TCU
Hawaii-Pacific
TCU Blanks Hawaii Pacific, 5-0
3/11/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Beach Volleyball
FORT WORTH, Texas - For the third time this season, the TCU beach volleyball team swept its match 5-0 with a victory over Hawaii Pacific on Friday afternoon in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Horned Frogs (3-1) were dominant from the very first point against the Sharks (0-1) and took four of the five matches played in straight sets.
The most one-sided victories of the day came on courts three and four as the pairings only allowed a combined 10 and 11 points, respectively over the two sets. Jaelyn Greene and Jillian Bergeson remained undefeated on court three with a 21-5, 21-5 win, while Molly Scheel and Ariah Palter down their foe, 21-4, 21-7.
Quotes from the Match
Head Coach Erik Peterson
Opening Statement
"We are very fortunate to be able to travel out here and compete against a team that has the history that Hawaii Pacific does. I am really happy with the performance that we showed in this morning's match. We were definitely hungry to get out there and compete and I think we were able to go out and execute consistently"
On training in Hawaii this past week
"The weather has really been crazy this week, so it has really been an extremely good environment to train in and get out of our comfort zone. We were able to really apply those lessons that we learned this week to today's match. I think we really handled the ball well today and there was some pretty unforgiving winds and our girls really handled it and were able to work with it and use it to our advantage. Tomorrow we will make adjustments sooner out of the gate and that will help us start out stronger."
On what matches stood out today
"Our first round of matches really set the tone for the day. Our No. 4 and No. 5 pairs came out strong and never let off the gas. The rest of the teams were really able to jump out and keep the momentum going after that."
Match Results
TCU vs Hawaii Pacific
March 11, 2016 at Honolulu, Hawaii
(Queen's Beach)
TCU 5, Hawaii Pacific 0
1. Michelle McNamee/Sarita Mikals (TCU): 21-14, 21-10
2. Shane Peters/Olivia Canales (TCU): 17-21, 21-17, 15-11
3. Jaelyn Greene/Jillian Bergeson (TCU): 21-5, 21-5
4. Molly Scheel/Ariah Palter (TCU): 21-4, 21-7
5. Clare Ford/Blaire Pickens (TCU): 21-10, 21-8
Match Notes:
TCU: 3-1
Hawaii Pacific: 0-1
Up Next
TCU will continue competition in Hawaii as they face off with Chaminade and the host Rainbow Wahine of Hawaii on Saturday at 3 p.m., and 7 p.m., CT, respectively, at Queen's Beach in Honolulu.
