Rallies Fall Short During Bay Finale

Saturday, March 2

Stanford, CA

12:00 PM

University of Oregon

Saint Mary's (California)

03/02/24 | Women's Beach Volleyball

Jensen Kaelin and Ashley Schroeder were 2-0 at No. 3 pairs Saturday.

STANFORD, Calif. – The Oregon beach volleyball team dropped a pair of down-to-the-final-court duals Saturday, falling to Saint Mary's (Calif.) and San Jose State on the final day of the Battle of the Bay. The Ducks' No. 3 pair of Jensen Kaelin and Ashley Schroeder were 2-0 on the day.

Match 1 | Saint Mary's 3, Oregon 2

The Gaels jumped out to a 2-0 match lead before Oregon mounted a comeback with victories on courts three and one, respectively, to pull even. However, the SMC duo of Nya Crump and Paolo Peralta got a three-set win at No. 5 pairs to secure the dual.

Kaelin and Schroeder posted a 22-20, 21-9 win over Angie Bour and Allie Cataldo to register the Ducks' first point of the day, and the duo's first victory of the season. In a three-set matchup, Daley McClellan and Alina Valenti topped Sedona Sherman and Sadie Shipman at the top spot in the lineup to tie things up.

Presley McCaskill and Isabel Patterson took the first set against Crump and Peralta before the SMC duo rallied to give its team the victory.

1: Daley McClellan/Alina Valenti (UO) def. Sedona Sherman/Sadie Shipman (SMC) – 21-14, 13-21, 15-11
2: Hannah Couch/Hawley Harrer (SMC) def. Landree Coats/Bella Gamache (UO) – 21-15, 21-17
3: Jensen Kaelin/Ashley Schroeder (UO) def. Angie Bour/Allie Cataldo (SMC) – 22-20, 21-9
4: Karmin Brown/AJ Slojkowski (SMC) def. Sophie Gregoire/Skylar Kelly (UO) – 21-18, 21-13
5: Nya Crump/Paola Peralta (SMC) def. Presley McCaskill/Isabel Patterson (UO) – 18-21, 21-19, 15-10
Order of Finish – 2, 4, 3, 1, 5

Match 2 | San Jose State 3, Oregon 2

Playing up a spot at No. 4 and shaking off the disappointment of the end of the previous dual, McCaskill and Patterson answered with a 21-17, 18-21, 15-7 triumph against San Jose State. The point evened the match score at 1-all after SJSU took the opening match of the first wave. McCaskill and Patterson have a team-high three wins as a pair.

San Jose State regained its lead at 2-1 when a sweep on court five but it was the Kaelin-Schroeder team that squared things back up with a 21-19, 21-12 win at the No. 3 pairs. As Oregon (1-7) was pulling even, however, the SJSU pair of Teila Allen and Cheyenne Rice had a 10-4 lead in the third over McClellan and Valenti.

The Ducks couldn't overcome the late-set deficit and San Jose State clinched the dual at the No. 1 spot.

1: Teila Allen/Cheyenne Rice (SJSU) def. Daley McClellan/Alina Valenti (UO) – 15-21, 22-20, 15-8
2: Jada Hall/Jaida Ward (SJSU) def. Landree Coats/Bella Gamache (UO) – 21-16, 21-17
3: Jensen Kaelin/Ashley Schroeder (UO) def. Siena Brewster/Tessa Rogers (SJSU) – 21-19, 21-12
4: Presley McCaskill/Isabel Patterson (UO) def. Alexandra Dale/Meredith Scott (SJSU) – 21-17, 18-21, 15-7
5: Shirley Morrison/Anna Salmon (SJSU) def. Lolo Folau/Valerie Peterson (UO) – 21-15, 21-12
Order of Finish – 2, 4, 5, 3, 1

Up Next: Oregon next travels to Tempe, Ariz., for the Pac-12 South Invitational (March 8-10). The Ducks will start their competition on day two against UCLA and Stanford. The South Invitational will air on the Pac-12 Networks.

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