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Beach Volleyball Heads to Fort Worth for TCU Invitational
Apr 8, 2021 | Women's Beach Volleyball
NEW ORLEANS — The RV Tulane beach volleyball team (16-10, 5-8 CCSA) is headed to Fort Worth, Texas, this weekend to compete in the TCU Invitational.
The Green Wave will face Houston Baptist at 10:10 a.m. and host No. T7 TCU at 2:30 p.m. on Friday before competing against Texas A&M Corpus Christi at 8 a.m. and Boise State at 12:20 p.m. on Saturday.
Fans are able to follow along with Tulane on the road this weekend by tracking the team's live stats here.
The Olive and Blue were successful in the team's last time out, going 4-0 in the Southern Miss Beach Invitational. Tulane defeated Spring Hill College (5-0), UAB (3-2), Louisiana Monroe (4-1) and Southern Miss (4-1).
Leading the way for the Green Wave this season is senior Addison Hermstad and sophomore Samantha Mehlman, who are now 22-4 in 2021 after going 6-0 from the No. 2 spot and 16-4 at the No. 3 position.
Houston Baptist heads to Fort Worth with a 4-16 overall record, going 1-3 last weekend to defeat Utah (5-0), while falling to Stephen F. Austin (2-3), Texas A&M Kingsville (0-5) and Texas A&M Corpus Christi (1-4). The Green Wave own an undefeated 10-0 record against the Huskies, last beating them 4-1 earlier this season at home in the NOLA Classic.
Putting together an impressive 17-4 record this season is TCU, who went 3-1 in the team's last time out to defeat No. 15 South Carolina (4-1), No. 17 Georgia State (3-2) and No. 16 Stetson (3-2) while falling No. 2 Florida State (1-4). The Olive and Blue are 4-3 all-time against the Horned Frogs, falling to them in a close 2-3 battle earlier this season in The March to May.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi is 10-9 this spring, earning wins over SFA (5-0), Utah (5-0), Houston Baptist (4-1) and Texas A&M Kingsville (4-1) to go 4-0 in its last weekend in action. Tulane is 2-1 against TAMUCC, sweeping the Islanders earlier this season in the NOLA Classic.
Earning a 4-5 record so far this season is Boise State, going 1-2 in the team's last time out to defeat Cal State Northridge (5-0) before dropping matches to No. 15 Arizona (1-4) and No. 5 Cal Poly (0-5). The Green Wave defeated the Broncos, 4-1, in their sole meeting in 2018.
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