The Arizona beach volleyball team lost to USC and defeated Oregon on Day One of the Pac-12 Championship; the Wildcats will face rival ASU in an elimination match Thursday at Stanford.
Michael Lev The Arizona beach volleyball team lost its opening match at the Pac-12 Championship in Stanford, California, on Thursday before rebounding to remain alive in the tournament.
The seventh-seeded Wildcats fell to No. 2 seed USC 3-0 in the morning, dropping into the"Contenders bracket" in the double-elimination event. Arizona then defeated No. 9 seed Oregon, also by a 3-0 score, to set up another elimination match against No. 6 seed Arizona State. That match is slated for a 1:45 p.m. start Thursday.
Arizona's tandems at the No. 1, 3 and 5 positions lost their matches against the Trojans. All three then recorded victories against the Ducks. Alex Parkhurst/Sarah Blacker defeated Chloe Brown/Zoe Almanza 23-21, 21-12; Alana Rennie/Grace Cook defeated Batia Rotshtein/Valerie Peterson 21-11, 21-12; and Annie Kost/Miranda Erro defeated Abby Plevin/Presley McCaskill 21-15, 21-13
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