By Joe Yates, Morehead State Athletic Media Relations
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MOREHEAD, Ky. – Morehead State's Beach Volleyball team will play host this Thursday-Saturday for the OVC Championship. The format for the tournament will be double elimination and runs through Saturday with a champion being crowned at the conclusion of the 1:00 p.m. ET match.
Thursday will be a day full of action with matches running from 12-6 p.m. ET. The Eagles will begin their title run in the first match of the tournament. Eastern Illinois (0-8) will be the Eagles' first opponent with the match starting at Noon. With the previous 5-0 and 4-1 victories over the Panthers, MSU looks to beat the Panthers for a third time this season.
If Morehead State can pull off the win, it will face the No. 1 seeded UT Martin Skyhawks (6-2) at 4 p.m. that same day. The Skyhawks managed to beat the Eagles in both prior contests.
Notable
- No. 1 pair
Olivia Lohmeier (49) and
Allison Whitten (47) rank no. 1 and 2, respectively, in program history in career total wins.
- Whitten (47-13, .783) holds the program career record for winning percentage, while
Bridget Bessler (19-6, .760) ranks second.
- Up until last weekend,
Trinity Miller and
Anya Reinhard had been a regular pair. Last weekend, it switched to Miller and
Abby Hulsman at No. 4 and Reinhard moved to No. 3 with
Margaret Musselman.
- The Eagles finished the regular season 9-9, and six of the nine wins were by 5-0 scores.
- Lohmeier was also two-time OVC indoor Player of the Year, finishing her career with 1,989 career kills (third in OVC history) and was also an Academic All-American.