Saturday Split at Alki Beach Invitational

Saturday, April 18

Seattle, WA

12:30 PM

University of Oregon

Portland

Photo by: Rian Yamasaki

04/18/26 | Women's Beach Volleyball

Oregon (17-16) now turns its attention to next week's MPSF Championship.

SEATTLE, Wash. – The Oregon beach volleyball team split a pair of matches Saturday at the Alki Beach Invitational marking the end of the regular season. The Ducks swept Portland in their opener before a tight 3-2 setback to host and No. 19 Washington.

With Saturday's split, the Ducks finish the regular season with a 17-16 record heading into next week's MPSF Championship (April 22-24, B1G+) in Huntington Beach, Calif. Tournament seedings are set to be announced later this weekend.

Bella Gamache and Liz Rossi generated the Ducks' first point of the day with a victory at the top of the lineup, followed by respective sweeps by Landree Coats and Natasha George at No. 5 pairs, and Daley McClellan and Elsa Snipes on court three to clinch the opener.

The win by McClellan and Snipes was the duo's 17^th of the year, moving them second place on the UO single-season list.

Oregon completed the dual sweep of Portland with victories at No. 4 and 2 pairs, respectively, without dropping a set on any of the five courts. The win was the program's 24^th consecutive over the Pilots.

McClellan and Snipes picked up another win at No. 3 pairs to start the scoring against the 19^th-ranked Huskies. The Oregon duo completed their 4-0 weekend with a 22-20, 21-19 score to give the Ducks an early 1-0 lead.

Washington answered with a sweep of its own on court two to pull even at 1-all. The remaining three duals in play were all decided in three sets.

After the weekend host took a 2-1 lead, Coats and George secured UO's second point with a 21-19, 11-21, 15-12 result at the No. 5 spot in the lineup. The third set was tied 10-10 but Coats and George won five of the last seven points to end the match.

The No. 1 pairs was the last court in play. The Huskies jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the third frame but Gamache and Rossi got as close as two—down 11-9—late in the set. However, the UW pair of Emma Hohenauer and Katarina Pantovic scored the last four points to end the dual.

Match 32: Oregon 5, Portland 0
1: Gamache/Rossi (ORE) def. Freytag/Larsson (UP) – 21-15, 21-18
2: Fife/Slojkowski (ORE) def. Incitti/Mercer (UP) – 21-15, 21-16
3: McClellan/Snipes (ORE) def. Bruk/Ortiz (UP) – 21-10, 21-14
4: Bjornson/Taylor (ORE) def. Mitchell/Strati (UP) – 21-17, 21-19
5: Coats/George (ORE) def. Hildenbrand/Povey (UP) – 21-14, 21-16
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 3*, 4, 2

Match 33: #19 Washington 3, Oregon 2
1: Hohenauer/Pantovic (WASH) def. Gamache/Rossi (ORE) – 21-17, 19-21, 15-9
2: Tyus/Wilcock (WASH) def. Fife/Slojkowski (ORE) – 27-25, 21-17
3: McClellan/Snipes (ORE) def. Egan/Tomasova (WASH) – 22-20, 21-19
4: Brown/Hay (WASH) def. Bjornson/Taylor (ORE) – 18-21, 21-17, 15-9
5: Coats/George (ORE) def. Towne/Urzua (WASH) – 21-19, 11-21, 15-12
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 4, 5, 1*

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