NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beach volleyball team was in action for the second time this season at the AVCA Pairs Tournament. The Islanders sent nine different sets of pairs to the event, competing at four different pools of play.
The pair of Melina Molt and
Mia Stevens and
Millie Olsson and Whitney Sample each went 1-1 in the top level of pool play. The two Islander teams faced off in the first round of the bracket play, with Olsson and Sample coming out on top before falling in the next round to LSU. They reached the finals of the consolation bracket before falling to McNeese State.
The team of Isabella Faria /
Bryce Ranney,Â
Avery Nowak / Milana Popovic, and Emma Gehbauer /
Taylor Sourinhong all advanced out of Aqua pool play. Gehbauer and Sourinhong made it to the third place match before falling to LSU in the gold bracket, while Faria and Ranney won the silver bracket by defeating UL-Monroe.
Peyton Bergman and
Prior Borick went 1-2 in their pool play but thrived once they made it to the bracket play, as they defeated a team from New Orleans and ULM to win the silver bracket of the Blue division. In the Pink division, the team of Nicole Robison / Keyra Van Laer Plettener went 2-1 in pool play before falling in bracket play, while the team of
Kaitreanne Chojnacki /
Emily Wood fell in the first round of the silver bracket.
The Islanders are back in action next weekend when they compete at the Houston Christian hosted Tournament on Oct. 16-17.
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