TEMPE, Ariz.—The Arizona State sand volleyball team (5-10) split its matches on Saturday in the final day of the ASU Sand Volleyball Challenge Hosted By Red Lion Inn And Suites at the PERA Club.
ASU started off the day with a 4-1 win over New Mexico before falling to CSU Bakersfield, 3-2.
The duo of seniors Bethany Jorgensen and Jordy Checkal went 2-0 on the day, defeating the Lobos’ Sours and Crappell, 21-19, 21-15, and then coming back to defeat CSUB’s Haynes and Youngblood, 24-26, 21-16, 15-13.
At No. 5, junior Andi Lowrance and freshman Frances Giedraitis also went 2-0, defeating New Mexico’s Mayfield and Baro, 21-13, 18-21, 15-11 before going on to defeat CSU Bakersfield’s Johnson and Riley, 21-14, 21-15.
Up next, ASU will travel to Santa Monica, Calif., for the Pac-12 Tournament on April 18-19, and then round out the season in Tucson with a rematch with Arizona on Wednesday, April 22 at 4:30 p.m. PT on the Pac-12 Networks.
Arizona State 4, New Mexico 1
1. Gardner/Arellano (ASU) def. Johnson/Kelsey (UNM): 21-15, 21-15
2. Checkal/Jorgensen (ASU) def. Sours/Crappell (UNM): 21-19, 21-15
3. Follette/Harker (ASU) def. Warren/Baleto (UNM): 21-23, 21-17, 15-11
4. Newman/Rugland (UNM) def. Willey/Palmer (ASU): 21-19, 21-18
5. Lowrance/Giedraitis (ASU) def. Mayfield/Baro (UNM): 21-13, 18-21, 15-11
CSU Bakersfield 3, Arizona State 2
1. Alvidrez/O’Hagan (CSUB) def. Gardner/Arellano (ASU): 15-21, 21-16, 15-9
2. Checkal/Jorgensen (ASU) def. Haynes/Youngblood (CSUB): 24-26, 21-16, 15-13
3. Little/Flemion (CSUB) def. Follette/Harker (ASU): 21-11, 15-21, 15-11
4. Sawyer/Perrens (CSUB) def. Willey/Palmer (ASU): 22-20, 19-21, 15-12
5. Lowrance/Giedraitis (ASU) def. Johnson/Riley (CSUB): 21-14, 21-15