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No. 1 UCLA Split a Pair of Duals at MPSF Championship

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — No. 1 UCLA (30-5) split a pair of Top 10 duals on Thursday at the inaugural 2025 MPSF Beach Volleyball Championship at Spiker Beach. The Bruins opened the day with a 3-0 win over No. 9 California (26-8) in the morning and then fell to No. 3 Stanford (30-8), 3-1, in the afternoon. The Bruins improved […]

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — No. 1 UCLA (30-5) split a pair of Top 10 duals on Thursday at the inaugural 2025 MPSF Beach Volleyball Championship at Spiker Beach. The Bruins opened the day with a 3-0 win over No. 9 California (26-8) in the morning and then fell to No. 3 Stanford (30-8), 3-1, in the afternoon. The Bruins improved to 19-0 in the series history against the Golden Bears and fell to 24-4 in the series with the Cardinal.

In the first dual against California, Kenzie Brower and Jessie Smith scored the first point of the dual with a 21-18, 21-12 win over Ella Sears and Sierra Caffo on court three.

Then Sally Perez and Maggie Boyd put the Bruins up 2-0 with a 21-15, 21-17 win on court one over Emma Donley and Portia Sherman.

Alexa Fernandez and Kaley Mathews clinched the dual with a 21-16, 21-13 win over Marilu Pally and Maile Somera on court four.

In the second dual against Stanford, the Cardinal took a 1-0 lead after Chloe Hoffman and Logan Tusher defeated Alexa Fernandez and Kaley Mathews on court four, 21-17, 21-15.

Cardinal went up 2-0 when Avery Jackson and Brooke Rockwell defeated Natalie Myszkowski and Peri Brennan on court two, 23-21, 21-11.

Sally Perez and Maggie Boyd rallied on court one to put the Bruins on the board, defeating Ruby Sorra and Taylor Wilson, 18-21, 21-16, 15-9.

Stanford clinched the dual on court three with Kelly Belardi and Charlotta Bell defeating Jessie Smith and Kenzie Brower in another three-set thriller, 24-22, 21-23, 16-14.

UP NEXT: The Bruins now await the winner of No. 5 USC/No. 9 California in the contender’s bracket final at 10:00 a.m. PT on Friday, April 25. The winner of the game will play No. 3 Stanford for the Championship at 12:00 p.m. PT.

No. 1 UCLA def. No. 9 California, 3-0

Spiker Beach • Huntington Beach, Calif.

Thursday, April 24, 2025 • 11:00 AM PT

Records: UCLA (30-4), CAL (26-8)

Order of finish: 3, 1, 4*

No. 3 Stanford def. No. 1 UCLA, 3-1

Spiker Beach • Huntington Beach, Calif.

Thursday, April 24, 2025 • 3:30 PM PT

Records: UCLA (30-5), STAN (30-8)

Order of finish: 4, 2, 1, 3*
 

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