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Beach Runs Through UAB, LSU at Beach Burrow Bash
3/1/2019 8:06:19 PM | Women's Beach Volleyball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – The No. 5 Florida State beach volleyball team (6-1, 4-1 CCSA) earned two 4-1 wins on the first day of FAU’s Beach Burrow Bash, taking down UAB and No. 4 LSU on Friday. With the two wins on the opening day of the tournament, FSU reached 100 wins as an NCAA program.
The Seminoles have now earned three straight conference wins and earned their fourth ranked win of the season. Florida State avenges a loss to LSU that it suffered just last weekend in Tallahassee, as the Tigers’ 3-2 win makes them the only CCSA team to defeat the Seminoles since beach volleyball was added to the CCSA.
Florida State saw a new lineup on Friday, moving the sophomore duo of Alaina Chacon and Madison Fitzpatrick to the No. 1 position against UAB, with three new pairs below them in the lineups – 2018’s dominant pair of Kuhlman/McBain, senior Nikki Esposito and freshman Kate Privett, and sophomores Ashley Robert and Avery Poppinga.
The team’s lineup against LSU stayed similar to the first weekend of competition, with Kuhlman/Rund leading at the No. 1 position. The Noles in the second through fifth positions all earned a point for FSU, as Chacon/Fitzpatrick finished off Powers/Rasnick-Pope in two sets, and the other three courts were decided in three sets.
FSU returns to the sand tomorrow afternoon to take on two more conference opponents – No. 10 South Carolina at noon and No. 18 FAU at 4:00 pm.
Match #1: No. 5 FSU def. [RV] UAB, 4-1
- Alaina Chacon/Madison Fitzpatrick (FS) def. SalliAnne Napolitano/Kenley Adams (UAB) 21-12, 15-21, 15-9
- Brooke Kuhlman/Molly McBain (FS) def. Jayme Bratsberg/Jaelyn Keene (UAB) 21-12, 21-16
- Nikki Esposito/Kate Privett (FS) def. Annie Pringle/Tressa Buckland (UAB) 18-21, 21-13, 15-12
- Sara Putt/Payton Caffrey (FS) def. Emily Martinez/Brittney Munro (UAB) 19-21, 21-12, 15-5
- Jenna Gathright/Emma Andraka (UAB) def. Ashley Robert/Avery Poppinga (FS) 22-20, 24-22
- Ext. Jenna Johnson/Ali Eager (FS) def. Brooke Stansel/Ashlee Stansel (UAB) 21-18, 21-10, 15-9
Match #2: No. 5 FSU def. No. 4 LSU, 4-1
- Kristen Nuss/Claire Coppola (LSU) def. Brooke Kuhlman/Payton Rund (FS) 21-18, 21-19
- Alaina Chacon/Madison Fitzpatrick (FS) def. Olivia Powers/Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope (LSU) 21-16, 21-17
- Nikki Esposito/Molly McBain (FS) def. Kelli Agnew/Toni Rodriguez (LSU) 18-21, 21-18, 15-0
- Payton Caffrey/Sara Putt (FS) def. Taryn Kloth/Maddie Ligon (LSU) 12-21, 26-24, 15-12
- Macy Jerger/Jenna Johnson (FS) def. Allison Coens/Hunter Domanski (LSU) 21-17, 13-21, 17-15
- Ext. Lexi McKeown/Kate Privett (FS) def. Ashley Allmer/Kahlee York (LSU) 21-13, 21-19
Match #3: No. 10 South Carolina (1-3, 0-2 CCSA)
Saturday, March 2 | 12:00 pm
- FSU holds a 13-0 record over the Gamecocks, which is now the longest-running series FSU has with any team.
- This will be the second time in two weeks that the Seminoles meet the Gamecocks. FSU beat South Carolina 4-1 last weekend for its second conference win of the season.
- This will be only the third time in program history the two teams meet at a neutral site not in the postseason.
- The Gamecocks went 1-3 last weekend in Tallahassee, falling to the other three top-10 teams in the tournament (No. 6 Cal Poly, No. 7 LSU and No. 3 Florida State).
March #4: No. 18 FAU (4-0, 1-0 CCSA)
Saturday, March 2 | 4:00 pm
Live Stats
- The Seminoles and the Owls met three times last year, where FSU swept them every time.
- FAU started off the season 4-0, sweeping Webber International, North Florida, Florida Southern, and CCSA newcomer TCU at it’s home opening Paradise at the Burrow tournament.
- The 4-0 start marks the team’s best start in program history.
- The Owls kept the same lineup for all four matches, which was heavily dominanted by upperclassmen.
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