Beach Volleyball . March 3, 2018

Beach Volleyball Wins a Pair to Open UNF Beach Invite

March 3, 2018

Final Stats

PAIR RESULTS: UNCW

1: Kline/ Lott (UNCW) def. Williams/Denney (SC) 19-21, 21-14, 15-12

2: Bates/Smith (SC) def. Hunt/Lewandowski (UNCW) 21-15, 21-6

3: Mannisto/Schnieder (SC) def. Kelly/Rooney (UNCW) 21-18, 21-11

4: Perri/Tendrich (SC) def. McCullough/Montgomery (UNCW) 21-15, 21-18

5: Harrison/Edelman (SC) def. Mullinax/ Thomas (UNCW) 21-12, 21-19

Order of Finish: 5,4,2,3,1

PAIR RESULTS: FAU

1: Williams/Denney (SC) def. Dischler/Kinlaw (FAU) 19-21, 21-17, 15-7

2: Bates/Smith (SC) def. Scarborough/Pellitteri (FAU) 16-21, 21-15, 15-10

3:Mannisto/Schnieder (SC) def. Grant/Navarro (FAU) 21-14, 21-14

4:Perri/Tendrich (SC) def. Silva/ Dorish (FAU) 21-11, 16-21, 15-10

5: Morris/Brok (FAU) def. Harrison/Edelman (SC) 17-21, 21-14, 15-4

Order of Finish: 5,4,3,1,2

Looking Ahead

Date	Opponent (H/A/N)	Time
3/10	Jacksonville (H)	10 a.m. ET
3/10	North Florida (H)	2 p.m. ET

ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. – The South Carolina beach volleyball team opened up competition at the UNF Beach Invitational with a pair of wins on Saturday. The ninth-ranked Gamecocks defeated UNCW (1-1) and No. 17 FAU (2-4) by 4-1 margins, running their season record to 5-1.

In the morning session, South Carolina squared off with conference rival UNCW, and earned an quick 2-0 lead after sweeps from Leah Perri and Macie Tendrich in the fours pair (21-15, 21-18) and Hannah Edelman and Franky Harrison in the fives (21-12, 21-19).

Cadie Bates made her first career start count, as she and teammate Katie Smith sealed the win with a convicing 21-15, 21-6 win in the twos pair that clinched the dual win. Julia Mannisto and Carly Schnieder followed with a 21-18, 21-11 win in the threes to give South Carolina the 4-1 win.

Exactly one week removed from their last meeting with FAU, a 3-2 win at the Stetson Spring Fling, the Gamecocks found themselves in another dogfight with the Owls on the beaches of St. Augustine. The two sides split three-set affairs in the opening wave, with Tendrich and Perri winning 21-11, 16-21, 15-10 in the fours, and FAU taking the fives.

The Owls grabbed momentum in a big way to begin the second wave, taking the first sets in the top two flights. Though South Carolina went ahead 2-1 in the dual after another sweep from Schnieder and Mannisto, the Gamecocks had to forge a big rally to avoid the upset.

Both of the top two pairs would force third sets, and Shannon Williams and Ali Denney provided the clinching point with a 19-21, 21-17, 15-7 win in the number one flight. Bates and Smith closed out the dual with a win at number two, coming back from a 21-16 loss in the first set to sweep the next two, 21-15, 15-10.

NOTABLE

Cadie Bates made her Carolina debut on Saturday, picking up a pair of wins in the twos pairing. Bates is a graduate transfer who played for Duke’s indoor program.
The Gamecocks’ three graduate transfers (Bates, Leah Perri and Lydia Dimke) have a combined record of 6-3 so far this season.
Julia Mannisto won her 50th career dual match on Saturday, making her just the third Gamecock in program history to reach that total.
Mannisto and Carly Schnieder won their 25th career dual together on Saturday, moving them up to second in program history for wins as a pair.
South Carolina is now 5-0 all-time against UNCW and 7-0 against FAU.

UP NEXT

Day two of the tournament will feature a pair of challenging matches for Carolina. First up is a 11:30 a.m. dual with #13 Georgia State, who knocked off sixth-ranked LSU and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday. The Gamecocks close the weekend at 3:30 with a match against the host UNF Ospreys, who lost a pair of tight battles with FAU and LSU on day one.