Beach falls in opening matches of Tiger Beach Challenge Saturday

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- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi beach volleyball team fell twice on Saturday afternoon in its opening matches of the 2020 Tiger Beach Challenge in Baton Rouge, La.
- In the first match, the Islanders fell to No. 1 UCLA, 5-0 and 3-2 to Tulane
- Against UCLA, The No. 3 paring of Brooke Adkisson and Giuliana Poletti Corrales took their match to three sets. They then came back in their second match of the day against Tulane after trailing in the first set, winning the final two, 21-10 and 16-14. 
- Kylie Kvam and Taylor Horsfall won their match at the No. 4 position against Tulane in straight sets. 

Match One Scores (No. 1 UCLA 5, Islanders 0)
1. Abby Van Winkle/Savvy Simo (UCLA) def. Abigail DeVido/Emma Coudon (AMCC) 21-14, 21-14
2. Lindsey Sparks/Lexi Denaburg (UCLA) def. Rachel Young/Fanny Ahman (AMCC) 21-18, 21-11
3. Mac May/Jaden Whitmarsh (UCLA) def. Brooke Adkisson/Giuliana Poletti Corrales (AMCC) 21-10, 17-21, 15-11
4. Devon Newberry/Rileigh Powers (UCLA) def. Kylie Kvam/Taylor Horsfall (AMCC) 21-11, 21-19
5. Megan Muret/Madi Yeomans (UCLA) def. Demi McInnis/Sam Dumity (AMCC) 21-13, 21-7
Ext. Jacqueline Quade/Cami Sanchez (UCLA) def. Hannah Smyers/Anna Erftenbeck (AMCC) 21-17, 21-18


Match Two Scores (Tulane 3, Islanders 2)
1. Kaylie McHugh/Eva Torruella (TUL) def. Abigail Devido/Emma Coudon (AMCC) 21-17, 21-14
2. Tarin Mergener/Kendall Peters (TUL) def. Rachel Young/Fanny Ahman (AMCC) 21-16, 21-15
3. Brooke Adkisson/Giuliana Poletti Corrales (AMCC) def. Ashton Mares/Ellie Leitko (TUL) 18-21, 21-10, 16-14
4. Kylie Kvam/Taylor Horsfall (AMCC) def. Addie Hermstad/Samantha Mehlman (TUL) 21-17, 22-20
5. Rio Frohoff/Gabby Becerra (TUL) def. Demi McInnis/Sam Dumity (AMCC) 21-17, 21-10
Ext. Haley Gibson/Oona Bruss (TUL) def. Hannah Smyers/Anna Erftenbeck (AMCC) 21-17, 22-20


Up Next
- The Islanders will play two more matches tomorrow morning, beginning with host school LSU followed by Spring Hill College. Matches are set to begin at 9:00 a.m. 

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