LONG BEACH, Calif.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hosting for the first time in 2026, Beach Volleyball picked up a pair of wins against Southern opponents, winning 4-1 over UAB and 3-2 against No. 14 Stetson.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Against the Hatters, the Beach clinched the dual win after two hard fought battles from Tineke Hinton<\/a> and Demi\u00a0Wadgy\u00a0sent\u00a0both sets over 21 (22-20, 28-26) and Malia Gementera<\/a>\u00a0and Taylor Hagenah<\/a>\u00a0continued their strong start to the year with a 22-20, 21-15, win over EJ Cudmore and Julia\u00a0Radelczuk. Moving up a flight, Victoria Henkel<\/a> and Mahala Esser<\/a> also had a crucial win against Stetson, winning in the fourth flight 21-16, 21-19.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the first\u00a0match of the day\u00a0against\u00a0UAB (6-5), Long Beach State (7-2) won the dual 4-1 with key performances from\u00a0Gementera\u00a0and\u00a0Hagenah\u00a0in the\u00a0top flight\u00a0and Kiara Edwards<\/a> and Savannah Standage<\/a> clinching the\u00a0dual in the third flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tournament play continues tomorrow with six more matches of action starting at 8:30. In their action, the\u00a0Beach will play No. 9 LMU (6-4)\u00a0at 12:15 p.m.\u00a0and Santa Clara (6-2)\u00a0at 2:45 p.m.\u00a0to close the Long Beach State Invitational\u00a0at the\u00a0Long\u00a0Beach\u00a0City\u00a0College\u00a0KLAC Beach Volleyball Complex.<\/p>\n #11 Long Beach State\u00a04, UAB\u00a01<\/p>\n 1)\u00a0Malia Gementera<\/a>\/Taylor Hagenah<\/a> (LBSU) def.\u00a0Olivia Stant\/\u00a0Jasmine Haas\u00a0(UAB) 21-13, 21-14<\/p>\n 2)\u00a0Tineke Hinton<\/a>\/Demi Wagdy<\/a> (LBSU) def. Sadie Sharpe\/Pien Grooters (UAB) 21-19, 21-12<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0Kiara Edwards<\/a>\/Savannah Standage<\/a> (LBSU) def. Lauren Cairo\/Claudia Stockard (UAB) 21-19, 21-16<\/p>\n 4)\u00a0Ava Grace Knott\/Olivia\u00a0Chychrun\u00a0(UAB)\u00a0def. Kealoha Phillips<\/a>\/Brooke Birch<\/a> (LBSU) 21-13, 21-15<\/p>\n 5)\u00a0Victoria Henkel<\/a>\/Mahala Esser<\/a> (LBSU) def.\u00a0Delaney Rich\/Ashley\u00a0Torsone\u00a0(UAB) 21-12, 21-12<\/p>\n Order of Finish:\u00a01, 4, 2, 5, 3<\/p>\n #11 Long Beach State\u00a03, #14 Stetson\u00a02<\/p>\n 1)\u00a0Malia Gementera<\/a>\/Taylor Hagenah<\/a> (LBSU) def.\u00a0EJ Cudmore\/Julia\u00a0Radelczuk\u00a0(STET) 22-20, 21-15<\/p>\n 2)\u00a0Tineke Hinton<\/a>\/Demi Wagdy<\/a> (LBSU) def.Maria Ozaeta\/Marta Carro (STET) 22-20, 28-26<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0Annina\u00a0Muukka\/Zoe\u00a0Flueckigen\u00a0(STET) def. Kiara Edwards<\/a>\/Savannah Standage<\/a> (LBSU) 14-21, 21-15, 16-14<\/p>\n 4)\u00a0Victoria Henkel<\/a>\/Mahala Esser<\/a> (LBSU) def.\u00a0Madeline Camp\/Cayla Sutton (STET) 21-16,21-19<\/p>\n 5)\u00a0Katie Camp\/Julia Czurylo (STET) def. Kealoha Phillips<\/a>\/Brooke Birch<\/a> (LBSU) 21-18, 21-19<\/p>\n Order of Finish:\u00a04, 1, 5, 2, 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hosting for the first time in 2026, Beach Volleyball picked up a pair of wins against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-210485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}