SKYHAWK BEACH VOLLEYBALL NABS A PAIR OF INDIVIDUAL WINS IN HISTORICAL HOME DOUBLE DUAL AGAINST SOUTHERN MISS

Wednesday, March 13

Martin, Tenn.

1 P.M.

UT Martin

Southern Miss

SKYHAWK BEACH VOLLEYBALL NABS A PAIR OF INDIVIDUAL WINS IN HISTORICAL HOME DOUBLE DUAL AGAINST SOUTHERN MISS

3/13/2019 8:05:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

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MARTIN, Tenn. – The first ever University of Tennessee at Martin beach volleyball home matches were played today as the Skyhawks dropped back-to-back 4-1 decisions to Southern Miss.

A crowd of 332 gathered at the newly built Skyhawk Beach Volleyball Complex to witness history being made. On the day, four of the 10 decisions went into tiebreaker third sets – three of which came during the opening match of the day.

"We're really excited to finally play on our own home courts," UT Martin head coach Jaclynn Wilson said. "We had a great crowd – it's just a very laid-back atmosphere and a lot of action going on. We had a lot of good matches and our girls played hard. We still have a lot of learning to do and a lot of work to do to have the success that we want but we are seeing a lot of good things."

In the first match, Kenzie Hinshaw and Karen Scanlon pushed through for a big 21-18, 21-19 victory at No. 2. Each of the other four matchups were tight but ultimately went the way of the Golden Eagles.

At No. 5, Addison Conley and Logan Wallick won the first set before falling 18-21, 21-18, 15-12 while Megan Fair and Justine Walker also took the opening stanza at No. 3 but dropped an 18-21, 21-18, 15-10 decision. The third pairing to go into three sets was at No. 4 where Lindsey Geurin and Jessica Reynolds battled but fell 21-12, 18-21, 15-8. At No. 1, Brooke Gyori and Hannah Phillips were defeated by a 21-12, 21-15 margin.

The Skyhawk duo of Fair and Walker were bumped up to No. 2 for the second match of the double dual and the results worked out as UT Martin claimed a 25-23, 10-21, 15-13 triumph. However, that would be the only matchup where the Skyhawks emerged victorious.

Gyori/Phillips and Conley/Wallick fell by identical scores of 21-13, 21-13 at No. 1 and No. 5, respectively. At No. 3, Hinshaw and Scanlon fought but fell 21-11, 21-14 while Geurin and Reynolds were defeated 21-11, 21-9 at No. 4.

UT Martin has over two full weeks off before its next outing, which is a double dual on the road at Central Arkansas on March 28.