YOUNGSVILLE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University beach volleyball team fell short in two matches Friday afternoon at the Sugar Beach Bash hosted in Youngsville, Louisiana to begin the weekend.
Southeastern (6-7, 2-1 SLC) returned to the sand for day two with a tough 4-1 loss to South Carolina (10-6). The Lady Lions have suffered two losses against power five opponents this season to be battle tested for conference matches. Juniors
Andrea Da Silva and
Rachel Hartmann finished with a 23-21 and 21-12 two set advantage over the Gamecocks to secure a win for SLU. South Carolina gained all other matches with a two-set edge.
The Lady Lions fell 3-2 to Southern Miss (6-10, 2-0 SBC) to end the two-day tournament in Youngsville, Louisiana. Da Silva and Hartmann gained another win alongside sophomore
Mia McKinney and freshman
Mia Sauers who battled to obtain a three-set advantage over the Golden Eagles.
Saturday's Results:
| Match 2: Southern Miss 3, Southeastern 2 |
| |
SLU |
USM |
Winner |
Score |
| 1 |
Andrea Da Silva/Rachel Hartmann |
Ola Chudzik/Sarah Murczek |
SLU |
22-20, 22-20 |
| 2 |
Alexis Logarbo/Maddie Shepston |
Laurel Dennis/Sadie McAda |
USM |
21-17, 18-21, 15-11 |
| 3 |
Mia Sauers/Mia McKinney |
Madison Cassidy/Valerie Siakidoh Papakyrukon |
SLU |
19-21, 21-18, 15-13 |
| 4 |
Ysabella Lockwood/Taylor Stockwell |
Ashlyn Raugh/ Dylan Russell |
USM |
19-21, 21-19, 15-8 |
| 5 |
Carley Petty/Zoe Duggan |
Jessie Fairly/Carmen Delgado |
USM |
17-21, 21-18, 15-8 |
SLU will return to the sand March 22-24 to compete in the Southland Conference Mid-Year Invitational in New Orleans, Louisiana. Southeastern will start the weekend with a rematch against the New Orleans Privateers Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. before facing HCU at 4 p.m. to cap off the day. The Lady Lions will move to take on San Jose State University at 9:15 a.m. Saturday morning before returning at 2:30 p.m. against McNeese to end day two. Southeastern will face the defending Southland Conference champion Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sunday at 1:15 p.m. before closing out the tournament against Nicholls at 5:15 p.m. All matches will be played at Privateer Beach.
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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