Utah Beach Volleyball Falls to Nebraska

Sunday, March 19

Honolulu, Hawaii

TBD

University of Utah

Nebraska

3/19/2017 8:59 PM | Beach Volleyball

The Utes close out competition in Hawaii

HONOLULU – The Utah beach volleyball team faced Nebraska to close out competition in Honolulu on Sunday. The Utah Utes fell 5-0 to the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Queen's Beach.

Utah's top duo, Adora Anae and Dani Barton, fell 2-0 to Justine Wong-Orantes and Andie Malloy. In the No. 2 position, Bailey Choy and Eliza Katoa battled tough in three sets, but fell to Annika Albrecht and Olivia Boender, 2-1.

Both the No. 3 and No. 4 positions for the Utes went to three sets also, but could not come out with the win, falling 2-1. The Utes' No. 3 duo, Torre Glasker and Carly Trueman, fell to Kelly Hunter and Lauren Stivrins, while Tawnee Luafalemana and Brianna Doehrmann fell to Kenzie Maloney and Mikaela Foecke in the No. 4 position.

In the No. 5 position, Berkeley Oblad and Emily Twohig fell 2-0 to Brooke Smith and Sydney Townsend.

Utah will be back on the sand to compete at the Pac-12 Championships in Tucson, Ariz. The conference tournament will begin Friday, April 28.