USD Volleyball 2008

TOREROS TAKE SECOND ATBEACH NATIONAL'S The University of San Diego women 's volleyball team finished in second place in the 2008 Col– legiate Beach Nationals, falling just three points behind the University of Texas for first place. The Toreros did have two teams win their brackets in the second annual event at Mission Beach on Sunday afternoon . The tandem of Jaimarie Sutherland and Jessica Nyrop won Flight B by first defeating Ne– braska's Lindsey Licht and Rachel Schwartz in two games, 15-7 and 15-13. In the quarterfinal round, Sutherland and Nyrop downed USC's Geena Urango and Mychaela Miller 21-16 and 21-17. In the semifinal round, USO cruised past Wisconsin's team of Nicole Klingsporn and Brit– tany Dolgner, 21-19 and 21 -14. In the championship match, USO downed the Texas tandem of Michelle Moriarty and Chelsey Klein in three games, 18-21, 21-16 and 15-6. The Toreros' team of Ali Troost and Kayleen Webster also took a championship in the Flight C QA pool. Webster and Troost first cruised their way to a 15-8, 15-7 win over Nebraska's Kori Cooper and Amanda Gates. In the quarterfinal round, USC's Alli Hillgren and Lauren Williams were no match for USD's duo, as Troost and Webster claimed a 21-19, 21-9 win to advance on to the semifinals. In the semifinal round, Troost and Webster rung up a 21-12, 21-9 win over Wiscon– sin's Caity Dupont and Katherine Dykstra. In the championship match, the San Diego duo then won a hard fought match over the Texas tandem of Jennifer Doris and Heather Kisner, 17-21, 21- 18, 21-19. In flight A action, USD's team of Andrea Csaszi and Amy DeGroot finished third. DeGroot and Csaszi began action with a 15-9, 15-9 win over Nebraska's Jordan Larson and Tara Mueller. In quarterfinal action, San Diego took home a 21-14, 21-19 win over Wisconsin's Audra Jeffers and Allison Wack. The Toreros then fell in the semifinal round, 18-21, 21-16, 16-14 to Taylor Carico and Jess Gysin from USC. The final USO team of two, Torey El lick and Breanne Ogden, finished third in the Flight D pool. USO suffered a first round loss to Nebraska's Kayla Banwarth and Brook Delano, 15-13, 15-10. But the Toreros bounced back in the quarterfinal round as they took out USC's Lexie Aiassa and Emilie Stewart, 21-17, 21-6. In the semifinal round, the Toreros tandem saw their run come to an end with a 21-14, 23-21 loss to Nebraska's Banwarth and Delano.

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