PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Gaels maintained their hot streak on Sunday afternoon as they completed a sweep of San Jose State and beat out No. 13 Stanford 3-2.
In the Gaels' first match of the day, they swept San Jose State and only allowed the Spartans to win two sets total. For the initial three finishes, the SMC pairs took down their opponents in only two sets. Morgan Kendrick and Jennifer "Boo" Laird as well as
Chandler Cowell and
Selbie Christensen both won their first sets, lost the second, but then pulled it out and won the third sets to complete the sweep.
In the second match of the day, No. 20 Saint Mary's battled it out and took down No. 13 Stanford three sets to two. Each of the pairs went to three sets, with the Gaels winning a total of eight sets and Stanford winning seven. Pairs Lindsey Knudsen/Sarah Chase, Morgan Kendrick/
Jennifer "Boo" Laird, and
Chandler Cowell/
Selbie Christensen picked up the three wins for SMC and brought the Gaels their sixth match win in a row.
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"Today's matches challenged our ability to fight through adversity and the elements," said Selbie Christensen. "Overall a great learning experience that pushed us to improve."
"On a rainy day today in Palo Alto, the beach Gaels once again showed their character," said assistant coach Gary Hodge. "The team got a hard fought win against two tough opponents including the 13th ranked Stanford Cardinal. In a display of grit, every team that lost the first set came back to win in three. The Gaels gave their fans lots to be proud of today."
Results
Saint Mary's 5, San Jose State 0
1. Lindsey Knudsen/
Sarah Chase def. Bettenay/Schwarz (21-14, 21-18)
2. Lindsey Calvin/
Emily Bible def. Andrade/Gavio (21-18, 21-15)
3. Alexsa "Crash" Parker/
Sienna Young def. Reistad/Thomison (21-17, 21-12)
4. Morgan Kendrick/
Jennifer "Boo" Laird def. Grejada/Zdroik (21-18, 19-21, 16-14)
5. Chandler Cowell/
Selbie Christensen def. Golbeck/Smevog (21-14, 19-21, 15-14)
(Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3, 5, 4)
Saint Mary's 3, Stanford 2
1. Lindsey Knudsen/
Sarah Chase def. Bowen/Villapando (19-21, 21-12, 15-13)
2. Emily Bible/
Lindsey Calvin def. Ashkinos/Ekstrom (21-18, 12-21, 10-15)
3. Alexsa "Crash" Parker/
Sienna Young def. Hentz/Smith (21-15, 21-17, 10-15)
4. Morgan Kendrick/
Jennifer "Boo" Laird def. Dailey/McKinney (10-21, 21-9, 15-8)
5. Chandler Cowell/
Selbie Christensen def. Richardson/Sharp (12-21, 21-18, 15-10)
(Order of Finish: 2, 1, 5, 4, 3)
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