BVB opened their season today at the Cactus Classic in Tuscon, AZ. The Ducks battled the Sun Devils and the Wildcats, with both receiving preseason AVCA votes and Arizona being ranked #18.
Beach volleyball involves five teams of two players, and the best of three sets wins the individual games.
The first games were against the ASU Sun Devils, and ASU took the match 4-1. ASU’s Lexi Sweeney and Kylie Wickley defeated Oregon’s Chloe Brown and Zoe Almanza, 21-18, 14-21, 13-15. Oregon’s Bea Wetton and Ella Tyus earned the Ducks’ only point in the match with a sweep against Anya Pemberton and Ivey Weber, 23-21, 21-13.