Sara Pustahija before Hall and Spresser clinched the dual with a 21-14, 21-19 win at No. 3.
Ott and
Hailey Peters were also able to claim a later 21-7, 21-18 win over Madison Hill and Marian Ovalle on Court 5. Schmidt and Lachemann were downed 21-17, 21-19 on Court 1 by Krista Paegle and Katie Martin.
Leffler and
Rianne Brown also split sets in an exhibition match against the Miners. A third set was not played.
The Mavericks will continue their weekend on Saturday playing two more Division I foes in Santa Clara and 18
th-ranked Arizona, which went 2-0 on Friday with wins over Missouri State and Santa Clara, which defeated UTEP.
Colorado Mesa 4, Missouri State 1
1.
Holly Schmidt/
Macie Lachemann (CMU-BVB) def. Grayson Hall/Tylar Garrett (MSU) 26-24, 21-19
2.
Savannah Spitzer/
Hahni Johnson (CMU-BVB) def. Becca Bach/Olivia Muriel (MSU) 21-12, 21-9
3.
Jada Hall/
Gracyn Spresser (CMU-BVB) def. Manuela Niemeyer/MacKenzie Steele (MSU) 21-11, 18-21, 16-14
4.
Tye Wedhorn/
Sabrina VanDeList (CMU-BVB) def. Olivia Rattler/Brooke Plessner (MSU) 21-18, 21-17
5. Riley Drew/Addison Crider (MSU) def.
Savannah Ott/
Sydney Leffler (CMU-BVB) 14-21, 21-16, 15-13
Match Notes:
Colorado Mesa 11-5
Missouri State 8-8
Order of finish: Doubles (2,4,1,5,3)
Colorado Mesa 4, UTEP 1
1. Krista Paegle/Katie Martin (UTEP) def.
Holly Schmidt/
Macie Lachemann (CMU-BVB) 21-17, 21-19
2.
Savannah Spitzer/
Hahni Johnson (CMU-BVB) def. Ema Uskokovic/Sara Pustahija (UTEP) 21-19, 21-11
3.
Jada Hall/
Gracyn Spresser (CMU-BVB) def. Savannah Marenco/Serena Patterson (UTEP) 21-14, 21-19
4.
Tye Wedhorn/
Sabrina VanDeList (CMU-BVB) def. Aaliyah Austin/Deanna Almaguer (UTEP) 21-14, 21-11
5.
Savannah Ott/
Hailey Peters (CMU-BVB) def. Madison Hill/Marian Ovalle (UTEP) 21-7, 21-18
Ext.
Rianne Brown/
Sydney Leffler (CMU-BVB) vs. Paulina Acuna/Mia Bella Ruiz (UTEP) 21-13, 20-22, unfinished
Match Notes:
UTEP 3-12
Colorado Mesa 12-5
Order of finish: Doubles (4,2,3,5,1);
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