[johnbar]

The 3s, Reilly & Sharp got the first point, 21-17, 21-17.
Unfortunately, the 1s, Hodel & Kriz, fell 20-22, 20-22, to tie it.

Ekstrom & Harvey dominated their first set, 21-13, and then lost the second by the identical score. And lost the third 9-15.

So GCU was up 2-1, and needed just one more.  Both the 4s and 5s went three sets.  In both third sets, it was tied 13-13.
The 5s, Gusarova & Wilson, who have not played much together, finished first, 15-13.  Dual tied 2-2.

Then the very reliable freshmen, Belardi & Vincent finished it.
Commentators mentioned that last year Belardi and Vincent played against each other in the juniors tournament at Gulf Shores (and Vincent said Belardi 'kicked her butt').

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Stanford takes on the #2 seed at 9:00am PDT tomorrow.
If they were to win that, they'd play a semifinal at 12:30pm.

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/beach-volleyball/nc/2023

[johnbar]

The 3s, Reilly & Sharp got the first point, 21-17, 21-17.
Unfortunately, the 1s, Hodel & Kriz, fell 20-22, 20-22, to tie it.

Ekstrom & Harvey dominated their first set, 21-13, and then lost the second by the identical score. And lost the third 9-15.

So GCU was up 2-1, and needed just one more.  Both the 4s and 5s went three sets.  In both third sets, it was tied 13-13.
The 5s, Gusarova & Wilson, who have not played much together, finished first, 15-13.  Dual tied 2-2.

Then the very reliable freshmen, Belardi & Vincent finished it.
Commentators mentioned that last year Belardi and Vincent played against each other in the juniors tournament at Gulf Shores (and Vincent said Belardi 'kicked her butt').

---

Stanford takes on the #2 seed at 9:00am PDT tomorrow.
If they were to win that, they'd play a semifinal at 12:30pm.

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/beach-volleyball/nc/2023