HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University beach volleyball team wraps up the regular season this weekend at LSU Beach Volleyball Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for the Battle on the Bayou.
Southeastern (10-16) will face Central Arkansas (13-11) at 10 a.m. Friday and Nicholls (1-19) later that afternoon at 4 p.m. The Beach Lions finish out the event Saturday with duals against New Orleans (16-12) at 11 a.m. and host LSU (23-8) at 5 p.m.
The matchup with LSU will be available to watch online through Varsity Sports Now. A link is provided on the beach volleyball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
SLU's No. 1 pair of
Jolie Hidalgo and Megan Scuderi were named the Southland Conference Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week after going 3-1 this past weekend in Jacksonville, Florida. Hidalgo, a junior from Opelousas, Louisiana, and Scuderi, a junior from Metairie, Louisiana, improved to 18-8 overall.
Other top-performing duos for the Beach Lions are
Mabry Ward and
Eryn Wilks along with
Avery Carroll and
Ariana Hebert.
Ward, a junior from Argyle, Texas, and Wilks, a redshirt sophomore from Hammond, have combined to go 17-5 since pairing up against Texas A&M-Kingsville at home back in early March.
Since pairing up two weeks ago, Carroll and Hebert have gone 5-3 with wins over both Central Arkansas and UNO.
UP NEXT
SLU heads to the Southland Conference Beach Volleyball Championships next weekend at Third Coast Volleyball Club in Houston, Texas. All five Southland schools will be participating with the winner advancing to the NCAA Championships, May 6-8, in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
DIGGIN' IT CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the Southeastern volleyball program are encouraged to join the Diggin' It Club. Lion volleyball alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
All membership fees and donations to both the Diggin' It Club and S Club (volleyball) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern volleyball program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting www.LionUp.com.
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