SANTA MONICA, Calif.---The Pilots grinded out a 3-2 win over San Francisco in their second dual match at the WCC Championships on Friday, being topped 4-1 by Santa Clara in two more conference contests held at Ocean Park Beach. Portland 2s Noelani Helm and Taylor Helle claimed three flight sweeps to remain undefeated on the day.
Helm and Helle collected their first win against the Broncos' pair of Elena Radeff and Alexie Epstein with set scores of 21-16 and 21-14. Pilots 4s Annika Stammberger and Keilani Mumolo were just edged by a 2-1 decision that eventually went to Santa Clara to round out match one.