{"id":251333,"date":"2026-04-04T07:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251333\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:56:09","slug":"no-4-usc-beach-volleyball-takes-down-no-10-long-beach-state-no-6-cal-poly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251333\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 4 USC Beach Volleyball Takes Down No. 10 Long Beach State, No. 6 Cal Poly"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. \u2013 No. 4 USC Beach Volleyball (23-4) kicked off the first day of the Best in the West tournament in Laguna Beach, grabbing wins over No. 10 Long Beach State and No. 6 Cal Poly. With these wins, USC now goes 23-4 on the season and 9-4 against opponents ranked in the top 10.
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\nMATCH #26: No. 4 USC def. No. 10 Long Beach State, 3-2
\nRECORDS: USC (22-4), Long Beach State (18-7)
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\nThe 5s put the first point on the board for the Trojans as Kyra Zaengle<\/a> and Calinda Kok<\/a> secured a two-set victory against Madi Collins and Victoria Henkel, winning 21-16, 21-14. In the No. 3 spot, Bella Satterwhite<\/a> and Kerry Keefe<\/a> faced a tough challenge, falling to Kiara Edwards and Savannah Standage, 21-15, 21-19, allowing Long Beach State to toie the dual at 1-1.
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\nThe No. 2 flight saw Ashley Pater<\/a> and Kennedy Coakley<\/a> take down Tineke Hinton and Demi Wagdy in straight sets, 21-19, 21-11, to put USC up 2-1 in the dual. Alana Embry<\/a> and Quincy Stephens<\/a> followed that up in the fourth flight by clinching the dual with a decisive performance over Kealoha Phillips and Brooke Birch, winning 21-18, 21-16.
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\nIn the first flight, Malia Gementera and Taylor Hagenah of Long Beach State outlasted Zoey Henson<\/a> and Sarah Wood<\/a> in a three-set battle, 21-19, 26-28, 15-12, after the decision had already been made.
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\nRESULTS
\n1. Malia Gementera\/Taylor Hagenah (LBSU) def. Zoey Henson<\/a>\/Sarah Wood<\/a> (USC); 21-19, 26-28, 15-12
\n2. Ashley Pater<\/a>\/Kennedy Coakley<\/a> (USC) def. Tineke Hinton\/Demi Wagdy (LBSU); 21-19, 21-11
\n3. Kiara Edwards\/Savannah Standage (LBSU) def. Bella Satterwhite<\/a>\/Kerry Keefe<\/a> (USC); 21-15, 21-19
\n4. Alana Embry<\/a>\/Quincy Stephens<\/a> (USC) def. Kealoha Phillips and Brooke Birch (LBSU); 21-18, 21-16
\n5. Kyra Zaengle<\/a>\/Calinda Kok<\/a> (USC) def. Madi Collins\/Victoria Henkel (LBSU); 21-16, 21-14
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\nMATCH #27: No. 4 USC def. No. 6 Cal Poly, 3-2
\nRECORDS: USC (23-4), Cal Poly (20-4)
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\nThe second flight was the first to finish as Izzy Martinez and Logan Walter of Cal Poly secured the first point of the dual. They defeated USC’s Zoey Henson<\/a> and Sarah Wood<\/a> in straight sets, 21-15, 21-13.
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\nUSC answered quickly, as No. 1 Ashley Pater<\/a> and Kennedy Coakley<\/a> overcame Ella Connor and Erin Inskeep of Cal Poly by scores of 23-21, 21-17. Pater and Coakley’s performance tied the dual at 1-1.
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\nFrom there, Bella Satterwhite<\/a> and Kerry Keefe<\/a> got the job done in the third spot, taking down Cal Poly’s Quinn Perry and Ashleigh Adams in straight sets, 21-17, 23-21.
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\nThat’s when Kyra Zaengle<\/a> and Calinda Kok<\/a> clinched the dual for the Trojans with a three-set battle against Peyton Dueck and Bailey Showalter<\/a> of Cal Poly. After dropping the first set 21-14, Zaengle and Kok rallied back to take the next two sets, 21-13 and 15-11, securing the decisive point on the fifth court.
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\nAfter the decision, the No. 4 flight featured a three-set battle where Cal Poly’s Julia Westby and Elise Lenahan edged out Alana Embry<\/a> and Quincy Stephens<\/a> of the Trojans, 23-25, 21-16, 15-11.
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\nRESULTS
\n1. Ashley Pater<\/a>\/Kennedy Coakley<\/a> (USC) def. Ella Connor\/Erin Inskeep (CP); 23-21, 21-17
\n2. Izzy Martinez\/Logan Walter (CP) def. Zoey Henson<\/a>\/Sarah Wood<\/a> (USC); 21-15, 21-13
\n3. Bella Satterwhite<\/a>\/Kerry Keefe<\/a> (USC) def. Quinn Perry\/Ashleigh Adams (CP); 21-17, 23-21
\n4. Julia Westby\/Elise Lenahan (CP) def. Alana Embry<\/a>\/Quincy Stephens<\/a> (USC); 23-25, 21-16, 15-11
\n5. Kyra Zaengle<\/a>\/Calinda Kok<\/a> (USC) def. Peyton Dueck\/Bailey Showalter<\/a> (CP); 14-21, 21-13, 15-11
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\nUP NEXT
\nUSC will return to Main Beach to take on two of the best teams in the NCAA, first facing No. 1 Stanford, followed by No. 2 UCLA. The first match will take place at 9:30 a.m., with the second match of the day taking place at 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. \u2013 No. 4 USC Beach Volleyball (23-4) kicked off the first day of the Best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-251333","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\/251333","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=251333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}