UCLA upset top-seeded USC twice in the Pac-12 championships to claim its second Pac-12 crown at UCLA’s Mapes Beach. UCLA went 4-0 on Pac-12 championship weekend, defeating Washington (3-0), Arizona (3-0), USC (3-1), and USC (3-2).
UCLA clinched the championship at the No. 5 pair, with Rileigh Powers and Jaden Whitmarsh winning a tightly contested second set 21-17, 23-21, sending the Bruins into a celebratory frenzy.
The Bruins have won the Pac-12 title in 2018 and 2021, with USC winning in 2016 and 2017.
The final Pac-12 conference tournament standings are: 1. UCLA, 2. USC, 3. Stanford, 4. Cal, 5. (tie), Arizona, 5. (tie) Arizona State, 7. (tie) Washington, 7. (tie) Oregon, 7. (tie). Utah.
UCLA coach Stein Metzger and his Bruins were happy to get the pair of wins over USC after three previous losses this year.
“We got two really big wins in the 2s, with Lea Monkhouse and Devon Newberry,” Metzger said. “They did not get all-tournament, but if there was an All-Sunday team, it was certainly them.”
The six pairs who were awarded Pac-12 All-Tournament honors:
Jordan Polo and Ainsley Radell, Cal
Emmy Sharp and Amelia Smith, Stanford
Abby Van Winkle and Lindsey Sparks, UCLA
Rileigh Powers and Jaden Whitmarsh, UCLA
Tina Graudina and Megan Kraft, USC
Joy Dennis and Delaynie Maple, USC
UCLA is the top seed for this week’s National College Beach Championship. Enjoy our photo gallery from the Pac-12 weekend:
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- USC’s Nicole Nouse makes a diving save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Caroline Schafer tries to play a dig over/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Audrey Nourse gets an open net/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Utah’s Olivia Teerlink chases down a shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Sunny Villapando watches the ball after a running save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal celebrates the dual win/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Charlie Ekstrom bounces a set/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- UCLA’s Lea Monkhouse brings up a net serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Maya Harvey runs down a ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Hailey Harward stretches for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Washington’s Shayne McPherson digs a Savvy Simo spike/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- ASU’s Emily Anderson plays a lefty savve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Tina Graudina prepares to serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Maddie Dailey (left) and Jordan McKinney celebrate/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- UCLA’s Savvy Simo takes advantage of the open net/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Mima Mirkovic celebrates/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Washington’s Shayne McPherson goes all out for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Delaynie Maple celebrates with Joy Dennis/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Hailey Harward picks up a shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- ASU’s Emily Anderson saves a ball out of the net/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- UCLA’s Rileigh Powers digs up a net serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- UCLA’s Lexy Denaburg chases a dig near USC coach Laurel Weaver as Haley Hallgren tries to pull her out of harm’s way/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Jordan McKinney extends for the dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Washington’s Hannah Yerex digs/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- UCLA’s Devon Newberry celebrates a block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Oregon’s Carly Wallace (left) and Madelyn LaFollette communicate on the middle ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Ainsley Radell (left) jousts with Stanford’s Maya Harvey/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Sammy Slater tries to get to the dig through Julia Scoles/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Mima Mirkovic throws sand in celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Maya Gessner chases a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Utah’s Grace Anders hits the sand/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Jordan Polo and Ainsley Radell vie for the middle serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- The Cal bench joins Jordan Polo and Ainsley Radell in celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Maya Harvey has an emotional win/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- UCLA’s Lea Monkhouse lays out for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Charlie Ekstrom releases her emotions/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- UCLA dogpiles Jaden Whitmarsh and Rileigh Powers/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Sunny Villapando chases down the cut/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Tina Graudina and Megan Kraft celebrate/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Megan Kraft’s hair flips over in celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Xolani Hodel goes with the jump back pokey/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Mima Mirkovic scrambles for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Tina Graudina celebrates a block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Arizona’s Alana Rennie makes an athletic save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Caroline Schafer celebrates a Cal block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Megan Kraft hits at the retreating blocker/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Mima Mirkovic stretches for the save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- The UCLA bench begins the celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- ASU’s Lexi Sweeney makes a one-handed save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Hailey Harward makes a splash/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Caroline Schafer strains for the dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Xolani Hodel comes off the block to dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Jaden Whitmarsh celebrates a kill/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Arizona’s Dana Parker makes a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Arizona defender Alana Rennie gets an open net/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
This happened last weekend. It’s not news.