GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— The Colorado Mesa University beach volleyball team claimed its first two wins of the season, dominating college foes Central Wyoming College and Trinidad State College in a Friday tri-dual in blustery conditions here at the CMU Beach Volleyball Courts.
 
The Mavericks won both duals 5-0 and held their opponents to single digit totals in 19 of the 24 sets as they opened their lone home weekend with the two wins while improving to 27-0 all-time on home sand.
 
In between, the Central Wyoming Rustlers edged the Trinidad State Trojans, 3-2.
 
The Mavs used the same pairings in the top four flights of both duals but mixed things in the No. 5 and exhibition No. 6 portion of the lineup while improving to 2-4 on the season.
 
Top flight pair Gracyn Spresser and Ellie Ask were 21-9, 21-3 winners over Central Wyoming's Ella Sevnsson and Coco Denison and then beat Trinidad State's Kylie Williams and Dakota Martinez, 21-10, 21-5.
 
At No. 2, Ania Swartzendruber and Ewelina Gacek were 21-5, 21-10 winners over the Rustlers before posting a similar 21-9, 21-6 win over the Trojans.
 
Regan Rothley and Lauren Rohlwing blasted the Rustlers' pair of Presley Ryan and Nora Rasmussen, 21-1, 21-11 on Court 3.  The Maverick duo then won 21-5, 21-6 over the Trojans later in the day.
 
At No. 4, Mikala Henderson and Addie Ritterbush paired together for the first time this season and won a 21-5, 21-8 match over the Rustlers' Quincey Mathews and Brynlee Birch.  Henderson and Ritterbush then won 21-7, 21-5 over the Trojan duo of Araceli Rueda and Kya Gilmore.
 
Against the Rustlers, Ava Blanco and Stormi Tadlock were easy 21-1, 21-5 winners on Court 5.

Tadlock then paired with Jessica Passi for a 21-6, 21-5 win over Trinidad State.
 
Meanwhile, Jada Whitall and Avery Malek won the exhibition match against Central Wyoming by 21-5 and 21-11 scores.
 
Phoenix Slager and Bella Friess then won a 21-9, 21-11 exhibition decision over Trinidad State.
 
The victories were the 98^th and 99^th for Maverick Head Coach David Skaff, who will gun for his 100^th career win on Saturday morning against Central Wyoming, starting at 11 a.m.
 
The two junior college foes will then face-off before the Mavs will close out the Maverick Invitational weekend against Trinidad State at roughly 3 p.m.
 
Prior to that dual at approximately 2:45 p.m., the Mavs will recognize their four of their players— Gacek, Passi, Spresser and Tadlock— during a Senior Day presentation.