BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Coming off an impressive showing last weekend, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beach volleyball team will be looking to take its momentum into another difficult tournament where it will face two more nationally ranked opponents in the Tiger Beach Tournament.
Day one will begin Saturday when the Islanders (13-6) face #4 Florida State at 11 a.m. before immediately playing #5 LSU, the hosts, at 1 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi will also compete in its conference finale, looking to go a perfect 6-0 SLC when it takes on New Orleans on Sunday at 12 p.m. The Islanders will close out the weekend with a 2 p.m. match against Spring Hill College.
A&M-Corpus Christi has won 24 consecutive regular season matches against SLC opponents dating back to 2019. In addition to four wins during the Southland Midyear, the Islanders posted a 5-0 sweep over HCU in the conference opener over opening weekend this year to hold a 5-0 SLC record.
The Islanders recently secured its first win over a top-20 team in program history with a 4-1 match victory over #17 Arizona. It was one of six matches over the weekend in Arizona for the Islanders, who faced two top-20 teams and one who had been receiving votes in the AVCA Poll.
A&M-Corpus Christi concluded the weekend 4-2 with additional wins over UC Davis, Arizona Christian and Southern Miss. The Islanders handed UC Davis its first loss of the season with a 3-2 edge and then completed the season sweep over Southern Miss with a 4-1 decision.
The upperclassmen duo of senior
Giuliana Poletti Corrales and graduate
Kiley Lewis hold a team-best 12-7 record as pair, having played all matches at flight one. They clinched the match against Arizona, defeating their ones in straight sets.
Freshman
Kristin Bobay and graduate
Chloe Tome secured their second win over a ranked opponent after topping Arizona at court two. The pair notched a win over Florida International earlier this year, who was ranked #15 at the time. In both matches, Bobay and Tome battled back from dropping the first set to defeat each team in three.
Sophomore
Kela Moreno is 13-6 on the year between two courts and two partners. She is 12-4 on court five, while the Islanders hold the best overall record at the five spot at 14-5.
As a team, the Islanders are 59-36 overall in pairs for a .621-win percentage. The Islanders ended last season with a .618 mark.
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