LOS ANGELES—The Arizona State beach volleyball team (12-13) capped the 2016 season on Saturday with a split in the Pac-12 Championships Contenders Bracket at USC’s Merle Norman Stadium.
Playing as the No. 5 seed, ASU opened the day with a 3-2 win over No. 8 Oregon before falling to rival No. 3 seed Arizona, 5-0.
Against the Ducks, the Sand Devils finished the first wave of action tied, courtesy of a win at No. 5 from Frances Giedraitis and Logan Rae. The duo defeated Oregon’s August Raskie and Haley McLaren, 21-18. 21-15.
In the second wave, Madison Berridge and Mia Rivera picked up a 21-19, 21-18 win over Taylor Agost and Amanda Benson at No. 3, before Bianca Arellano and Whitney Follette clinched the win at No. 1, defeating Liz Brenner and Kacey Nady, 21-18, 21-16.
Against the Wildcats, the final two matches, at No. 1 and No. 3, both went five sets, but the Sand Devils were unable to secure the wins.
Arizona State wraps 2016 with the most wins in the history of the program, surpassing double-digits for the first time as well. The junior duo of Arellano and Follette posted 18 wins on the season, the most in the history of the program, while Giedraitis became the second Sand Devil in program history to surpass the 20-win career mark.
No. 5 Arizona State 3, No. 8 Oregon 2
No. 1 Bianca Arellano & Whitney Follette (ASU) def. Liz Brenner & Kacey Nady (Ore): 21-18, 21-16
No. 2 Lindsey Vander Wiede & Martenne Bettendorf (Ore) def. Kwyn Johnson & Natalie Braun (ASU): 21-9, 22-20
No. 3 Madison Berridge & Mia Rivera (ASU) def. Taylor Agost & Amanda Benson (Ore): 21-9, 21-18
No. 4 Lauren Page & Maddy Silberger-Franek (Ore) def. Bethany Wedepohl & Jourdan Parnell (ASU): 21-13, 21-11
No. 5 Frances Giedraitis & Logan Rae (ASU) vs. August Raskie & Haley McLaren (Ore): 21-18, 21-15
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 3, 1*, 2
No. 3 Arizona 5, No. 5 Arizona State 0
No. 1 Madison Witt & McKenna Witt (Ariz) def. Bianca Arellano & Whitney Follette (ASU): 24-26, 21-17, 15-11
No. 2 Jianna Bonomi & Kat Schulz (Ariz) def. Kwyn Johnson & Natalie Braun (ASU): 21-9, 21-16
No. 3 Olivia Macdonald & Sam Manley (Ariz) def. Madison Berridge & Mia Rivera (ASU): 17-21, 21-17, 16-14
No. 4 Mia Mason & Kalei Mau (Ariz) def. Bethany Wedepohl & Jourdan Parnell (ASU): 21-13, 21-17
No. 5 Hailey Devlin & Mackenzie Kleespies (Ariz) def. Frances Giedraitis & Logan Rae (ASU): 21-18, 21-14
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 2*, 3, 1