HERMOSA, Calif. – Two Dons duos advanced to the third-place game in their respective pairs brackets at the USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate Challenge on Sunday at Hermosa Beach Pier.
USF's No 2 pairing of Jurja Vlasic and Katarina Pilepic rallied to knock off Jenelle Hudson and Zoi Konstantopoulou of Long Beach State in the quarterfinals of the Gold Bracket. The Dons eventually fell to 49er pair Nele Barber and Rachel Nieto in the third place game.
After suffering a loss yesterday in the first round of the gold bracket, Oluoma Okaro and Sara Staengle bounced back in consolation play, swiftly defeating a pair of foes from Concordia to sweep to the top of the consolation bracket.