Utes fall to #3 Hawaii and #16 LMU on Sunday

Press Release courtesy of Utah Athletics. 

HONOLULU – The Utah beach volleyball team wrapped up competition at the Hawaii Queen’s Cup, dropping both matches played on Sunday at Queen’s Beach in Waikiki.

Utah’s No. 5 duo of Lauga Gauta and Lauren Sproule were the only pair to pick up a win on Sunday, as the Utes fell to No. 3-ranked Hawaii, 5-0, in semifinal No. 2, and then dropped a third-place match to No. 16-ranked Loyola Marymount, 4-1.

The No. 1 duo of Adora Anae and Dani Barton dropped both of its matches on the day, as did the No. 2 pair of Melissa Powell and Tawnee Luafalemana.  Brianna Doehrmann and Kenzie Koerber teamed up as Utah’s No. 3, but the pair lost both of its matches on the day. Utah’s No. 4 duo of Bailey Choy and Berkeley Oblad also dropped both matches.

Gauta and Phoebe Grace teamed up as the No. 5 duo against Hawaii, but fell in straight set. Sproule then joined Gauta in the No. 5 pairing against LMU and the duo downed Kristen Castellanos and Cierra Simpson in three sets (25-27, 23-21, 15-13).

The Utes fell to 0-5 on the season with the losses on Sunday, but still managed to gain a little momentum following its first action this spring.

Utah will return to the sand courts next weekend, competing in the Long Beach State Tournament, next Saturday and Sunday, April 14-15. The Utes will open the event taking on Long Beach City College, Irvine Valley College and CSU Bakersfield on Saturday. Utah will close out the tournament against tournament host Long Beach State and Loyola Marymount on Sunday.

UTAH vs. #3 HAWAII
1. Emily Maglio/Ka’iwi Schucht (UH) def. Dani Barton/Adora Anae (UTAH) 21-17, 20-22, 16-14

2. Morgan Martin/Lea Monkhouse (UH) def. Melissa Powell/Tawnee Luafalemana (UTAH) 21-10, 21-5
3. Laurel Weaver/Carly Kan (UH) def. Brianna Doehrmann/Kenzie Koerber (UTAH) 21-11, 21-9
4. Amy Ozee/Ari Homayun (UH) def. Bailey Choy/Berkeley Oblad (UTAH) 22-20, 21-7
5. Paige Dreeuws/Hannah Zalopany (UH) def. Lauga Gauta/Phoebe Grace (UTAH) 21-17, 21-15

UTAH vs. #16 LMU
1. McKayla Ferris/Savannah Slattery (LMU) def. Dani Barton/Adora Anae (UTAH) 21-18, 22-20

2. Sara Kovac/Jessie Prichard (LMU) def. Melissa Powell/Tawnee Luafalemana (UTAH) 20-22, 21-19, 15-11
3. Bozena Culo/Maddie Leiphardt (LMU) def. Kenzie Koerber/Brianna Doehrmann (UTAH) 21-18, 21-12
4. Chloe Reinig/Emma Doud (LMU) def. Berkeley Oblad/Bailey Choy (UTAH) 21-17, 21-14
5. Lauga Gauta/Lauren Sproule (UTAH) def. Kristen Castellanos/Cierra Simpson (LMU) 25-27, 23-21, 15-13