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Beach Volleyball's Season Comes to a Close Friday
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Beach Volleyball's Season Comes to a Close Friday

BATON ROUGE, LA. – Gamecocks beach volleyball bowed out of the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association’s postseason tournament on Friday. South Carolina finishes the season with a 14-17 overall record after losses to No. 7 Texas (3-0) and No. 11 LSU (3-1).

With weather threatening delays, all duals on Friday were played to decision. In the morning opener, the top-seeded Longhorns (26-9) jumped ahead 2-0 after holding off a furious rally from Rachel Hartmann and Riley Whitesides on court two. After losing the first set, the Gamecock duo won 23-21 in the second set before falling 23-21 in the third. Texas clinched the dual victory with a sweep on court five.

In the elimination dual against LSU (24-11), the Gamecocks split the first wave of matches after Hartmann and Whitesides earned some redemption with a 21-18, 21-14 sweep on court two. The Tigers pushed ahead 2-1 in the dual after a tight 21-19, 21-19 sweep on court five, but the final two matches on courts one and three would head to third sets. Morgan Downs and Evie Ziffer put themselves into position to even the dual late in the third set on court three, but LSU won 17-15 to end the Gamecocks’ comeback hopes. 

RESULTS
No. 7 Texas 3, South Carolina 0

  1. Jolie Cranford/Julia Waugh (SC) vs. Chloe Charles/Eva Liisa Kuivonen (TX), no result
  2. Emma Grace Robertson/Katie Hashman (TX) def. Rachel Hartmann/Riley Whitesides (SC) 21-13, 21-23, 23-21
  3. Karin Zolnercikova/Maddison Parmelly (TX) def. Morgan Downs/Evie Ziffer (SC), no result
  4. Noa Sonneville/Macey Butler (TX) def. Sadie Nelson/Julianna Quintero (SC) 21-13, 21-15
  5. Ava Patton/Vivian Johnson (TX) def. Lauren Lawson/VB Trost (SC) 21-15, 21-12

Order of Finish: 4,2,5*
*- Deciding Point

No. 11 LSU 3, South Carolina 1

  1. Jolie Cranford/Julia Waugh (SC) vs. Gabi Bailey/Parker Bracken (LSU) no result
  2. Rachel Hartmann/Riley Whitesides (SC) def. Aubrey O’Gorman/Camryn Chatellier (LSU) 21-18, 21-14
  3. Elle Evers/Julia Sprecher (LSU) def. Morgan Downs/Evie Ziffer (SC) 21-12, 19-21, 17-15
  4. Tatum Finlason/Kate Baker (LSU) def. Sadie Nelson/Julianna Quintero (SC) 21-15, 21-12
  5. Emily Meyer/Skylar Martin (LSU) def. Lauren Lawson/VB Trost (SC) 21-19, 21-19

Order of Finish: 4,2,5,3*
*- Deciding Point

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