DELAND, Fla. – Following its 5-0 sweep of No. 5 Austin Peay to open the 2019 ASUN Beach Volleyball Championship Thursday morning, No. 4 Coastal Carolina suffered a 4-1 loss to No. 1 Stetson Thursday afternoon in the tournament's quarterfinals.
Following the loss in Thursday's second match, Coastal (20-10) drops to the lower portion of the
double-elimination bracket. The Chants will be back in action Friday at 9:30 a.m. ET taking on No. 6 North Alabama (10-11), which suffered a 5-0 sweep to No. 3 Florida Gulf Coast Thursday morning. Coastal defeated North Alabama twice to close out the regular season, winning by scores of 3-2 and 4-1.
Despite the loss, Thursday afternoon's match marked the first time in program history that Coastal won a point against Stetson, which entered the tournament ranked eighth nationally.
Coastal's top pairing of
Sydney Alvis and
Leah Hardeman earned the point, defeating Stetson's first-team All-ASUN pairing of Carly Perales and Sunniva Helland-Hansen in three sets, 21-17, 12-21, 15-12.
However, Alvis' and Hardeman's win came after Stetson had already clinched the match with sweeps of the fifth, fourth, third and second courts.
Friday's matches will once again be broadcast on
ESPN+ and have
live scoring available.
#8 Stetson 4, Coastal Carolina 1
1. Alvis, Sydney/Hardeman, Leah (CCU) def. Carly Perales/S. Helland-Hansen (STET) 21-17, 12-21, 15-12
2. Darby Dunn/Sammee Thomas (STET) def. Campbell, Lucy/Boyer, Anaiah (CCU) 21-15, 24-22
3. Rachel Noble/Ana Costa (STET) def. Federico, Kate/Gauthier, Tanner (CCU) 21-17, 21-14
4. Katinka Krahn/Alexa Richardson (STET) def. Djuric, Aleksandra/Ladewig, Shelby (CCU) 21-17, 21-13
5. Rebecca Ingram/Quinci Birker (STET) def. Nemeth, Anett/Eske, Kalin (CCU) 21-14, 21-16
Match Notes:
Coastal Carolina 20-10
Stetson 27-8; National ranking #8
Order of finish: Doubles (5,4,3,2,1);
ASUN Beach Volleyball Championship
