ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Morehead State beach volleyball captured the program's first ever win with a 4-1 victory over Huntingdon (Ala.) on Saturday.
The Eagles finished the final day of the Eckerd College Battle on the Bay, 1-1, dropping their match with No. 14 Florida Atlantic.
"This week has been a growing process for our team'" said head coach
Jaime Gordon. "All of our competition has been against teams with established beach programs, the majority of which have beach only players.
"The growth our players have seen since we started last week compared with how we finished up this tournament has been significant," Gordon added. "Putting together a string of strong performances for our first team win followed by a strong performance against a top 15 program was great to see."
Morehead State 4, Huntingdon 1
1:
Sydney Schuler/
Hope Rillema (MOR) def. Shelby Young/Audrianna Hargett (HC)
2: Bri Rochelle/Alexis Creasman (HC) def.
Bailey Nichol/
Jordan Jones (MOR)
3:
Chandler Clark/
Liz Allen (MOR) def. Alex Hillman/Lexie DeVuyst (HC)
4:
Alyssa Cecil/
Karlee Reynolds (MOR) def. Gabby Hughes/Devyn Stringer (HC)
5:
Danielle McCarson/
Alli Evans (MOR) def. Sammi Mamon/Kaitlyn Carter (HC)
Florida Atlantic 5, Morehead State 0
1: Megan Rice/Jessalyn Kinlaw (FAU) def.
Sydney Schuler/
Hope Rillema (MOR)
2: Candace Lacour/Gabrielle Dischler (FAU) def.
Bailey Nichol/
Jessie Wachtman (MOR)
3. Brittany Pellitteri/Sam Gott (FAU) def.
Chandler Clark/
Liz Allen (MOR)
4. Nicole Grant/Nicole Navarro (FAU) def.
Alyssa Cecil/
Karlee Reynolds (MOR)
5. Ashlan Cunningham/Carly Scarborough (FAU) def.
Morgan Walters/
Danielle McCarson (MOR)
Gordon added, "The team is starting to embrace the challenges that the beach game presents and are doing very well. I am very proud of this team and look forward to a long future of beach volleyball at Morehead State."
The Eagles return to action on Friday, April 7 when they travel to Clarksville, Tenn. to compete in the Governor Beach Bash at Austin Peay.
