Beach Volleyball Opens Weekend in Gulf Shores Tournament

GULF SHORES, Ala. – Seaside volleyball opened its weekend on the seaside of Gulf Shores, Ala. with two duals Friday, shedding 3-0 to No. 3 UCLA earlier than bouncing again with a 3-1 victory over host faculty UAB. The Gamecocks (9-6) battled the weather on the house sand of the NCAA postseason match, enjoying to resolution in each duals amid climate issues all through Friday.

South Carolina was unable to start out robust towards the Bruins within the morning opener, battling again late within the second set on court docket one earlier than UCLA ended the twin at resolution with sweeps at two, three and 4. With an adjusted lineup within the afternoon towards UAB, the Blazers struck first with a sweep of the twos pairing however the Gamecocks answered with convincing choices from Skylar Allen an Simone Priebe on court docket one, Allison Coens and Lauren Wilcock on court docket three and Sammy Ansel and Sadie Nelson on 5 to show the tide and seize the workforce win.

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UP NEXT
The weekend solely will get more durable for South Carolina on Saturday, the Gamecocks will face No. 5 LMU and No. 4 Florida State at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, respectively.

RESULTS
No. 3 UCLA 3, No. 20 South Carolina 0

1. Lexy Denaburg/Maggie Boyd (UCLA) vs. Skylar Allen/Simone Priebe (SC), Unfinished
2. Abby Van Winkle/Peri Brennan (UCLA) def. Allison Coens/Hannah Mackenhausen (SC) 21-11, 21-17
3. Tessa Van Winkle/Jessie Smith (UCLA) def. Kaeli Crews/Kennedy Westendorff (SC) 21-15, 21-15
4. Haley Hallgren/Rileigh Powers (UCLA) def. Jolie Cranford/Lauren Wilcock (SC) 21-14, 21-9
5. Jaden Whitmarsh/Marlie Monserez (UCLA) vs. Sadie Nelson/Sammy Ansel (SC), Unfinished

Order of End: 2,4,3*
*-Deciding Level

No. 20 South Carolina 3, UAB 1

1. Skylar Allen/Simone Priebe (SC) def. Brooke Pertuit/Jasmine Haas (UAB) 22-20, 21-14
2. Arden Copping/Mikayla Regulation-Heese (UAB) def. Kaeli Crews/Hannah Mackenhausen (SC) 21-12, 21-16
3. Allison Coens/Lauren Wilcock (SC) def. Jessica Ennis/Ella Alexander (UAB) 21-16, 21-14
4. Emma Andraka/Adriana Pereira (UAB) vs. Jolie Cranford/Kennedy Westendorff (SC), Unfinished
5. Sadie Nelson/Sammy Ansel (SC) def. Olivia Chychrun/Ellie Heflin (UAB) 21-13, 21-15

Order of end: 2,1,3,5*