The Javelina beach volleyball team traveled to Houston this past weekend to take on Abilene Christian University (ACU), University of New Mexico and New Orleans. The Javelinas walked away with a weekend record of 2-1, with wins against ACU and New Orleans. The Javelinas narrowly lost to the University of New Mexico by a score of 2-3.
Day one, the Javelinas faced ACU and got the 5-0 sweep against their division one foes. All of the TAMUK duos made short work in their matches, winning each game two sets to zero. When asked about the team’s dominant start to the weekend, junior Kadi Shipman said, “Our hard work during practice paid off over the weekend, and everyone really showed improvement across the board.”
Day two the Javelinas had a double-header scheduled against the University of New Mexico and New Orleans. In the first match of the day the Javelinas faced the University of New Mexico. The girls played a hard-fought game but lost by a set score of 2-3. They cashed in wins from the three’s team courtesy of Macy Berg and Haley Hutchinson. They won their game in two sets with scores of 21-14 and 21-13. The other team who logged a win was the two’s duo, Madison Brabham and Kylexus Block. They won their match, 21-16 and 21-14.
Later in the day the team faced New Orleans and won by a score of 3-2. The Javelinas got wins from the five’s duo which was Nicole Murff and Christina Gragasin. They won their flight with a clean sweep of New Orleans in two sets. The top three teams all went into a third set and they logged narrow wins from the two’s and three’s duos. Brabham and Block logged the second win of the match and Hutchinson and Berg clinched the game right after that. It was a tough game but the Javelinas prevailed over the Privateers of New Orleans.
Hutchinson weighed in after the tournament and said, “I thought the team adapted to the different styles of play this weekend really well and showed a lot of improvements mentally.”
The Javelinas will be leaving this coming Friday to travel to Baton Rouge where they will face some power five schools. They will see Texas Christian University (TCU), Louisiana State University (LSU), and the University of South Carolina (USC) on Saturday, April 6.
