MARTIN, Tenn. – With the season winding down as the 2021 Ohio Valley Conference Beach Volleyball Championship enters its final days, Morehead State beach volleyball continued making history in the historic 2021 season.

Morehead State opened day two the OVC Beach Volleyball Championship by capturing the program's first postseason victory, completing the first five-flight sweep at the OVC Beach Volleyball Championship. The Eagles swept in-state rival and No. 6 seed Eastern Kentucky, winning at all five flights, capturing the first sweep in OVC postseason history—yesterday's matches ended when one team reached three victories, resulting in two 3-0 victories.

The victory moved Morehead State to a second lower-bracket matchup, competing against No. 5 seed Jacksonville State in day two's final match. Unfortunately, the Eagles season ended, dropping a narrow result 3-2 to the Gamecocks, picking up flight victories from the No. 2 and No. 5 flights.

SCORING SUMMARY
Morehead State 5, Eastern Kentucky 0
1. Hannah Keating/Allison Whitten (MOR) def. Sarah Mitchell/Rachel Woody (EKU) 21-8, 21-4
2. Olivia Lohmeier/Trinity Miller (MOR) def. Kaylin Johnson/Sydney Schoen (EKU) 21-3, 21-6
3. Margaret Musselman/Anya Reinhard (MOR) def. Raegan Alexander/Molly Michalak (EKU) 21-12, 21-14
4. Liz Allen/Olivia Montelisciani (MOR) def. Mikayla Logan/Josie Schmitendorf (EKU) 19-21, 21-17, 16-14
5. Bridget Bessler/Taylor Hodges (MOR) def. Alexis Falcone/Molly Roeder (EKU) 21-10, 21-17

Jacksonville State 3, Morehead State 2
1. Kaylie Milton/Kylee Quigley (JSU) def. Hannah Keating/Allison Whitten (MOR) 21-18, 21-19
2. Olivia Lohmeier/Trinity Miller (MOR) def. Addie Halverson/Sadie Brown (JSU) 21-12, 21-7
3. Erin Carnichael/Lena Kindermann (JSU) def. Margaret Musselman/Anya Reinhard (MOR) 22-20, 21-13
4. Macie Garrison/Payton Pauze (JSU) def. Liz Allen/Olivia Montelisciani (MOR) 21-19, 21-19
5. Bridget Bessler/Taylor Hodges (MOR) def. Grace Jarnagin/Bethany Randall (JSU) 21-13, 27-25

NOTABLE

• With two victories from the No. 5 flight, Bridget Bessler and Taylor Hodges finished the season at 13-1, the second-most flight victories for a single pair in program history. Bessler and Hodges's 13 victories also tie for the fifth-most individual flight victories for a player in program history.
• Hodges, a redshirt junior, set the junior class record for individual flight victories with 13 on the season while her .929 winning percentage also represents a junior class record. Bessler's identical .929 winning percentage also represents a freshman class record.
• With all pairings winning at least one match Friday, all five of Morehead State's top-five pairings in 2021 moved into the top-5 on the program's list of career pairing flight victories. Hannah Keating and Allison Whitten rank first (29), Margaret Musselman and Anya Reinhard second (15), Bessler and Hodges third (13), and Olivia Lohmeier and Trinity Miller and Liz Allen and Olivia Montelisciani tie for fourth (10).
• All 10 Eagles competing on Friday moved into the top-7 in career individual flight victories as each member of Morehead State's starting lineup reaching 15 or more career victories following the 2021 season.