FOLSOM, Calif. – Saint Mary's notched their ninth-straight victory and sixth sweep on Saturday, defeating Sacramento State by the score of 5-0.
 
Nearly all of the Gaels' points were won in straight sets with only pair No. 3 going into a third set. Sienna Young and Alexsa "Crash" Parker took the first set 21-13 and narrowly lost the second (23-21). However, they rallied in the third and finished with a 15-6 score. All other SMC pairs were dominant as Lindsey Knudsen and Sarah Chase (21-10, 21-12), Emily Bible and Lindsey Calvin (21-14, 21-14), Jennifer "Boo" Laird and Morgan Kendrick (24-22, 21-11), and Chandler Cowell and Selbie Christensen (21-13, 21-9) each finished in two sets.

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"Today our team continued our work at getting better with every dual," said Gary Hodge. "We've been working on a more focused and aggressive service game and today it showed. We continue to be led by our fearsome foursome of seniors: Knudsen, Chase, Bible, and Calvin have been winning in the sand for years and have set the tone for one of the deepest and most talented lineups to ever represent Saint Mary's beach volleyball."
 
The Gaels will next compete on Wednesday, March 2 at Pacific at 4:00 p.m.
 
Results
 
#17 Saint Mary's 5, Sacramento State 0
 

Team	CT.	Sac State	St. Mary's	Winner	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Pair 1	1	Takeda, Skyler	Knudsen, Lindsey	SMC	10-21	12-21
		Olin, Ashtin	Chase, Sarah
Pair 2	2	Nocetti, Mikaela	Bible, Emily	SMC	14-21	14-21
		Davis, Sarah	Calvin, Lindsey
Pair 3	1	Swinney, Paige	Parker, Crash	SMC	13-21	23-21	6-15
		Hayden Macey	Young, Sienna
Pair 4	1	Smith, McKenna	Laird, Boo	SMC	22-24	11-21
		Andrews, Cianna	Kendrick, Morgan
Pair 5	2	Falk, Sarah	Cowell, Chandler	SMC	13-21	9-21
		Calvin, Paige	Christensen, Selbie
Pair Ex	2	Taynton, Michelle	Pitts, Aubrey	SMC	17-21	7-21
		Chase, Hannah	Sundt, Aeriel