LAKE CHARLES, La. -- The ULM beach volleyball team (10-12) swept McNeese (11-13) after winning matches in 4-1, 3-1 fashion on Friday (April 4) in Lake Charles, La.
Match One - ULM 4, McNeese 1
The Warhawks' second pair of
Abby Ryno and
Claire Williamson collected the first win of the day for ULM with a 21-15, 21-16 victory over McNeese's Rylee Lansing and Kendall Osgood. ULM's top pair of
Kaitlyn Beck and
Madeline Marquez captured a 21-11, 21-13 win over Stavroula Papazoglou and Reese Russell, 21-11, 21-13. The Cowgirls took the pair three match after Jckie McGee and McKenzie Moore won 2-0 versus
Avery Hunter and
Kaelyn Fredette-Huffman with scores of 21-15, 21-19.
Katie Felts and
Maggie Cox clinched the win for ULM in a 2-1 decision versus Bethanie Durant and Harlee Tupper with set scores of 21-17, 18-21, 15-11.
Gracie Behneke and
Zsa Zsa Ferguson wrapped up the match with a 21-13, 21-13 victory versus Luciana Chuong and McKenna Malone in the fifth pair.
Match Two - ULM 3, McNeese 1
Ryno and Williamson again set the tone with a 21-16, 21-11 win over Lansing and Osgood. Beck and Marquez followed with a 2-0 win versus Papazoglou and Russell, 21-19, 21-12. Felts and Cox sealed the victory for the Warhawks with a 2-0 win over Durant and Tupper in 21-18, 21-10 fashion. McGee and Moore defeated Hunter and Fredette-Huffman, 21-14, 21-14 in pair three. Behneke and Ferguson claimed victory in the first set, 21-16 versus Savoie and Malone before the match was suspended.
The Warhawks will complete the weekend in New Orleans at the Pontchartrain Beach Bash with matches versus New Orleans at 9 a.m. and Nicholls at 11 a.m.
