HUNTINGTON BEACH – The California beach volleyball team's No. 1 pair of Emma Donley and Portia Sherman broke their own program record for single-season pair wins as the eighth-ranked Golden Bears split a pair of duals at the 2026 MPSF Championships on Thursday at Spiker Beach.

Sherman and Donley registered a straight-set win over No. 20 Washington as part of Cal's 3-1 win over the Huskies. It marked the duo's 29^th win of the season, surpassing the program record of 28 they set last season.

The Bears' victory over Washington moved them into an elimination dual against No. 2 UCLA with a spot in the tournament semifinals on the line, and the Bruins came away with a 3-0 victory. The Bruins took the first set in all five matches but Cal pushed back on the Bruins, forcing three of the matches to go to a third set.

Cal will now wait for its NCAA Championship assignment on Sunday.

 
No. 5 seed California 3, No. 8 seed Washington 1
No. 1: Emma Donley/Portia Sherman (Cal) def. Emma Hohenauer/Katarina Pantovic, 21-7, 21-19
No. 2: Grace Hong/Marilu Pally (Cal) vs. Ella Tyus/Sarah Wilcock, 21-17, 18-21, unf.
No. 3: Niki Egan/Mariana Tomasova (UW) def. Mila Vugrincic/Jenna Colligan, 21-10, 21-18
No. 4: Gia Fisher/Ava Haughy (Cal) def. Mayamay Brown/Ellis Hay, 21-17, 21-17
No. 5: Bella Adishian/Mila Yarich (Cal) def. Avery Towne/Alina Urzua, 21-15, 21-17

No. 2 seed UCLA 3, No. 5 seed California 0
No. 1: Sally Perez/Maggie Boyd (UCLA) def. Emma Donley/Portia Sherman, 21-14, 21-19
No. 2: Kaley Mathews/Ensley Alden (UCLA vs. Grace Hong/Marilu Pally, 21-15, 19-21, 7-6 unf.
No. 3: Alexa Fernandez/Harper Cooper (UCLA) def. Mila Vugrnicic/Jenna Colligan, 21-16, 21-15
No. 4: Gia Fisher/Ava Haughy (Cal) vs. Ava Williamson/Jesse Dueck, 17-21, 21-16, 11-9, unf.
No. 5: Kenzie Brower/Mallory LaBreche (UCLA) def. Elle Evers/Bella Adishian, 21-13, 20-22, 15-10
 
 
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