Third straight year team starts 4-0
Head Coach Tanya Allen and the 2022 Beach Volleyball team kicked off the season with the TAMUK Invitational.
The Javelinas beat all opponents during a cold front to start off the spring season at 4-0.
“We’ve gone through a lot of different obstacles throughout offseason and still actively dealing with the pandemic, the uncertainty of it all but seeing all of the hard work pay off with a 4-0 start is a great feeling, and I’m so proud of everyone and proud to be a part of this team,” senior Roxanne Morris, who is currently in her third season, said.
This marks the fourth time in program history and the third straight year the team starts the season 4-0.
For freshman Madelyn Wallace, she could not ask for a better start to her collegiate career.
“I am excited to be able to finally compete at the collegiate level because I have been working towards playing volleyball in college since I first started playing beach in La Verni,” Wallace said. “It’s really cool that I am finally playing in my first year of college beach volleyball, especially under Coach Tanya because she is an amazing coach on the beach.”
The first matches of the weekend of Feb. 25 started with the Javelinas sweeping the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders and finished with a come-from-behind victory over the Colorado Mesa Mavericks, after falling behind two matches to start.
The second day of the two-day event was another sweep to start the day against the Missouri Baptist Spartans and ended with a down-to-the wire 3-2 victory over the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks, capping off the weekend for the Javelinas.
“We are going for the national championship, but we must take every practice and every game on first, and this season will be everything we worked for,” Morris said.
The Javelinas traveled last weekend to the Tiger Beach Challenge in Louisiana.
“I am pleased with our start – any wins are great wins. But I know there are many things we need to improve on,” Allen said. “We have a very tough weekend ahead of us and we have spent a lot of time on broadening our offense a little bit. The more diverse our offense is, the more effective we will be.”
