Wednesday, April 4
New Orleans, La.
11 am
Tulane University
5
vs
0
ULM
No. 19 Beach Volleyball Sweeps ULM in Midweek Doubleheader
Apr 4, 2018 | Women's Beach Volleyball
Results
NEW ORLEANS - In its first regular season duals at White Sands Volleyball Courts since 2016, No. 19 Tulane beach volleyball protected its home in a big way, winning both duals in the doubleheader against ULM on Wednesday. The Green Wave won the first dual, 5-0, before picking up a 4-1 victory in the second to move their season record to 14-10 overall, 3-5Â CCSA.
QUOTES
"It was terrific [to play at home]. We've been on the road so often and for so long that we forgot the benefits of playing at home, playing on courts familiar to us, playing in the wind that we know and playing in front of a bunch of people that are supporting us. It was such a welcome relief to be home in New Orleans, get two wins in front of our crowd and be able to get to bed early tonight."Â
"We knew it was close [against ULM] last time, and we knew that we had the capacity to separate the score this time around. We wanted to make sure that we were playing full-throttle at all times. There's no playing this game at halfway. We wanted to play it to the best of our abilities with the throttle down the whole time, and I thought we did a really good job of doing that."
-Head Coach Wayne Holly
HOW IT HAPPENED
No. 19 Tulane 5, ULM 0
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Tulane dropped just two sets across five flights en route to a 5-0 win against ULM to open the day.
The Green Wave's freshmen helped get things rolling by picking up the first two flight wins. Rio Frohoff and Gabriella Becerra grabbed the Wave's first win of the day by beating ULM's No. 5 pair in straight sets, 21-16, 21-15, while Addison Hermstad and Ashley Delgado - playing at the four - won in three sets (15-21, 21-16, 16-5).
Senior Madeline Mertz and sophomore Kaylie McHugh continued the Green Wave's roll, beating ULM's top pair in straight sets, 21-13, 21-8, to give Tulane a 3-0 lead. The flight win was Mertz and McHugh's 17th victory of the season.
Senior Lan Nguyen and sophomore Tarin Mergener picked up a straight-set win against ULM's No. 2 duo, winning by a score of 21-16, 24-22 to extend the lead to 4-0.
Junior Anna Chin and freshman Lauren Orlich completed the sweep with a three-set win in flight three. After dropping the first set 14-21, the pair rallied back to win sets two and three by a score of 21-17 and 15-10, respectively.Â
No. 19 Tulane 4, ULM 1
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The Green Wave showed no signs of slowing down to open the second dual of the doubleheader.Â
The pairs of Becerra and Frohoff and Hermstad and Delgado cruised to straight-set wins against their opponents, giving Tulane a quick 2-0. Becerra and Frohoff, playing again at the five, won 21-15, 21-12, while the Green Wave's No. 4 of Hermstad and Delgado won 21-18, 21-12.
Mertz and McHugh breezed past ULM's No. 1 duo in 31 minutes to extend Tulane's lead to 3-0. The Green Wave's top pair won 21-10, 21-8, earning their team-leading 18th win of the season.
Nguyen and Mergener won in straight sets against ULM's No. 2 pair, 21-13, 21-12, giving Tulane a 4-0 advantage. All eyes then turned to flight three, where Chin and Orlich looked to seal the flight win and earn the Green Wave another dual sweep.
Chin and Orlich jumped ahead 1-0 after winning the first set, 21-14. ULM rallied back in the second set, coming out on top by a score of 21-19 and forcing a decisive third set. The duos exchanged leads throughout the third, but ULM's pair closed it out to win the final set, 15-13, and earn their first flight victory of the day.
UP NEXT
The Green Wave are in town this weekend. Tulane hosts the Green Wave Invitational on Saturday and Sunday at White Sands, welcoming in Houston Baptist, in-state rival and conference foe No. 8 LSU, Central Arkansas, No. 12 Grand Canyon and crosstown rival UNO.
ROLL WITH THE WAVE
Download the official mobile app of Tulane Athletics. Now, you can stay in touch with the Green Wave anytime and anywhere on your Android or iOS mobile device.
Follow Tulane beach volleyball on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram for live results, updates and news. Follow Tulane Athletics on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and @TulaneAthletics on Snapchat.
