No. 17 Sandy Owls Fall to No. 3 Stanford, No. 1 USC

Friday, March 29

Baton Rouge, La.

10 a.m.

Florida Atlantic

Stanford

3/29/2024 8:18:00 PM | Women's Beach Volleyball

BATON ROUGE, La. – The No. 17-ranked Florida Atlantic beach volleyball team (12-9, 2-2 CUSA) opened up play at the Death Volley Invitational on Friday, falling in a pair of 5-0 battles against No. 3 Stanford (15-2, 1-1 Pac-12) and in a rematch against No. 1 USC (20-2, 0-0 Pac-12).

NO. 17 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 0 – NO. 3 STANFORD 5

Stanford captured the opening lead on court four as Logan Mignerey and Kate McLaughlin dropped a two-set battle against the Cardinal's Maya Harvey and Ashley Vincent, 20-22, 15-21. The Cardinal went up 2-0 with a straight-set win on court five as Mikayla Law-Heese and Olivia Strandberg fell against Stanford's 5s pair of Kate Reilly and Clara Stowell, 16-21, 11-21. The Cardinal clinched the dual, 3-0, on court three as the Sandy Owls' Julie Honzovicova and Ashleigh Adams fell in two sets to Stanford's Kelly Belardi and Chloe Hoffman, 17-21, 18-21. Stanford extended their lead to 4-0 after taking another two-set battle on court two, with Florida Atlantic's Courtney Moon and Svozilova falling against the Cardinal's Taylor Wilson and Ruby Sorra, 19-21, 20-22. The Cardinal eventually closed out the 5-0 battle on court one as the Sandy Owls' Sloane Woolwine and Reese Edwards fell in straight sets against Stanford's Xolani Hodel and Brooke Rockwell, 12-21, 19-21.

Scores
1. Xolani Hodel/Brooke Rockwell (Stan) def. Sloane Woolwine/Reese Edwards (FAU) 21-12 21-19 (finished fifth)
2. Taylor Wilson/Ruby Sorra (Stan) def. Courtney Moon/Marketa Svozilova (FAU) 21-19 22-20 (finished fourth)
3. Kelly Belardi/Chloe Hoffman (Stan) def. Julie Honzovicova/Ashleigh Adams (FAU) 21-17 21-18 (finished third)
4. Maya Harvey/Ashley Vincent (Stan) def. Logan Mignerey/Kate McLaughlin (FAU) 22-20 21-15 (finished first)
5. Kate Reilly/Clara Stowell (Stan) def. Mikayla Law-Heese/Olivia Strandberg (FAU) 21-16 21-11 (finished second)

NO. 17 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 0 – NO. 1 USC 5

USC took the opening point on court four as the Sandy Owls' Alivia Orvieto and Logan Mignerey fell in two sets against the Trojans' Madison White and Ashley Pater, 23-25, 11-21. The Trojans extended their lead to 2-0 with a 21-17, 21-17 win on court five as the Sandy Owls' Mikayla Law-Heese and Olivia Strandberg dropped their match against USC's Ainsley Radell and Mabyn Thomas. The Trojans clinched the match at the 1s as Courtney Moon and Marketa Svozilova fell in a straight-set battle against USC's top pair of Megan Kraft and Delaynie Maple, 11-21, 13-21. USC pushed their lead to 4-0 on court three. The Sandy Owls' Julie Honzovicova and Ashleigh Adams captured the second set but couldn't rally in the third as they fell in the three-set decision against USC's Audrey Nourse and Nicole Nourse. USC closed out the match on court two as Florida Atlantic's Sloane Woolwine and Reese Edwards fell in a two-set match against the Trojans' Grace Seits and Maddi Kriz, 15-21, 12-21.

1. Megan Kraft/Delaynie Maple (USC) def. Courtney Moon/Marketa Svozilova (FAU) 21-11 21-13 (finished third)
2. Grace Seits/Maddi Kriz (USC) def. Sloane Woolwine/Reese Edwards (FAU) 21-15 21-12 (finished fifth)
3. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (USC) def. Julie Honzovicova/Ashleigh Adams (FAU) 22-20 18-21 15-10 (finished fourth)
4. Madison White/Ashley Pater (USC) def. Alivia Orvieto/Logan Mignerey (FAU) 25-23 21-11 (finished first)
5. Ainsley Radell/Mabyn Thomas (USC) def. Mikayla Law-Heese/Olivia Strandberg (FAU) 21-17 21-17 (finished second)

NOTABLES

The Sandy Owls move to 2-2 all-time against Stanford and 0-7 all-time vs. USC.

UP NEXT

The Sandy Owls will wrap up play at the Death Volley Invitational on Saturday with matches against No. 6 Cal at 10:15 a.m. ET and No. 2 UCLA at 3:15 p.m. ET.

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