By Hunter Hurst, Morehead State Athletic Media Relations
SCHEDULE
MOREHEAD, Ky. -- The Morehead State Eagle beach volleyball team is scheduled to play 18 regular season matches this year with two coming on home sand, prior to hosting the 2022 OVC Tournament.
Head coach
Kyrsten Becker-McBride will return for her third season at the helm (her 11
th as a whole in the Eagles' volleyball program), along with OVC Pair of the Year member
Allison Whitten. After an 11-3 season and the OVC regular season championship last year, the Eagles have high hopes heading into 2022.
The Eagles begin their season playing host to both Liberty and Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) in Loveland, Ohio on February 26
th. From there, the Eagles get two weeks off before heading to Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, to play four games in the College of Charleston Beach Classic on March 12
th and 13
th, where they will face off with rival Eastern Kentucky, as well as Coastal Carolina, Jacksonville, and the College of Charleston.
Twelve days later, the Eagles will head down to Chattanooga, Tenn., for OVC Weekend at Chattanooga, marking the first weekend of conference play, facing off with Chattanooga, Austin Peay, UT Martin, and Eastern Illinois on March 25
th and 26
th.
Four non-conference games await the Eagles before their second OVC weekend, but this time two of those games are played on home sand. After facing Catawba and UNC Wilmington, the Eagles will play host to the University of Louisville on Friday, April 15
th at 2 and 4 p.m.
The second weekend of OVC play takes place in Clarksville, Tenn., at Austin Peay. Once again, the Eagles will face off with Eastern Illinois, UT Martin, Chattanooga, and Austin Peay.
The OVC Tournament will be held in Morehead from April 28
th-30
th.
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