{"id":229182,"date":"2026-03-20T22:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229182\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:16:08","slug":"beachbows-split-matches-to-kick-off-big-west-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229182\/","title":{"rendered":"BeachBows Split Matches To Kick Off Big West Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2014 The No. 13 University of Hawai&#8217;i beach volleyball team split a pair of matches on day one of the Big West Challenge at Rosie&#8217;s Dog Beach in Long Beach, Calif. The Rainbow Wahine (8-9) took down Sacramento State 4-1 in the opening match of the tournament, before falling to No. 11 Long Beach State 4-1 on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The BeachBows got back in the win column with a 4-1 win over Sacramento State to open up the Big West Challenge. The Rainbow Wahine raced out of the gates, grabbing three quick straight-set wins to clinch the dual. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/julia-lawrenz\/21729\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"21729\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Lawrenz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/izadora-stedile\/22584\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22584\" target=\"_blank\">Izadora Stedile<\/a> took down Hornets pair Reese Ampi and Ashlynn Archer 21-7, 21-13 at court one, while <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/sydney-miller\/21733\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"21733\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Miller<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/caprice-lorenzo\/21731\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"21731\" target=\"_blank\">Caprice Lorenzo<\/a> (21-13, 21-12) and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/sydney-amiatu\/21723\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"21723\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Amiatu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/sophie-buschmann\/21725\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"21725\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie Buschmann<\/a> (21-10, 21-15) quickly followed suit at courts three and four. After dropping the opening set 21-17 at court five, <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/emily-heintzelman\/22199\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22199\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Heintzelman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/kiera-cornman\/22198\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22198\" target=\"_blank\">Kiera Cornman<\/a> battled back to take set two 21-17 before sealing the deal 15-9 in set three. UH came one court short of a sweep as Sacramento State duo Victoria Marthaler and Aurora Bibolotti took court two 22-20, 14-21, 16-14 to prevent the sweep. UH improved to 9-0 all-time against the Hornets.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIn the second match of the day, the BeachBows\u00a0fell to the Beach in a loss that saw four of five courts extended to a a third set. UHtook an early lead with a straight-set victory at court one. Lawrenz and Stedile continued their strong season, winning 21-17, 21-18 against the Beach to improve to 12-4 as a pair this season (10-3 at the top flight).<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State, however,\u00a0brushed off the early deficit, taking the rest of the courts in three sets to complete the comeback victory. UH held set one leads at courts two and five 22-20 and 21-19, but later fell in the third set at both courts 15-8 and 17-15. The &#8216;Bows came back to tie up courts three and four after dropping the first set, but couldn&#8217;t finish the comeback in set three as the Beach claimed court three and court four 15-10 and 15-9. UH still leads LBSU 26-12 all-time, but the Beach have claimed three straight victories against the Rainbow Wahine.<\/p>\n<p>The BeachBows will commence day two of the three-day\u00a0Big West Challenge with matches vs. No. 3 Cal Poly (10:50 am HT) and CSU Bakersfield (1:10 pm HT) on Saturday.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHawai&#8217;i 4 Sacramento State 1<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n1.\u00a0Lawrenz\/Stedile (UH) def. Ampi\/Archer (SAC) 21-7, 21-13<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n2. Marthaler\/Bibolotti (SAC) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/julia-thelle\/21735\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"21735\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Thelle<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/sarah-burton\/21724\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"21724\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Burton<\/a> (UH) 22-20, 14-21, 16-14<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n3. Miller\/Lorenzo (UH) def. Kate Doorn\/Mia Guevara (SAC) 21-13, 21-12<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n4. Amiatu\/Buschmann (UH) def. Karlie Spohn\/Greta Davis (SAC) 21-10, 21-15<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n5.\u00a0Heintzelman\/Cornman (UH) def. Skyler Gartin\/Keonahi&#8217;ila Solaita (SAC) 17-21, 21-17, 15-9<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOrder of finish:\u00a01, 3, 4, 5, 2<\/p>\n<p>#11 Long Beach State 4 #13 Hawai&#8217;i 1\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n1.\u00a0Lawrenz\/Stedile (UH) def. Malia Gementera\/Taylor Hagenah (LBSU) 21-7, 21-18<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n2. Tineke Hinton\/Demi Wagdy (LBSU) def. Miller\/Lorenzo (UH) 20-22, 21-18, 15-8<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n3. Kiara Edwards\/Savannah Standage (LBSU) def. Kate Doorn\/Mia Guevara (UH) 21-12, 23-2, 15-10<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n4. Victoria Henkel\/Mahala Esser (LBSU) def. Amiatu\/Buschmann (UH) 21-17, 18-21, 15-9<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n5.\u00a0Kealoha Phillips\/Brooke Birch (LBSU) def. Heintzelman\/Cornman (UH) 19-21, 21-13, 17-15<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOrder of finish:\u00a01, 5, 4, 3, 2<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>#HawaiiBVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2014 The No. 13 University of Hawai&#8217;i beach volleyball team split&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-229182","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\/229182","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=229182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}