By Allison Covey (@allisoncovey ):
San Jose State beach volleyball took two losses against No. 19 Cal and University of the Pacific Saturday in Berkeley.
This was SJSU and Cal’s (10-1) third matchup of the season and second time Cal has had a shutout win.
The Bears improved their winning streak to 11 after beating the Spartans (5-8).
Senior Nandyala Gama and graduate student Lyndi Scholl faced Cal’s freshmen Alexia Inman and Mima Mirkovic for the second time this season, but once again, the Bears’ freshmen won.
The Spartans then looked forward to Pacific (5-5), but came up short, losing 3-2.
The No. 1 duo comprised of Gama and Scholl beat Pacific’s No. 1 pair in two straight sets, 21-17 and 21-19.
The only other duo to score a point for SJSU was the No. 5 team, sophomore Thaliana Grajeda and senior Jamie Hirai. They finished their match 29-27 and 21-18.
Sophomores Laura Parts and Kaitlynn Zdroik made up the No. 4 team. They were able to win the first set, 21-17, but lost the second and third, 16-21 and 15-9.
San Jose State will have a chance to redeem itself from the back-to-back losses on Sunday when it take on Arizona and Santa Clara Sunday in Monterey.