Tulane University
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
No. 20 Beach Volleyball Readies for New Orleans Invitational
Mar 5, 2020 | Women's Beach Volleyball
NEW ORLEANS — The No. 20 Tulane beach volleyball team (5-2, 1-1 CCSA) will stay in its home city this weekend, heading up the road to compete in the New Orleans Invitational at the Digs Volleyball Complex on Friday and Saturday.
"We are grateful for the opportunity to go out on the sand again and compete," head coach Eyal Zimet said. "A quick turnaround that we are looking to use to the max and build on our momentum this season. We will look to improve on some aspects of the game that we identified as needing more attention and add new tools to use moving forward. Every weekend is a new 'story,'Â even against the same opponents, due to the changing conditions and venue. We will look to make the proper adjustments and impose our 'story line'Â during this weekend. Excited to compete!"
The Green Wave will open action on Friday at 11 a.m. against Texas A&M Corpus Christi before facing Louisiana Monroe at 4 p.m. The team will head back out on the sand to face Texas A&M Kingsville at 2 p.m. on Saturday and host UNO at 4 p.m.
The team went 3-2 its last time out in the Tiger Beach Challenge, defeating Spring Hill College, Texas A&M Corpus Christi and RV Houston Baptist, while falling only to No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 LSU.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi comes into the weekend with a 1-3 record, beating Spring Hill (4-1) last weekend in Baton Rouge. The Green Wave are 1-0 against the Islanders, earning a 3-2 win in the team's first ever meeting on Saturday.
Louisiana Monroe comes to New Orleans with a 2-7 record so far this season, most recently sweeping Eastern Kentucky and Nicholls while falling to UAB and Coastal Carolina in the UAB Beach Volleyball Invitational. Tulane owns a 6-5 record against ULM, going 2-0 against the Warhawks in their last matchups in the 2018 Green Wave Duals.
Texas A&M Kingsville is 6-1 to start the 2020 season, defeating Abilene Christian and Nebraska last weekend while falling to No. 16 TCU. Tulane has only faced the Javelinas once, recording a 4-1 win in the HBU Invitational in 2017.
Defeating San Diego City, Missouri State and Florida Memorial, after to falling to No. 14 FIU last weekend, UNO enters its home tournament with a 5-1 overall record. The Olive and Blue are undefeated against the Privateers, going 10-0 after recording two 4-1 wins in the 2019 season.Â
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