TEMPE, Ariz. – With an abbreviated 2020 season, Arizona State beach volleyball made the most of their time with a series of pairing changes and debuts in the maroon and gold.
Year in Review
In Brad Keenan's fourth season as the head coach, the team (4-6, 1-6 Pac-12) was ranked for three different weeks until the season was cut short due to concerns regarding COVID-19. During that time, the team did not lose to an unranked team, continuing the trend from 2019's record-breaking season. Of the four wins, two were sweeps, including a 5-0 win against Utah for the first Pac-12 win of the season.
Team Leaders
A total of 15 pairs competed in the short 2020 season. Freshman Lexi Sweeney and junior Kate Baldwin had the best record, going 6-4 to lead the Sand Devils. They were the only pair to play in every match together. Senior Katelyn Carballo and junior Samantha Plaster earned a 3-5 record, as did Emily Anderson and Sarah Waters.
Individually, Baldwin and Sweeney led the way with their six wins. Additionally, senior Ellyson Lundberg and junior Cierra Flood both earned five wins each. Carballo and sophomore Maddy Salazar had four wins in the shortened season as well.
New Records
Individual Sun Devils tacked on wins to hold their place in the record book in 2020. Carballo now has 56 career wins, putting her in third. At No. 4 is Lundberg with 55 individual wins. The seniors are ranked No. 3 in career pair wins with earning 37. Behind them are Baldwin (50), Plaster (47), and Flood (39). Baldwin became the fifth Sun Devil in program history to reach 50 wins in her career. On the 2020 roster, five are in the top 10 in career individual wins.
New Sand Devils
Three freshmen made their collegiate debuts: Lexi Sweeney, Matea Suan and Sarah Waters. Junior Allyson Eylers, who played in four matches before the season was cut short, earned her first win as a Sun Devil with Suan against Utah's top pair.
Coming in 2021
The Sand Devils will add a talented group of freshmen to continue to break records and put ASU on the map. With the NCAA's decision to give spring student-athletes another year, it is yet to be determined how that will shake out on this roster.
Year in Review
In Brad Keenan's fourth season as the head coach, the team (4-6, 1-6 Pac-12) was ranked for three different weeks until the season was cut short due to concerns regarding COVID-19. During that time, the team did not lose to an unranked team, continuing the trend from 2019's record-breaking season. Of the four wins, two were sweeps, including a 5-0 win against Utah for the first Pac-12 win of the season.
Team Leaders
A total of 15 pairs competed in the short 2020 season. Freshman Lexi Sweeney and junior Kate Baldwin had the best record, going 6-4 to lead the Sand Devils. They were the only pair to play in every match together. Senior Katelyn Carballo and junior Samantha Plaster earned a 3-5 record, as did Emily Anderson and Sarah Waters.
Individually, Baldwin and Sweeney led the way with their six wins. Additionally, senior Ellyson Lundberg and junior Cierra Flood both earned five wins each. Carballo and sophomore Maddy Salazar had four wins in the shortened season as well.
New Records
Individual Sun Devils tacked on wins to hold their place in the record book in 2020. Carballo now has 56 career wins, putting her in third. At No. 4 is Lundberg with 55 individual wins. The seniors are ranked No. 3 in career pair wins with earning 37. Behind them are Baldwin (50), Plaster (47), and Flood (39). Baldwin became the fifth Sun Devil in program history to reach 50 wins in her career. On the 2020 roster, five are in the top 10 in career individual wins.
Katelyn Carballo is UNREAL in this rally against UCLA this year. ??#SandDevils pic.twitter.com/aRwUYyjW05
— Sun Devil Beach VB (@SunDevilBeachVB) April 16, 2020
New Sand Devils
Three freshmen made their collegiate debuts: Lexi Sweeney, Matea Suan and Sarah Waters. Junior Allyson Eylers, who played in four matches before the season was cut short, earned her first win as a Sun Devil with Suan against Utah's top pair.
Coming in 2021
The Sand Devils will add a talented group of freshmen to continue to break records and put ASU on the map. With the NCAA's decision to give spring student-athletes another year, it is yet to be determined how that will shake out on this roster.