HOUSTON, Texas - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beach volleyball team finished play today at the Houston Christian Pairs Tournament. The Islanders had nine pair compete over the weekend in round robin pool play against opponents from LSU, McNeese State, and hosts HCU.
Friday
The Islanders' top pair of
Mia Stevens /
Whitney Sample went 2-1 yesterday as they picked up wins over HCU and McNeese. The pair ofÂ
Bryce Ranney /
Nicole Robison also went 2-1 in their pool, with their lone defeat coming to the LSU side in three sets. The duo of
Kaitreanne Chojnacki /
Mila Popovic swept their pool play as they went 3-0, bouncing back from a first-set loss to take down their LSU opponents.
In the open section of pool play,Â
Taylor Sourinhong /
Emily Wood,Â
Peyton Bergman /
Ana Fallas,Â
Isa Faria /
Keyra Van Laer Plettener all went 1-1 in their matches on Friday. The combo of
Prior Borick /
Avery Nowak cruised to wins over LSU and McNesse to go 2-0 on the day.Â
Saturday
Corpus Christi returned to the courts for the second day, led by Stevens / Sample who went 2-0 over HCU and an extended three-set win over LSU. The pairs of Ranney / Robinson and Chojnacki / Popovic each split their matches with HCU and LSU. Borick / Nowak advanced to the quarterfinals of the bracket play by defeating their HCU opponents but fell to LSU in the second round.
The Islanders are off next weekend before returning to play at LSU on Oct. 31 for their fourth fall tournament of the season.
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