HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – The University of Hawai`i women's sand volleyball team concluded its regular season with pairs competition versus Long Beach State and Irvine Valley College in the Big West Challenge. UH competed in three separate brackets with the team of Karissa Cook and Brittany Tiegs capturing Bracket A which consisted of each school's No. 1 and 2 tandems.

Cooks and Tiegs won the six-team bracket with straight sets win over LBSU's Delainey Aigner-Swesey and Bojana Todorovic (21-13, 21-16) in the semifinals and Tyler Jackson and Janisa Johnson in the finals (21-12, 21-10). UH's top pair finished the regular-season with a stellar 33-4 record.

Meanwhile, a combined three wins by the No. 3 and 4 pairs of Ali Longo-Ginger Long and London Chow-Olivia Urban, respectively, set up an all-UH final in Bracket B. The teams, however, did not play out the final match

In  Bracket C, made up of the No. 5 and 6 tandems, the UH pair of Karlee Riggs and Mikayla Tucker advanced to the finals, before falling to LBSU's  Ciana and Morea Wagner 21-18, 18-21, 15-11.

UH next awaits official announcement on Monday of the field for the 2014 AVCA Sand Volleyball Championship, May 2-4, in Gulf Shores, Ala.
 
Saturday's Results
Bracket A
Quarterfinals
Katie Spieler/Nikki Taylor (UH) def. Becky Moody/Annie Mitchem (IVC) 21-10, 21-9
Semifinals
Karissa Cook/Brittany Tiegs (UH) def. Delainey Aigner-Swesey/Bojana Todorovic (LBSU) 21-13, 21-16
Tyler Jackson/Janisa Johnson (LBSU) def. Spieler/Taylor, UH 21-15, 18-21, 25-23
Finals
Cook/Tiegs (UH) def. Jackson/Johnson (LBSU) 21-12, 21-10
 
Bracket B
Quarterfinals
London Chow/Olivia Urban def.  Haley Whyte/Emily Dailey (IVC) 21-14, 21-8
Semifinals
Ali Longo/Ginger Long (UH) def. Jenelle Hudson/Alex Reid (LBSU) 21-10, 19-21, 15-11
Chow/Urban (UH) def. Chelsea Cabrajac/Brie Mackie (LBSU) 24-22, 21-11, 15-10
Finals
DNP
 
Bracket C
Semifinals
Karlee Riggs/Mikayla Tucker (UH) def. Joy Miley/Makayla Taylor (LBSU) 23-21, 18-21, 15-9
Ciana Wagner/Morea Wagner (LBSU) def. Tayler Higgins/Hannah Rooks (UH) 21-14, 21-19
Finals
Wagner/Wagner (LBSU) def. Riggs/Tucker (UH) 21-18, 18-21, 15-11