After splitting their first four games, the Cal Poly Beach Volleyball team bounced back at the Sun Devil Classic in Tempe, AZ on Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8.
The No. 6 ranked Mustangs (6-2) took on the University of Arizona (5-5) and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (6-5, 2-0 Southland) on the first day of the tournament and Coastal Carolina (4-8, 1-1 Sun Belt) and No. 10 Arizona State (7-6) on the second day.
Cal Poly won all four matches, sweeping Texas A&M – Corpus Christi and Coastal Carolina and beating both University of Arizona and No. 10 Arizona State 4-1.
For the Mustangs, the new No. 1 and No. 2 pairings of senior Piper Ferch and sophomore Erin Inskeep and junior Izzy Martinez and sophomore Logan Walter went undefeated this weekend.
Ferch and Inskeep didn’t drop a single set, while Martinez and Walker dropped just one set against the Sun Devils.
Total, the Mustangs only dropped four sets all weekend, and three of those lost sets came against No. 10 Arizona State.
After the dominant weekend, Ferch and Inskeep, who broke the program record for wins from a pair last season with 32, move to 6-2, while the new pairing of Martinez and Walker move to 7-1 on the season.
Senior Madi Nichols and sophomore Quinn Perry went 2-2 on the weekend to bring their total record to 4-4. Sophomore Katie Clevenger and redshirt junior Ella Connor played the first three matches together and won all three to bring their total record to 5-2.
In the match against No. 10 Arizona State, Connor would pair up with graduate student Lindsey Sparks and they would get the win.
Cal Poly has now built some momentum as they come home to the Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex for the Mustang Roundup as the Mustangs welcome San Jose State, Grand Canyon University, UC Davis and Houston Christian to the Central Coast on Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16.