SKYHAWK BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOPPLES NO. 11 GEORGIA STATE TO START DAY ONE OF GSU DIGGIN’ DUALS

Friday, April 7

Atlanta, Ga.

9:30 a.m.

UT Martin

Georgia State

SKYHAWK BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOPPLES NO. 11 GEORGIA STATE TO START DAY ONE OF GSU DIGGIN’ DUALS

4/7/2023 6:12:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

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ATLANTA, Ga. – The University of Tennessee at Martin's No. 1 team of Dylan Mott and Logan Wallick emerged victorious in a marathon three-set affair, clinching the deciding point for the third straight match to push the Skyhawk beach volleyball team past No. 11 ranked Georgia State on its own home court.

The 3-2 victory over the Panthers this morning was the 13^th consecutive win for UT Martin and first over a nationally ranked program. Later in the afternoon, the Skyhawks (19-7) saw their unprecedented streak come to an end in a 5-0 setback to UAB to close out the first of two days at the GSU Diggin' Duals.

In addition to the No. 1's performance in the day's opener, UT Martin also received big efforts out of its No. 4 pairing of Haeleigh Paulino/Jenna Vallée (10-21, 24-22, 15-13) and the No. 2 duo of Kambree Lucas/Olivia O'Keefe (21-17, 21-18 win) against Georgia State.

Those two victories came before Mott/Wallick collected a 16-21, 21-12, 15-13 triumph to end the match, which is the third true do-or-die clincher for that pair in the last four days (also accomplishing that feat against North Alabama and Austin Peay on Tuesday after both matches were deadlocked at 2-all).

Lucy Kaufman/Addy Vaughn (21-7, 21-15 setback at No. 3) and Kayla Bryant/Kayla Carrell (21-14, 21-14 at No. 5) also battled throughout for the Skyhawks against Georgia State, who was coming off a narrow 3-2 setback to No. 2 UCLA in its previous match.

UT Martin produced several close calls in its second match of the day against the Blazers but ultimately came up short. Carrell/Audrey Haworth narrowly lost 21-18, 21-18 at No. 5 while Paulino/Vallée were barely defeated by the slimmest of margins (23-21, 23-21) at No. 4. Kaufman/Vaughn fell 21-11, 21-13 at No. 3 while Lucas/O'Keefe (No. 2) and Mott/Wallick (No. 1) both fell by identical 21-13, 21-15 margins.

Two more ranked opponents are on the Skyhawks' docket for tomorrow as UT Martin takes on No. 20 Stetson at 7 a.m. CT and No. 16 South Carolina at 2 p.m. CT.