Golden Eagle Beach heads to Berry Beach Kickoff
MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team is back in action this weekend as the Golden Eagles compete in the Berry Beach Kickoff, taking on event host Berry College at 3 PM Friday, then takes on the Vikings again at 8 AM Saturday before facing LaGrange at 10 AM.
Team Stats
| Game Statistics | Tennessee Tech | Berry | Score | 1 | 4 |
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Madie Whitehead / Kara Schmit def. MK Roberts / Kyana Gabriel 21-16 , 21-18
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Becky Blaydes / Keira Kruk def. Vivian RoBards / Jordyn Hamlin 23-21 , 21-12
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Kaylee Howell / Ailee England def. Bailey Poppe / Kaesha Walter 21-16 , 21-19
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Kat Kelyman / Sabine Rudolph def. Piper Jones / Alanah Craig 21-8 , 21-14
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Zoe Mish / Maggie Kamp def. Riley Kessler / Grace Mau 21-4 , 21-11
| Game Statistics | Tennessee Tech | Berry | Score | 1 | 4 |
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MK Roberts / Vivian RoBards def. Madie Whitehead / Kara Schmit 21-17 , 21-15
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Becky Blaydes / Keira Kruk def. Kyana Gabriel / Jordyn Hamlin 21-16 , 17-21 , 15-9
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Kaylee Howell / Ailee England def. Piper Jones / Audrey Kilgore 21-15 , 23-21
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Kat Kelyman / Sabine Rudolph def. Kaesha Walter / Alanah Craig 21-10 , 21-16
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Riley Kessler / Maddi Hoffman def. Zoe Mish / Maggie Kamp 21-19 , 21-15
| Game Statistics | Tennessee Tech | LaGrange | Score | 4 | 1 |
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Julia Damico / Alex Krabs def. MK Roberts / Vivian RoBards 21-15 , 20-22 , 15-12
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Kyana Gabriel / Jordyn Hamlin def. Isabella Zentkovich / Kaitlyn Smith 21-18 , 21-13
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Piper Jones / Audrey Kilgore def. Akajah Burton / Jasmine Gross 23-21 , 16-21 , 15-7
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Kaesha Walter / Alanah Craig def. Kaitlin Gilchrist / Ella Kahlkina 21-19 , 21-17
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Zoe Mish / Maggie Kamp def. Emerson Melvin / Riley Curtis 21-4 , 21-11
By Thomas Corhern, TTU Athletics Media Relations
MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – The Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team is back in action this weekend as the Golden Eagles compete in the Berry Beach Kickoff, taking on event host Berry College at 3 PM Friday, then takes on the Vikings again at 8 AM Saturday before facing LaGrange at 10 AM.
Berry College enters the weekend with a 6-3 record, winning its last three matches. Like the Golden Eagles, the Vikings opened the season with two losses against Carson-Newman, but Berry rebounded with a 3-0 weekend at the Huntingdon Beach Bash in Montgomery, Ala., beating Southern Virginia and Truett McConnell by identical 3-0 scores before toppling Loyola-New Orleans 3-1.
The strong play continued last weekend at the Badger Beach Bash in Mobile, Ala., falling to host Spring Hill College 4-3, then defeating Huntingdon 4-1, Erskine 4-1 and LaGrange – Tech's other opponent on Saturday – 4-0.
LaGrange enters the weekend with a 3-9 record, going 2-1 at the Truett McConnell tournament, losing to the hosts 3-0 before sweeping Spartanburg Methodist and Florida Memorial. The Panthers fell in all four matches at the Huntingdon Beach Bash, swept by Emmanuel 5-0 and Loyola-New Orleans 3-0 in addition to a 3-2 loss to Huntingdon and a 3-1 loss to Stevenson University.
Four losses came during the Badger Beach Bash with a 3-2 loss to Huntingdon, followed by 5-0 sweeps from Erskine, Spring Hill and Berry. The Panthers returned to the winning side of the standings on Tuesday as they swept Wesleyan College 5-0.
Tech (0-2) started the season last week with a dual match at Carson-Newman, falling 5-0 in both contests. The pair of Zoe Mish and Piper Jones came the closest last week, taking the first game against Madison Trondle and Kelcey Peterson 22-20 before falling 21-13 and 15-10 in the tiebreaker.
Following this weekend's matches, Tech will travel to Atlanta to compete in the Georgia State Day of Duals, taking on Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky and host Georgia State next Wednesday, then complete the weekend at the Coastal Carolina Invitational against Salem, host Coastal Carolina and South Florida.
Photo | Carson-Newman Athletics
