The following is an excerpt from The San Diego Union-Tribune article, “Dons, Vikings win inaugural beach volleyball titles.”

History was made Saturday on the sand. In the Division I championship match between a pair of undefeated teams, No. 2-seeded Cathedral Catholic downed No. 1 Torrey Pines 4-1.

Cathedral (10-0) got wins from its first four tandems.

Senior Anna Pringle and junior Julia Blyashov won 21-19, 21-13 at No. 1, while sophomore Nikki Egan and freshman Sam Herman were triumphant 23-21, 21-19 at No. 2, junior Kelsey Branson and sophomore Ayva Moi won 21-8, 21-16 at No. 3 and junior Mia Compass and sophomore Ava Stoddard won 21-18, 21-9 at No. 4.

“To be the first team to win a Division I title in beach is a big deal,” said Pringle, who is off to Stanford to play indoor volleyball. “It’s really awesome we got to do this.

“I’ll miss beach. It’s such a completely different game than indoor.

“I used to be an outside hitter and that helps in beach and now I’m a libero and that helps my defense.”

Each player in the two championship matches received a special medallion commemorating the first championships in beach volleyball.

Torrey Pines (10-1) got its lone set win from sophomore Mai Plsek and junior Dannika Dawson 21-16, 21-15 at No. 5.

Plsek and Dawson handed the Dons their first loss in a set this entire season.

Cathedral Catholic is ranked No. 1 in California and No. 3 in the nation, according to Maxpreps.

Torrey Pines is No. 3 in the state and No. 11 in the nation.

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