Tulane Beach Volleyball Goes 3-1 in Season Opener

Saturday, February 26

New Orleans, LA

9:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

Tulane University

Louisiana State University

Tulane Beach Volleyball Goes 3-1 in Season Opener

Feb 26, 2022 | Women's Beach Volleyball

By: Victoria Ahlbrecht

RESULTS

NEW ORLEANS — Tulane beach volleyball went 1-1 on the day to finish up competition in the Green Wave Invitational at the White Sands Volleyball Courts on Saturday.

Tulane dropped their morning matchup to No. 5 LSU 4-1, but swept Nicholls 5-0 in the afternoon. The Green Wave finished the tournament 3-1, with team victories over Spring Hill College, No. 17 Georgia State and Nicholls.

Holding their own against the No.5 ranked Tigers, Tulane had four of their five pairs go into three sets with the in-state rival. Tulane's top pair of Kendall Peters and Maddie Speicher took the Tiger's into three sets, going 21-16, 26-28, 15-10. They would get the only point for Tulane over LSU.

Tulane fared better in the afternoon, getting their second sweep over the tournament by taking Nicholls 5-0.

Savka Popovic and Haley Gibson paired up and made it look easy as they took their match 21-3, 21-3.

Josie Cole and Sam Green would need an extra set to put away Nicholl's fourth pair. They would take the first set 21-15, before dropping the second 14-21. The girls rallied in the third set to take the match at 15-10.

The duo of Ashton Mares and Sara Hall also made easy work of their competition, taking the match in two sets 21-10, 21-5.

Samantha Mehlman and Lara Torruella teamed up on court two and took their match 21-12, 21-17.

Tulane top pair of Peters and Speicher would grab their fourth match victory of the tournament, defeating every opponent they faced. They would take Nicholls 23-21, 21-13 to round out a full weekend of competition.

DAY 2

No. 17 Georgia State def. Nicholls 5-0
1. GSU Dorn and Saga def. NIC Bright and Lockhart; 21-16, 21-132.
2. GSU Kuck and Hawes def. NIC Gauthreaux and Becner; 21-2, 21-10
3. GSU Kleespies and Tresham def. Nicholls Steele and Steele; 21-10, 21-9
4. GSU Ferary and Ferary def. NIC Hoerdemann and Jones; 21-13,21-9
5. GSU White and Lindgren def. NIC Bradshaw and Holmes; 21-6, 21-11
EXHIB 6; GSU Johnson and Hatchett def. NIC Green and Vargaskon; 21-3, 21-3

No. 5 LSU def Tulane 4-1
1. TU Peters and Speicher def. LSU Bauman and Rasnikc-Pope; 21-16, 26-28, 15-10
2. LSU Bracken and Deberg def. TU Mehlman and Torreulla; 21-10, 21-15
3. LSU Allred and Carlton def. TU Mare and Hall; 19,21, 21,-17, 15-11
4. LSU Green-Agnew and Seit def. Cole and Green; 21-14, 19-21, 15-5
5. LSU Caffo and Shank def. TU Gibson and Popovic; 21-14, 26-24, 11-15
EXHIB 6. LSU Coens and Boos def. TU Gammarino and Heintzelman 21-10, 21-9

No. 17 Georgia State def. Spring Hill College 5-0
1. GSU Dorn and Saga def. SHC Fairly and Fairly; 21-17, 21-122.
2. GSU Kuck and Hawes def. NIC Gauthreaux and Becner; 21-2, 21-10
3. GSU Kleespies and Tresham def. SHC Shappel and Sorrell; 21-11, 21-12
4. GSU Ferary and Ferary def. SHC Borgmeyer and Weinzapfel; 21-14, 21-12
5. GSU GSU Johnson and Hatchett def. SHC Becker and Berger; 21-15, 21-15
EXHIB 6; Lindgren and White def SHC Faulkner and Mitternight; 21-14, 21-10

No. 5 LSU def. Spring Hill College 5-0
1. LSU Bauman and Rasnikc-Pope def. Fairly and Fairly; 22-20, 21-13
2. LSU Bracken and Deberg def. SHC Boyer and Bonner; 22-20, 21-10
3. LSU Allred and Carlton def. SHC Shappell and Sorrel; 21-14, 21-14
4. LSU Green-Agnew and Seit def. SHC Borgmeyer and Weinzapfel; 21-10, 21-7
5. LSU Caffo and Shank def. SHC Beger and Becker 21-12, 21-11.
EXHIB 6. LSU Coens and Boos def. SHC Atchison and Harris 21-7, 21-11

Tulane def. Nicholls 5-0
1. TU Peters and Speicher def. Lockhart and Bright; 23-21, 21-17
2. TU Mehlman and Torruella def. NIC Gauthreaux and Becnel; 21-12, 21-10
3. TU Mares & Hall def. NIC Steel and Steel 21-10, 21-5
4. TU Cole and Green def. NIC Hoerdemann and Jones; 21-15, 14-21, 15-10
5. TU Popovic & Gibson def. NIC Green and Helmes 21-3, 21-3
EXHIB 6. TU Gammarino and Heintzelman def. NIC Bradshaw and Vargas Lern; 21-6, 21-5

The Green Wave are back in action next weekend as they head up I-10 to Baton Rouge to participate in LSU's tournament beginning Friday.

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