Pepperdine University
Florida State
Pepperdine Defeats Stetson, Falls to Florida State
4/14/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Beach Volleyball
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The 2nd-ranked Pepperdine beach volleyball team split the opening day of the Florida State Invitational on Friday afternoon at the FSU Beach Volleyball Courts, sweeping 9th-ranked Stetson before falling to 4th-ranked Florida State.
Pepperdine (19-3) posted a solid effort in both matches, starting the day with a 5-0 sweep over Stetson (17-11) after tabbing three two-set wins and two three-set wins. The Waves then went down to the final court in action against Florida State (19-6), eventually dropping the dual with three three-set matches played.
Against the Hatters, the Waves opened the day with a 21-13, 21-15 win on court five as senior Sarah Seiber (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS/Arizona) and sophomore Kaity Bailey (Ojai, Calif./Villanova Preparatory School) defeated Julie Varga and Lauren Durham.
Shortly after, sophomore Anika Wilson (Santa Barbara, Calif./San Marcos HS) and freshman Deahna Kraft (Seattle, Wash./Garfield HS) battled through a 28-26 and 23-25 first two sets into a third. In the final set, the pair went point-for-point with Carly Perales and Sunniva Helland-Hansen en route to a 18-16 win to put the Waves in a position to clinch.
Pepperdine's No. 3-pair Skylar Caputo (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) and Heidi Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS) were up to the task and made quick work of Tiffany Creamer and Rachel Noble with a 21-12, 21-13 final mark to clinch the match for the Waves and leave two courts in action.
The Waves' No. 1-pair, senior Delaney Knudsen (Valencia, Calif./Valencia HS) and sophomore Madalyn Roh (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral HS) and No. 2-duo, graduate student Brittany Howard (Mountain View, Calif./Mountain View HS/Stanford) and junior Corinne Quiggle (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Ponte Vedra HS) were still playing matches out on their respective courts.
Roh and Knudsen finished first with a two-set 21-13, 21-14 victory over Kristin Lind and Darby Dunn to put the Waves up 4-0. After a three-set bout, Quiggle and Howard put down Kaylee Anderson and Emily Carroll with a 21-15, 19-21, 15-8 final line to close out the first match of the day with the sweep.
On the exhibition court, sophomore Nikki Lyons (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS) and freshman Gigi Hernandez (Dana Point, Calif./JSerra Catholic HS) also faced off with Jamie Walsh and Samantha Harris, dropping the first set 21-23 before winning the second 21-18. The match was then abandoned.
In the second match, the Waves split the opening flight with Wilson and Kraft striking first on court four. The Pepperdine duo defeated Katie Horton and Nikki Esposito with a 22-20, 21-10 final result to open the day with a Waves' win. The opposition then took a two-set victory on court five to tie the match.
In the second flight, all three matches extended to three-sets. The Waves No. 3-duo, Caputo and Dyer, finished first after battling back from a 19-21 first set loss to win the second 21-18. The pair then downed Victoria Paranagua and Macy Jerger 15-10 in the final set to put the Waves up 2-1 in the match.
Quiggle and Howard went down 16-21 in the first set, but bounced back for a 21-19 win in the second. In the third despite a strong effort, the pair was downed by Vanessa Freire and Francesca Goncalves with a 15-11 score to tie the overall match 2-2 and put all eyes on court one.
Roh and Knudsen fell 19-21 in set one, but rallied for a 21-16 second set win to push the match to a third set. The pair went neck-and-neck with Leigh Andrew and Brooke Kuhlman in the third set, but the opposition had the hometown-edge and picked up a 15-13 win to clinch the win for the Seminoles.
The Waves cap off the regular season tomorrow, April 15, with a match against No. 14 Florida International at 10 a.m. and a rematch with No. 4 Florida State at 1 p.m. Follow @WavesBeachVB for updates and check on PepperdineWaves.com for full results, recaps and more!
RESULTS
Dual 1: No. 2 Pepperdine 5, No. 9 Stetson 0
APRIL 14, 2017 | FSU BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS | TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
No. 1: Delany Knudsen/Madalyn Roh (PEPP) def. Kristin Lind/Darby Dunn (STET) 21-13, 21-14
No. 2 Corinne Quiggle/Brittany Howard (PEPP) def. Kaylee Anderson/Emily Carroll (STET) 21-15, 19-21, 15-8
No. 3. Skylar Caputo/Heidi Dyer (PEPP) def. Tiffany Creamer/Rachel Noble (STET) 21-12, 21-13
No. 4. Deahna Kraft/Anika Wilson (PEPP) def. Carly Perales/S. Helland-Hansen (STET) 28-26, 23-25, 18-16
No. 5. Kaity Bailey/Sarah Seiber (PEPP) def. Julie Varga/Lauren Durham (STET) 21-13, 21-15
Order of finish: 5, 4, 3*, 1, 2
Exhibition Match
No. 6: Nikki Lyons/Gigi Hernandez (PEPP) vs. Jamie Walsh/Samantha Harris (STET) 21-23, 21-18, unfinished
Dual 2: No. 2 Pepperdine 2, No. 4 Florida State 3
APRIL 14, 2017 | FSU BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS | TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
No. 1: Leigh Andrew/Brooke Kuhlman (FSU) def. Delany Knudsen/Madalyn Roh (PEPP) 21-19, 16-21, 15-13
No. 2. Vanessa Freire/Francesca Goncalves (FSU) def. Corinne Quiggle/Brittany Howard (PEPP) 21-16, 19-21, 15-11
No. 3. Skylar Caputo/Heidi Dyer (PEPP) def. Victoria Paranagua/Macy Jerger (FSU) 19-21, 21-18, 15-10
No. 4. Deahna Kraft/Anika Wilson (PEPP) def. Katie Horton/Nikki Esposito (FSU) 22-20, 21-10
No. 5. Hailey Luke/Eva Torruella (FSU) def. Kaity Bailey/Sarah Seiber (PEPP) 21-16, 21-18
Order of finish: 4, 5, 3, 2, 1*
Exthibition Match
No. 6: Danielle Pennington/Sierra Sanchez (FSU) def. Nikki Lyons/Gigi Hernandez (PEPP) 21-11, 21-19
