Paul Dye
Bryce Bark, right, and Olivia Rodberg defeated a pair from Oregon before falling at the Pac-12 Championships.
BVB4/28/2017 7:55 PM | By: Cal Athletics
Bears Get First-Ever Wins In Pac-12 Pairs
TUCSON, Ariz. – The Cal beach volleyball program registered its first-ever wins at the Pac-12 Pairs Championships on Saturday at the Arizona Sand Volleyball Courts.
The Bears captured a pair of play-in matches, with 15
th-seeded
Bryce Bark and
Olivia Rodberg defeating No. 18 Taylor Agost and August Raskie of Oregon, 21-14, 21-15. Cal's
Grace Campbell and
Nicole Anderson, the 16
th-seeded pair in the field, beat No. 17 Carly Trueman and Bailey Choy of Utah, 21-10, 22-20.
Both pairs' run came to an end in the following round. Bark and Rodberg lost to second-seeded Kamila Tan and Madi Yeomans of UCLA, 21-18, 21-13. Campbell and Anderson fell to No. 1 seed Sara Hughes and Kelly Claes, 21-5, 21-7.
The Bears closed out the team competition of the Pac-12 Championships on Thursday, finishing the season with a record of 13-12.
Cal, which was ranked No. 20 nationally in the final DiG Magazine poll of the regular season, doesn't lose any seniors for the 2018 season and welcomes a deep and talented recruiting class in the fall. Cal rose to as high as No. 11 in the national rankings this season.
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