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RESULTS FROM GREEN WAVE DUALS
DUAL ONE: #19 Tulane 5, ULM 0
No. 1 - Madeline Mertz/Kaylie McHugh (TTarin Mergener Love/Grace Convey (ULM)Â 21-13, 21-8
No. 2 - Lan Nguyen/Tarin Mergener (TLN) def. Maile Sellers/Kayla Gallant (ULM) 21-16, 24-22
No. 3 - Anna Chin/Lauren Orlich (TLN) def. Rebecca Brown/Catherine Griffith (ULM) 14-21, 21-17, 15-10
No. 4 - Addison Hermstad/Ashley Delgado (TLN) def. Bailey Smith/Taylor Meyer (ULM) 15-21, 21-16, 15-8
No. 5 - Rio Frohoff/Gabriella Becerra (TLN) def. Holland Ponthieux/Allie Kemp (ULM) 21-16, 21-15
Exh. - Christina McAfee/Kendyl Brennan (TLN) def. Mckenna Webster/Alix Christie (ULM) 21-10, 21-7
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 4, 1, 2, 3
DUAL TWO: #19 Tulane 4, ULM 1
No. 1 - Madeline Mertz/Kaylie McHugh (TTarin Mergener Love/Grace Convey (ULM)Â 21-10, 21-8
No. 2 - Lan Nguyen/Tarin Mergener (TLN) def. Maile Sellers/Kayla Gallant (ULM) 21-13, 21-12
No. 3 - Rebecca Brown/Catherine Griffith (ULM) def. Anna Chin/Lauren Orlich (TLN) 14-21, 21-19, 15-13
No. 4 - Addison Hermstad/Ashley Delgado (TLN) def. Bailey Smith/Taylor Meyer (ULM) 21-18, 21-12
No. 5 - Rio Frohoff/Gabriella Becerra (TLN) def. Holland Ponthieux/Allie Kemp (ULM) 21-15, 21-12
Exh. - Briana Correa/Kendyl Brennan (TLN) def. Mckenna Webster/Alix Christie (ULM) 21-12, 21-14
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 4, 1, 2, 3
NEW ORLEANS - In its first regular season duals at White Sands Volleyball Courts since 2016, No. 19 Tulane beach volleyball protected its home in a big way, winning both duals in the doubleheader against ULM on Wednesday. The Green Wave won the first dual, 5-0, before picking up a 4-1 victory in the second to move their season record to 14-10 overall, 3-5Â CCSA.
QUOTES
"It was terrific [to play at home]. We've been on the road so often and for so long that we forgot the benefits of playing at home, playing on courts familiar to us, playing in the wind that we know and playing in front of a bunch of people that are supporting us. It was such a welcome relief to be home in New Orleans, get two wins in front of our crowd and be able to get to bed early tonight."Â
"We knew it was close [against ULM] last time, and we knew that we had the capacity to separate the score this time around. We wanted to make sure that we were playing full-throttle at all times. There's no playing this game at halfway. We wanted to play it to the best of our abilities with the throttle down the whole time, and I thought we did a really good job of doing that."
-Head Coach Wayne Holly
HOW IT HAPPENED
No. 19 Tulane 5, ULM 0
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THIS ONE BELONGS TO THE WAVE!
— TulaneBeachVB (@GreenWaveBeach) April 4, 2018
Start the day with a sweep! #19 Tulane takes down @ULM_BeachVB.
Dual two starts at 1:30 p.m.#RollWave ??????? pic.twitter.com/35FF8JYKOf
Tulane dropped just two sets across five flights en route to a 5-0 win against ULM to open the day.
The Green Wave's freshmen helped get things rolling by picking up the first two flight wins. Rio Frohoff and Gabriella Becerra grabbed the Wave's first win of the day by beating ULM's No. 5 pair in straight sets, 21-16, 21-15, while Addison Hermstad and Ashley Delgado - playing at the four - won in three sets (15-21, 21-16, 16-5).
Senior Madeline Mertz and sophomore Kaylie McHugh continued the Green Wave's roll, beating ULM's top pair in straight sets, 21-13, 21-8, to give Tulane a 3-0 lead. The flight win was Mertz and McHugh's 17th victory of the season.
Senior Lan Nguyen and sophomore Tarin Mergener picked up a straight-set win against ULM's No. 2 duo, winning by a score of 21-16, 24-22 to extend the lead to 4-0.
