No. 2 UCLA Advances to Winner’s Bracket Semifinal

Graduate student Devon Newberry and senior Peri Brennan put the first point on the board from court two with an easy 21-9, 21-13 win over Arizona’s Annie Kost and Hope Shannon.

Graduate student Jaden Whitmarsh and senior Tessa Van Winkle put UCLA up 2-0 with a hard-fought straight-set win on court four over Jess Horwath and Kate Phillips, 21-19, 21-19.

The Bruins’ pair of graduate student Lexy Denaburg and sophomore Maggie Boyd clinched the dual win over the Wildcats’ Abby Russell and Olivia McElroy, 21-11, 21-8. With the win, Denaburg tied the UCLA all-time career wins record of 128 established by Abby Van Winkle last year.

UP NEXT: The Bruins will face No. 3 and third-seeded Stanford tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. PT in a winner’s bracket semifinal live on the Pac-12 Networks. The Cardinal is 2-1 against the Bruins this year with its most-recent win over UCLA being at ASU in the Pac-12 South Invitational back on March 8 by a score of 3-2. In fact, all three of the duals this year have been decided by a 3-2 final.

No. 2 UCLA def. No. 18 Arizona, 3-0
Sun Devil Beach Volleyball Facility • Tempe, Ariz.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 • 10:15 AM
Records: UCLA (30-5), Arizona (20-11)
1. Lexy Denaburg/Maggie Boyd (UCLA) def. Abby Russell/Olivia McElroy (ARIZ) 21-11, 21-8
2. Devon Newberry/Peri Brennan (UCLA) def. Annie Kost/Hope Shannon (ARIZ) 21-9, 21-13
3. Kenzie Brower/Jessie Smith (UCLA) vs. Kylee Fitzsimmons/Grace Cook (ARIZ) 21-18, 4-3, truncated
4. Jaden Whitmarsh/Tessa Van Winkle (UCLA) def. Jess Horwath/Kate Phillips (ARIZ) 21-19, 21-19
5. Natalie Myszkowski/Ensley Alden (UCLA) vs. Ashlyn Zilliken/Miranda Erro (ARIZ) 11-9, truncated
Order of finish: 2, 4, 1*