{"id":447049,"date":"2026-08-29T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T08:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/447049\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T08:18:11","slug":"wolves-split-beat-menlo-fall-to-11-fresno-pacific-during-day-two-of-sunbird-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/447049\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves split beat Menlo, fall to #11 Fresno Pacific during day two of Sunbird Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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\"University<\/p>\n

Next Match:<\/p>\n

vs. University of California, Merced<\/p>\n

8\/29\/2026 | 2 p.m.<\/p>\n


\n Aug. 29 (Sat) \/ 2 p.m. \n <\/p>\n

\"University<\/p>\n


\n vs.\u00a0University of California, Merced \n <\/p>\n

History <\/a><\/p>\n

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FRESNO, Calif. — The Western Oregon volleyball team picked up its first win of the 2026 season during Friday’s first matchup with Menlo 3-2 (25-12, 21-25, 25-17, 20-25, 15-11) before falling to 11th-ranked Fresno Pacific in the evening, 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-19), at the Sunbird Classic.<\/p>\n

In the five-set victory over Menlo (0-3), the Wolves (1-2) got 23 kills from Payton Davis<\/a> to lead the way with only four hitting errors to go along with three aces and 15 digs. Samantha Darby<\/a> had 43 assists while Kilinoelehua Helm<\/a> had a team-best 21 digs and four aaces.. Kate Markley<\/a> added 12 kills while Malena Mathis<\/a> had 10.<\/p>\n

In the loss to the Sunbirds (2-0), Davis paced WOU with 17 kills while Darby had a team-best 24 assists.<\/p>\n

The Wolves close out action at the event Saturday against UC Merced at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Next Match: vs. University of California, Merced 8\/29\/2026 | 2 p.m. Aug. 29 (Sat)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-447049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447049","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=447049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}