Beach Volleyball Goes a Perfect 5-0 at Home

Saturday, March 12

New Orleans, La

10:00 A.M.

Tulane University

Houston Baptist University

Mar 12, 2022 | Women's Beach Volleyball

NEW ORLEANS - Tulane beach volleyball went 3-0 on the day to finish up the competition in the Tulane at the White Sands Volleyball Courts on Saturday.

With their victories, the Green Wave went a perfect 5-0 on the weekend to improve to 11-2 on the year.

No.1 Pair Kendall Peters and Maddie Speicher secured the first point of the day for Tulane, defeating Houston Baptists' top pair 21-13, 22-20.

Pair number two got point number two as Samantha Melham and Lara Tourella won 21-16, 22-18 over HBU.

On court three Aston Mares and Sara Hall needed three sets to put away HBU's third pair. They took the first set 21-18, dropped the second 22-24 and rallied in the third to win 15-10. Josie Cole and Sam Green also needed three sets to secure the win going 16-21, 21-19, 15-12.

Haley Gibson and Savka Popovic would finish out the moring or the Wave winning the final point over Houston Baptist.

Tulane made quick work of Nicholls in the first session of the afternoon, sweeping them 5-0.

Cole and Green had the most dominant performance against Nicholls taking their first set 21-2 on their way to a match win.

Top pair Peters and Speicher also had a dominant 21-12, 21-9 performance.

Tulane would finish the day by going 4-1 versus UNO.

Peters and Speicher would end the day for the Green Wave with a three-set win over UNO's top pair. They would take the match 21-17, 20-22, 15-13.

Tulane 5 vs. HBU 0
1. TUL Peters & Speicher def. HBU Butters & Miller 21-13, 22-20
2. TUL Mehlman & Tourella def. HBU Huggins & Stanfil; 21-16, 21-18
3. TUL Mares & Hall def. HBU Harris & Kleymeyer; 21-8, 22-24, 15-10
4. TUL Cole & Green def. HBU Okele & Reinhard 16-21, 21-19, 15-12
5. TUL Gibson & Popovic def. HBU Alper & Griffin; 15-21, 21-19, 15-11
6. TUL Gammarino & Heintzelman def. HBU Axelrod& Kenny; 19-21, 21-15, 15-10

Tulane 5 vs. Nichols 0
1. TUL Peters & Speicher def. NIC Lockhart & Bright; 21-12, 21-9
2. TUL Mehlman & Tourella def. NIC Gauthreaux & Becnel; 21-8, 21-16
3. TUL Mares & Hall def. NIC Steele and Steele; 21-7, 21-13
4. TUL Cole & Green def. NIC Jones & Hoerdeman; 21-13, 23-21
5. TUL Gibson & Popovic def. NIC Johnson & Holmes; 21-2, 21-11

UNO 1 vs. Tulane 4
1. TUL Peters & Speicher def. UNO Pokorna & Esarte; 21-17, 20-22, 15-13
2. UNO Hayes & Volpi def. TUL Mehlman & Tourella; 19-21, 16-21
3. TUL Mares & Hall def. UNO Spartz & Jackson; 21-12, 21-16
4. TUL Gibson & Popvic def. UNO Gialanella & Louviere; 19-21, 21-14, 15-12
5. TUL Cole & Green def. UNO Melerine & Baumgart; 21-13, 22-20
6. TUL Patrick & Griffin def. UNO Delgado & Goolsby 21-18, 21-10

Tulane heads to Gulf Shores next weekend to compete in the March to May Tournament hosted by UAB.

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