Beach Volleyball Travels to Alabama for AVCA Collegiate Qualifier
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. – The South Carolina beach volleyball team will send its full roster to the AVCA Pairs National Qualifier tournament this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28-29, hosted by Rally VB at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Ala. The tournament will feature two divisions, one open division and a second that offers a chance to win a bid to the AVCA Pairs National Championship, running next weekend (Nov. 3-5) and also hosted in Huntsville.
The tournament begins Saturday morning with pool play, in the “Bid” division the Gamecocks will be represented by pairs Skylar Allen and Jolie Cranford, and Allison Coens and Rebeca Olariu. Allen and Cranford will compete against Texas A&M-CC and Eastern Kentucky in their pool, Coens and Olariu have Central Arkansas, Southern Miss and UAB. The open division will not be able to earn a bid, but six Gamecock pairings will battle through a field of 23 different pools of three teams apiece.
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GAMECOCK PAIRINGS
Bid Division:
Skylar Allen/Jolie Cranford
Allison Coens/Rebeca Olariu
Open Division:
Abigail Lagemann/VB Trost
Evie Ziffer/Hannah Mackenhausen
McKenzie Nichols/Peyton Yamagata
Julia Waugh/Sophie Bengoechea
Morgan Downs/Kristen Schenck
Sadie Nelson/Chase Teal
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Eastern Kentucky
Georgia State
LSU
Mercer
Southeastern Louisiana
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Tulane
UAB
Central Arkansas
North Alabama
South Carolina
Southern Mississippi
Tennessee – Chattanooga
UT Martin
