HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. — The Saint Mary's beach volleyball pair of Lindsey Knudsen and Payton Rund won twice Friday in the single elimination round of the USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Championship, reaching the quarterfinals before bowing out in a tightly-contested three-set match at Hermosa Beach.
Knudsen and Rund finished third in the top-ranked Pool A, slotting them into a play-in match for the Round of 16. There, they swept Crissy Jones and Tia Scambray of Washington, 21-19, 21-19, to get into the Final 16.
They advanced to the quarterfinals with another victory in the afternoon, this time beating West Coast Conference rivals Deahna Kraft and Anika Wilson of Pepperdine in three sets, 21-19, 12-21, 15-10.