No. 7 bears divided on Friday duals

BVB14.01.2025 11:47 pm | By: Cal athletics

Cal Tops No. 19 fiu, falls on the No. 8 FSU

Manhattan Beach – The California Beach Volleyball team No. 7 divided two duals on Friday to open the Ost -West -Invitational. The Golden Bears dropped the first game of the weekend in Florida State 3-2 in Florida State before he came back to defeat No. 19 FIU with 4: 1.

The bears experienced a little déjà vu against the seminols when they dropped their third game in a row in the last set of the competition. The two teams exchanged blows, with the FSU answering the first game in every flight and Cal every time.

After Florida State had won four in court to start the day Sierra Caffo and junior Gia Fisher Got the bears on the board with a straight set win in the two-point win. The Seminols recovered the lead with a victory at the 1 and Cal reacted with a come from heart Alexandria Young-Gomez and junior Marilu Pally.

Everything came in court five, where the bears won the first set and had a lead in the second, but the FSU turned around a corner and went on the barrel to force a tie -breaker and finally win the last sentence of the dual.

Cal returned to the victory column to end the day and defeat the Panthers for the third victory of the season.

Fisher and Caffo were the first out of the sand and won again in two sets to improve to 2-0 during the day. The Court Four couple doctoral student Christine Deroos and junior Jenna Colligan Sounded his first set, but jumped back to force a third to force the two of them at extra points. The clincher came to court with seniors Ella Dreibholz And Ella Sears Get your first victory of the day.

No. 8 Florida State – 3, No. 7 Cal – 2

1. Durish/Koenig (FSU) Def. Donley/Sherman (CAL) 21-17, 21-15
2. Fisher/Caffo (CAL) Def. Andrew/Trust (FSU) 21-19, 23-21
3 .. Pally/Young-Gomez (CAL) Def. Filimaua/Flaherty (FSU) 17-21, 21-15, 15-12
4. Higgins/Sassack (FSU) Def. Colligan/Deroos (CAL) 21-17, 21-15
5. Wolfe/Massey (FSU) Def. Sears/Dribholz (CAL) 25-27, 21-19, 15-9
Order of the finish: 4, 2, 1, 3, 5*

No. 7 Cal – 4, No. 19 Fiu – 1

1. Donley/Sherman (Cal) Def. Gray/bird (fiu) 21-18, 21-12
2. Fisher/Caffo (CAL) Def. Panko/Sanchez (FIU) 21-18, 21-12
3. Drodz/Luoma (Fiu) Def. Pally/Young-Gomez (CAL) 21-15, 21-18
4. Colligan/Deroos (CAL) Def. Cahill/Brown (FIU) 15-21, 21-10, 16-14
5. Sears/dribholz (CAL) Def. Chudzik/Heflin 21-7, 22-20
Order of the finish: 2, 4, 5*, 3, 1