SALEM, Ore. – The No. 7-ranked Corban University beach volleyball team went head-to-head with (RV) Bushnell University—an interstate-5 rival in its first year as a beach volleyball program—on Friday afternoon in the squad's first two duals of the 2022 campaign. Corban earned a 5-0 sweep in the first dual of the day, and then took the second contest by a 4-1 final tally.

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The Warriors dominated in the first battle of the season, sweeping the five pairs matches in an impressive start to the spring slate.

#7 Corban 5, (RV) Bushnell 0

1. Avari Ridgway/Makenna Campbell (CRB) def. Makenna Northern/Shay Coons (BU) 21-9, 21-11
2. Nicole Bantilan/Maya Blake (CRB) def. Jessica Northcutt/Olivia Peck (BU) 21-13, 21-17
3. Briana Ayala/Michelle Rosas (CRB) def. Madi Trueblood/Brooke Silvernail (BU) 22-20, 21-6
4. Kianna Keeling/Megan Dennis (CRB) def. Halle Neumann/Teja Abbott (BU) 21-13, 21-17
5. Tyra Ching/Kaitlin Hunter (CRB) def. Mai Tomlin/Camille Guerrero (BU) 21-10, 21-13
Ext. Jolinn Daviscourt/Cameron Keeling (CRB) def. Roslyn McLellan/Anessa Stotts (BU) 21-10, 21-9

Order of finish: (2, 4, 5*, 1, 3)

The Beacons earned their program's first-ever pairs win in the second contest of the day, courtesy of Teja Abbott and Halle Neumann in the No. 4 tandem battle, but it wouldn't be enough to slow down the Warriors, who swept the doubleheader with a 4-1 victory in the second dual of the twin bill.

#7 Corban 4, (RV) Bushnell 1

1. Avari Ridgway/Makenna Campbell (CRB) def. Makenna Northern/Shay Coons (BU) 21-18, 21-14
2. Nicole Bantilan/Maya Blake (CRB) def. Jessica Northcutt/Olivia Peck (BU) 21-14, 21-14
3. Briana Ayala/Michelle Rosas (CRB) def. Brooke Silvernail/Madi Trueblood (BU) 21-9, 21-15
4. Teja Abbott/Halle Neumann (BU) def. Kianna Keeling/Megan Dennis (CRB) 21-16, 21-16
5. Kaitlin Hunter/Tyra Ching (CRB) def. Camille Guerrero/Mai Tomlin (BU) 21-16, 21-14
Ext. Jolinn Daviscourt/Cameron Keeling (CRB) def. Anessa Stotts/Roslyn McLellan (BU) 21-10, 21-9

Order of finish: (4, 2, 5, 3*, 1)

CLICK HERE to hear what Bantilan and Blake had to say after their impressive performances on Friday.

Corban (2-0) will return to the courts on campus on March 3, hosting NCAA Division I University of Portland for back-to-back matches in the capital city.