Beach Volleyball Drops Matches to No. 4 FSU and No. 1 UCLA

Friday, March 18

Gulf Shores, Al

8 A.M.

Tulane University

Georgia State University

Beach Volleyball Drops Matches to No. 4 FSU and No. 1 UCLA

Mar 19, 2022 | Women's Beach Volleyball

GULF SHORES, Ala. – Tulane beach volleyball dropped their first three matches of the weekend in the March to May tournament hosted by UAB.

The Green Wave dropped their opening match to Georgia State 4-1 on Friday, with the only match victory coming from top pair Maddie Speicher and Kendall Peters. They took the match in two sets, 21-16, 21-19.

Pair five Haley Gibson and Savka Popovic were tied up at one apiece versus GSU, before a weather delay stopped play for the day.

Tulane was swept by Florida State on Saturday morning. Speicher and Peters had the best performance for the Wave, taking the No. 4 ranked FSU to three sets.

Tulane took on the No.1 team in the country in the afternoon in UCLA. Sara Hall and Ashton Mares got the only win of the match for Tulane. They took the first set 21-19, dropped the second 19-21 and took the match in a tight 15-12 set three.

The Green Wave will continue action tomorrow as they take on UAB, No. 7 Grand Canyon and No. 15 South Carolina to finish out the tournament.

No. 13 Georgia State def. No. 20 Tulane 4-1
Court 1: Maddie Speicher/Kendall Peters (Tulane) def. Kelly Dorn/Elise Saga (GSU): 21-16, 21-19
Court 2: Yasmine Kuck/Kayla Whetstone (GSU) def. Lara Torruella/Samantha Mehlman (Tulane): 21-17, 21-14
Court 3: Eden Hawes/Maddy Delmonte (GSU) def. Sara Hall/Ashton Mares (Tulane): 21-14, 21-17
Court 4: Bella Ferary/Angel Ferary (GSU) def. Josie Cole/Sam Green (Tulane): 21-14, 21-14
Court 5: Destiny White/Ayla Johnson (GSU) vs. Haley Gibson/Savka Popovic (Tulane): GSU won first set, Tulane won second set 21-18…Match left unfinished

No. 4 FSU def. No. 20 Tulane 5-0
Court 1: Maddie Anderson/Brook Bauer (FSU) def. Maddie Speicher/Kendall Peters (Tulane): 22-20, 17-21, 15-3
Court 2: Jenna Johnson/Liz Waters-Leiga (FSU) def. Lara Torruella/Samantha Mehlman (Tulane): 21-17, 21-9
Court 3: Alaina Chacon/Madison Fitzpatrick (FSU) def. Sara Hall/Ashton Mares (Tulane): 21-10, 21-13
Court 4: Anna Long/Joran Polo (FSU) def. Josie Cole/Sam Green (Tulane): 21-13, 21-12
Court 5: Kate Privett/Raelyn White (FSU) def. Haley Gibson/Savka Popovic (Tulane): 21-15, 21-15

No. 1 UCLA def. No. 20 TULANE: 4-1
Court 1: Lexy Denaburg/Abby Van Winkle (UCLA) def. Maddie Speicher/Kendall Peters (Tulane): 21-14, 19-21, 15-8
Court 2: Lea Monkhouse/Rileigh Powers (UCLA) def. Lara Torruella/Samantha Mehlman (Tulane): 21-8, 21-18
Court 3: Sara Hall/Ashton Mares (Tulane) def. Maggie Walters/Katie Hashman (UCLA): 21-19, 19-21, 15-12
Court 4: Natalie Myszkowski/Sophie Moore (UCLA) def. Josie Cole/Sam Green (Tulane): 21-10, 21-18
Court 5: Pani Napoleon/Tessa Van Winkle (UCLA) def. Haley Gibson/Savka Popovic (Tulane): 21-13, 21-15

PAIR RECORDS

Kendall Peters & Maddie Speicher; 13-4
Samantha Mehlman & Lara Tourella; 11-6
Ashton Mares & Sara Hall; 11-6
Josie Cole & Samantha Green; 9-8
Haley Gibson & Savka Popovic; 13-4
*Post UCLA

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