SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. \u2013\u00a0On the final day of the Center of Effort Challenge, eight-ranked TCU beach volleyball fell to No. 1 Stanford and No. 9 Cal on Saturday at Swanson Beach Volleyball Courts.
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\nMATCH ONE – No. 8 TCU 1, No. 1 Stanford 4<\/p>\n
The day opened for TCU against the top-ranked Cardinal, and the Horned Frogs battled before eventually falling for the second time this season.
\u00a0 The Horned Frogs started fast but ultimately faltered in a loss to ninth-ranked Cal to close out the weekend tournament.
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TCU returns home on Friday, April 17, at 2 p.m. to face Stephen F. Austin on Senior Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. \u2013\u00a0On the final day of the Center of Effort Challenge, eight-ranked TCU beach volleyball…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-246363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nStanford took four of the first sets, with TCU’s lone first set victory leading to a sweep for Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a> and Morgan Williams<\/a>.
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\nAfter the cardinal took Flights 1 and 2 by way of a sweep, TCU forced third sets at 3 and 5 to keep things interesting.
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\nTo clinch the match, the Cardinal prevailed 16-14 in the third set on court 3, and closed out the victory with a win at 5.
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\nQUICK HITS<\/p>\n
\n\tTCU now leads the series with Stanford 5-4.
\n\tThe Horned Frogs used the same lineup for the third consecutive match.
\n\tTCU is now 4-5 in rematches this season.
\n\tMorgan Williams<\/a> and Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a> earned their third win of the weekend together, the only 3-0 Horned Frog pair.
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\nRESULTS
\nKelly Belardi and Avery Jackson (STAN) def. Elea Beutel<\/a> and Kaitlyn Bradley<\/a> (TCU), 21-15, 21-9
\nBrooke Rockwell and Ruby Sorra (STAN) def. Stacy Reeves<\/a> and Anhelina Khmil<\/a> (TCU), 21-18, 21-15
\nCharlotta Bell and Logan Tusher (STAN) def. Anna Long<\/a> and Natalie Glenn<\/a> (TCU), 21-14, 15-21, 16-14
\nMorgan Williams<\/a> and Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a> (TCU) def. Indigo Clarke and Clara Stowell (STAN), 21-15, 24-22
\nElena Fisher and Chloe Hoffman (STAN) def. Hannah Taylor<\/a> and Melina Mol<\/a> (TCU), 21-12, 16-21, 15-10
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\nMATCH TWO \u2013 No. 8 TCU 1, No. 9 Cal 4<\/p>\n
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\nTCU took three of five first sets, winning at 3-5. On the two courts they lost the first set, the Horned Frog pairs got swept to face an early 2-0 deficit.
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\nThe Frogs would not go away easily, as Hannah Taylor<\/a> and Melina Mol<\/a> took a sweep at the 5s. Cal would force a third set at Flight 3 and 4, which they would win to cement the final score.
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\nQUICK HITS<\/p>\n
\n\tThis was TCU’s first ever loss to Cal, as it fell to 4-1 all-time.
\n\tThe Horned Frogs changed up the lineup for the first time of the weekend at the 1s and 2s.
\n\tTCU didn’t win at the 1s for the fifth consecutive match.
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\nRESULTS
\nEmma Donley and Portia Sherman (CAL) def. Stacy Reeves<\/a> and Anhelina Khmil<\/a> (TCU), 21-19, 21-14
\nGrace Hong and Marilu Pally (CAL) def. Elea Beutel<\/a> and Adriana Serrano Ferro<\/a> (TCU), 21-18, 21-13
\nMila Vugrincic and Jenna Colligan (CAL) def. Anna Long<\/a> and Natalie Glenn<\/a> (TCU), 21-23, 21-17, 15-13
\nGia Fisher and Ava Haughy (CAL) def. Morgan Williams<\/a> and Sofia Izuzquiza<\/a> (TCU), 17-21, 25-23, 15-11
\nHannah Taylor<\/a> and Melina Mol<\/a> (TCU) def. Bella Adishian and Mila Yarich (CAL), 21-13, 21-15<\/p>\n
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