Eventual tournament champion UCLA beat the ninth-ranked University of Hawaii beach volleyball team 5-0 in the quarterfinals of the season-opening Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic on Saturday at Queen’s Beach.
No. 2-ranked UCLA beat No. 1 USC in the championship match, 4-1, after beating No. 7 Stanford in the semifinals.
The BeachBows (0-5) fared slightly better against the Bruins (2-3) in their second matchup after failing to win a set on any of the five courts the first time. The No. 2 duo of Kaylee Glagau and Caprice Lorenzo pushed UCLA’s Peri Brennan and Devon Newberry before falling in three sets, 13-21, 21-13, 15-10.