(Tempe, AZ) No. 11 Sun Devil Beach Volleyball finished off the Sun Devil Invitational with a second-straight sweep, beating Texas A&M-Kingsville 5-0 on Saturday.
Today’s win over TAMUK (4-2) carries on the Sun Devils’ perfect record at 6-0 and ties the program record for longest winning streak at six in a row (also in 2019, 2017).
Every court won in straight sets and sophomores Kendall Whitmarsh and Adriana Nieves Papaleo remain undefeated on the season, improving to 6-0. The top two courts both finished in straight sets, each logging 21-9 and 21-11 sets.
Sophomore Carys Thomas made her season debut with Nieves Papaleo at the No. 5 spot, winning 21-13, 21-14.
Final Results (Order of Finish: 2, 4, 1*, 5, 3)
- Daniella Kensinger/Anya Pemberton (ASU) def. Pollard/Vasquez (TAMUK) 21-11, 21-9
- Arden Besecker/Ava Williamson (ASU) def. Gettys/VanBrunt (TAMUK) 21-9, 21-11
- Taryn Ames/Lexi Sweeney (ASU) def. Wallace/Zeigler (TAMUK) 21-14
- Ava Haughy/Kendall Whitmarsh (ASU) def. Huesca/McCarthy (TAMUK) 21-17, 21-18
Adriana Nieves Papaleo/Carys Thomas (ASU) def. Anderson/Stiefer (TAMUK) 21-13, 21-14
Quotes
Head Coach Kristen Rohr
Overall thoughts on the home opening weekend:
“I thought it was great. It was exciting to see a lot of the families and fans out here and we want to keep growing our fan base and getting people from the community here. It’s just a good opportunity to get our feet in the sand before Pac-12 South and be able to feel the environment, and it’s always a little nerve wracking at first when you have your first home match. So I thought we played really well. There wasn’t one bad pair. Every single pair that we played came in and played us tough and gave it all they had. I thought that maybe we were a little shaky at times yesterday, but I thought we responded really well today, came back with a little extra confidence and we’ve just been preaching to trust our training.”
Up Next
ASU is set to host the Pac-12 South Tournament from March 8-10. The Sun Devils will duel against UCLA at 10 a.m. MST and Stanford at 6 p.m. MST on March 8. They finish off the weekend playing California at 10 a.m. MST and Arizona at 4 p.m. MST on March 10. The whole weekend will be on the Pac-12 Network.
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Megan Neely
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