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SandBows beat No. 1 UCLA on Opening Day

By Star-Advertiser staff

Last updated 02.20.26 @ 12:04 a.m. 

The No. 16 Hawaii beach volleyball team, under first-year coach Danny Alvarez, beat No. 1 UCLA 3-2 on Thursday at the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic at Queen’s Beach, Waikiki.

The SandBows’ Julia Lawrenz/Izadora Stedile at No. 2, Julia Thelle/Sophie Buschmann at No. 3 and Kristen Serrano/Kiera Cornman at No. 5 won matches against the Bruins.

Serrano/Cornman clinched the victory with a 21-16, 15-21, 15-13 victory over Hannah Fleming/Mallory LaBreche.

In UH’s season opener earlier in the day, No. 6 Texas edged Hawaii 3-2.

Lawrenz/Stedile at No. 2 and Emily Heintzelman/Sydney Miller at No. 4 won for the SandBows.