BATON ROUGE – The LSU Beach Volleyball team finished its fall competition schedule on Sunday at home with a victory.
“This weekend was a great finish for the fall competition schedule,” said head coach Russell Brock. “This part of the year is for us to see how we match up with other programs and players who we don’t see every day.”
The Tigers competed against pairs from Houston Baptist, TCU and Tulane. Each matchup went two sets and the winner was determined by overall winning percentage throughout the day.
Winning 74.24-percent of its sets, LSU’s ran away with the victory on Sunday. In second place, TCU won 54.76-percent of its sets followed by Tulane who won 44.7-percent.
LSU also won events in Huntsville and Gulf Shores Alabama over the past two weekends.
“To be able to win at the rate we’ve been winning through the Fall against the teams we’ve been playing against is a really good sign that we are heading in the right direction,” Brock added.
LSU competed in Elmwood, Louisiana on Saturday as well and won 81-percent of its sets. Official team standings from the Tulane Fall Competition have not been released, but the pair results are listed below.
“I’m proud of all the work that our team has put in since the last time we had a chance to compete as a full team last May in Gulf Shores,” Brock said. “I’m even more excited about how much better we will be by the end of February.”
Coming off its best season in program history finishing third in the nation, LSU is poised to compete for the national championship in the spring. The Tigers will return eight players who recorded 15 or more victories last season.
The Tigers will open their 2020 season in Hawaii on February 22 in Hawaii. LSU will hold its first home tournament, the Tiger Beach Challenge, the following weekend February 29 – March 1.
The team will hold its annual Purple vs. Gold Scrimmage on February 15. The scrimmage will be held in conjunction with an LSU Beach Volleyball Kid’s Clinic.
LSU Pair Results
Saturday:
Claire Coppola/Kristen Nuss: 6-0
Toni Rodriguez/Hunter Domanski: 6-0
Kahlee York/Sydney Moore: 6-0
Allison Coens/Kelli Agnew: 6-0
Jess Schaben/Hailey Cabeceiras: 5-1
Elizabeth Masters/Melia Lindner: 5-1
Taryn Kloth/Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope: 4-2
Olivia Powers/Tatum Ballard: 3-1
Grace Seits/Natalie Martin: 3-1
Nicole Decker/Alexis Toney: 3-1
Sierra Caffo/Lara Boos: 1-3
Sunday:
Claire Coppola/Kristen Nuss: 6-0
Kahlee York/Melia Lindner: 6-0
Olivia Powers/Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope: 5-1
Toni Rodriguez/Hunter Domanski: 5-1
Jess Schaben/Sydney Moore: 5-1
Sierra Caffo/Natalie Martin: 5-1
Tatum Ballard/Grace Seits: 5-1
Taryn Kloth/Hailey Cabeceiras: 4-2
Allison Coens/Kelli Agnew: 3-3
Elizabeth Masters/Lara Boos: 3-3
Melia Lindner/Alexis Toney: 2-0
Nicole Decker/Alexis Toney: 0-4
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