Junior Anna Chin and freshman Lauren Orlich completed the sweep with a three-set win in flight three. After dropping the first set 14-21, the pair rallied back to win sets two and three by a score of 21-17 and 15-10, respectively.Â
No. 19 Tulane 4, ULM 1
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THIS ONE BELONGS TO THE WAVE!
— TulaneBeachVB (@GreenWaveBeach) April 4, 2018
The Green Wave win the second dual of the doubleheader against @ULM_BeachVB, 4-1.#RollWave ??????? pic.twitter.com/xYToT23zqu
The Green Wave showed no signs of slowing down to open the second dual of the doubleheader.Â
The pairs of Becerra and Frohoff and Hermstad and Delgado cruised to straight-set wins against their opponents, giving Tulane a quick 2-0. Becerra and Frohoff, playing again at the five, won 21-15, 21-12, while the Green Wave's No. 4 of Hermstad and Delgado won 21-18, 21-12.
Mertz and McHugh breezed past ULM's No. 1 duo in 31 minutes to extend Tulane's lead to 3-0. The Green Wave's top pair won 21-10, 21-8, earning their team-leading 18th win of the season.
Nguyen and Mergener won in straight sets against ULM's No. 2 pair, 21-13, 21-12, giving Tulane a 4-0 advantage. All eyes then turned to flight three, where Chin and Orlich looked to seal the flight win and earn the Green Wave another dual sweep.
Chin and Orlich jumped ahead 1-0 after winning the first set, 21-14. ULM rallied back in the second set, coming out on top by a score of 21-19 and forcing a decisive third set. The duos exchanged leads throughout the third, but ULM's pair closed it out to win the final set, 15-13, and earn their first flight victory of the day.
UP NEXT
The Green Wave are in town this weekend. Tulane hosts the Green Wave Invitational on Saturday and Sunday at White Sands, welcoming in Houston Baptist, in-state rival and conference foe No. 8 LSU, Central Arkansas, No. 12 Grand Canyon and crosstown rival UNO.
ROLL WITH THE WAVE
Download the official mobile app of Tulane Athletics. Now, you can stay in touch with the Green Wave anytime and anywhere on your Android or iOS mobile device.
Follow Tulane beach volleyball on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram for live results, updates and news. Follow Tulane Athletics on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and @TulaneAthletics on Snapchat.
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RESULTS FROM GREEN WAVE DUALS
DUAL ONE: #19 Tulane 5, ULM 0
No. 1 - Madeline Mertz/Kaylie McHugh (TTarin Mergener Love/Grace Convey (ULM)Â 21-13, 21-8
No. 2 - Lan Nguyen/Tarin Mergener (TLN) def. Maile Sellers/Kayla Gallant (ULM) 21-16, 24-22
No. 3 - Anna Chin/Lauren Orlich (TLN) def. Rebecca Brown/Catherine Griffith (ULM) 14-21, 21-17, 15-10
No. 4 - Addison Hermstad/Ashley Delgado (TLN) def. Bailey Smith/Taylor Meyer (ULM) 15-21, 21-16, 15-8
No. 5 - Rio Frohoff/Gabriella Becerra (TLN) def. Holland Ponthieux/Allie Kemp (ULM) 21-16, 21-15
Exh. - Christina McAfee/Kendyl Brennan (TLN) def. Mckenna Webster/Alix Christie (ULM) 21-10, 21-7
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 4, 1, 2, 3
DUAL TWO: #19 Tulane 4, ULM 1
No. 1 - Madeline Mertz/Kaylie McHugh (TTarin Mergener Love/Grace Convey (ULM)Â 21-10, 21-8
No. 2 - Lan Nguyen/Tarin Mergener (TLN) def. Maile Sellers/Kayla Gallant (ULM) 21-13, 21-12
No. 3 - Rebecca Brown/Catherine Griffith (ULM) def. Anna Chin/Lauren Orlich (TLN) 14-21, 21-19, 15-13
No. 4 - Addison Hermstad/Ashley Delgado (TLN) def. Bailey Smith/Taylor Meyer (ULM) 21-18, 21-12
No. 5 - Rio Frohoff/Gabriella Becerra (TLN) def. Holland Ponthieux/Allie Kemp (ULM) 21-15, 21-12
Exh. - Briana Correa/Kendyl Brennan (TLN) def. Mckenna Webster/Alix Christie (ULM) 21-12, 21-14
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 4, 1, 2, 3
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