No. 4 Hawaii upsets No. 1 Pepperdine in sand volleyball
The "Sandbow's" Lara Schreiber, right, digs one out with her partner Mikayla Tucker ready to take a shot while playing a full game during the Rainbow Wahine's sand volleyball practice in the new sand courts at UH Manoa Campus on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, in Honolulu, HI.
The No. 4 team of Mikayla Tucker and Lara Schreiber rallied past Pepperdine’s Sophie Asprey and Taylor Rocich 16-21, 21-12, 15-8 for the deciding point and No. 4 Hawaii upset No. 1 Pepperdine in an AVCA Collegiate Sand dual match Friday morning at Queen’s Beach.
It was the first time the SandBows (2-0) had defeated the Waves (1-1) in six meetings. Pepperdine had won the previous five via 5-0 sweeps.
It also was just the third duals loss in four seasons for the Waves (53-3).
Earlier Friday, Hawaii defeated No. 6 Loyola Marymount 4-1 and Pepperdine beat Loyola Marymount 4-1.
Against the Waves, the SandBows trailed 2-1 going into the final two matches, getting an expressive point at No. 2 with a 21-16, 21-16 sweep y Olivia Urban-Katie Spieler over Delany Knudsen-Lara Dykstra.
Hawaii tied the match with a win in a battle of All-Americans at No. 1. Brittany Tiegs-Nikki Taylor came back for a 14-21, 21-14, 15-8 win over Kellie Woolever-Kelley Larsen.
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Tucker-Schreiber were ahead 7-1 in Set 3 when the No. 1 match finished. The SandBows No. 4 duo said they were unaware that their match would be the deciding point.
Hawaii, Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount continued play Friday afternoon in the pool-play portion of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational. The top team from each of the six pools will advance to the gold bracket Saturday when seeking the overall pairs title. The remaining duos will be seeded in two other brackets for places 7 through 14 and 15 through 18.
Saturday’s play also is at Queen’s Beach.
