{"id":218773,"date":"2026-03-13T23:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218773\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:09:07","slug":"no-16-beach-volleyball-falls-in-back-and-forth-ranked-matches-to-open-stanford-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218773\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 16 Beach Volleyball Falls In Back-And-Forth Ranked Matches To Open Stanford Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

STANFORD, Calif. \u2013 No. 16-ranked North Florida Beach Volleyball dropped a pair of ranked matches at the Stanford Invitational on Friday.\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida fell to No. 18 Washington, 3-2, and No. 11 Long Beach State, 4-1.\u00a0\u00a0
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\nAfter Washington commanded the early lead with a win on the four line, junior Cameron Humphries<\/a> and senior Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> tied the score with a 21-17, 21-17 win at the two position. Washington added wins at the three and five line to clinch the match. Senior Presley Murray<\/a> and redshirt junior Sophia Notaro<\/a> turned in a three-set win, 21-18, 21-23, 15-12 at the one line.\u00a0
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\nSenior pair Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a> and Madison Espy<\/a> responded to a first-set loss to earn a three-set win, 15-21, 21-16, 15-13, against Long Beach State. Long Beach State secured the match with wins at the one, two, four and five line.\u00a0\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida returns for the second day of the Stanford Invitational, where it will battle Houston Christian at 11 a.m. and host No. 2 Stanford at 3 p.m. ET.\u00a0
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\nNO. 16 NORTH FLORIDA 2, NO. 18 WASHINGTON 3
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Presley Murray<\/a>\/Sophia Notaro<\/a> (UNF) def. Emma Hohenauer\/Katarina Pantovic (UW), 21-18, 21-23, 15-12
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> (UNF) def. Niki Egan\/Mariana Tomasova (UW), 21-17, 21-17
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ella Tyus\/Sarah Wilcock (UW) def. Madison Espy<\/a>\/Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a> (UNF), 13-21, 21-14, 15-6
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mayamay Brown\/Ellis Hay (UW) def. Natalie Villalon<\/a>\/Samantha Crosby<\/a> (UNF), 21-15, 21-11
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Avery Towne\/Alina Urzua (UW) def. Kamryn McDonald<\/a>\/Ally Bunch<\/a> (UNF), 21-11, 21-19
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\nNO. 16 NORTH FLORIDA 1, NO. 11 LONG BEACH STATE 4
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Malia Gementera\/Taylor Hagenah (LBSU) def. Presley Murray<\/a>\/Sophia Notaro<\/a> (UNF), 21-15, 21-17
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kiara Edwards\/Savannah Standage (LBSU) def. Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> (UNF), 21-19, 21-13
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Madison Espy<\/a>\/Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a> (UNF) def. Demi Wagdy\/Madi Maxwell (LBSU), 15-21, 21-16, 15-13
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Victoria Henkel\/Mahala Esser (LBSU) def. Natalie Villalon<\/a>\/Samantha Crosby<\/a> (UNF), 21-15, 21-16
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kealoha Phillips\/Brooke Birch (LBSU) def. Eden Anderson<\/a>\/Ally Bunch<\/a> (UNF), 21-19, 24-22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STANFORD, Calif. \u2013 No. 16-ranked North Florida Beach Volleyball dropped a pair of ranked matches at the Stanford…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-218773","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\/218773","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=218773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}