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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- Cal celebrates the dual win/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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- Cal’s Ainsley Radell (left) jousts with Stanford’s Maya Harvey/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Maya Harvey runs down a ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Arizona’s Dana Parker makes a dig/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 Sammy Slater tries to get to the dig through Julia Scoles/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Mima Mirkovic stretches for the save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- ASU’s Emily Anderson plays a lefty savve/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 Maddie Dailey (left) and Jordan McKinney celebrate/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Nicole Nouse makes a diving save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Caroline Schafer strains for the 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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- UCLA’s Lea Monkhouse lays out for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- UCLA’s Devon Newberry celebrates a block/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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- 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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- USC’s Tina Graudina prepares to serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Sunny Villapando chases down the cut/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Caroline Schafer celebrates a Cal block/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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- Jaden Whitmarsh celebrates a kill/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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- USC’s Hailey Harward picks up a shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Utah’s Olivia Teerlink chases down a shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Hailey Harward makes a splash/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Arizona defender Alana Rennie gets an open net/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- The UCLA bench begins the celebration/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 Shayne McPherson digs a Savvy Simo spike/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 Tina Graudina and Megan Kraft celebrate/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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- UCLA’s Savvy Simo takes advantage of the open net/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Audrey Nourse gets an open net/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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- Washington’s Hannah Yerex digs/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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- Utah’s Grace Anders hits the sand/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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- UCLA dogpiles Jaden Whitmarsh and Rileigh Powers/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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- The Cal bench joins Jordan Polo and Ainsley Radell in celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Charlie Ekstrom bounces a set/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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- Stanford’s Maya Harvey has an emotional win/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- USC’s Hailey Harward stretches for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Mima Mirkovic celebrates/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Maya Gessner chases 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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- Cal’s Mima Mirkovic throws sand in celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Stanford’s Charlie Ekstrom releases her emotions/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Arizona’s Alana Rennie makes an athletic save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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- Cal’s Mima Mirkovic scrambles for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
This happened last weekend. It’s not news.