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2023 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Keiona Houser, CCU Digital Team
Bob McCool, Coastal Athletic Media Relations

3 Carli Ginther

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-7
  • Hometown Collegeville, Pa.
  • High School Methacton HS

Biography

2022 (Junior)

  • Recorded her 50th individual career win on the season
  • Was fifth on the team with 18 wins on the year, going 18-13 overall
  • Played primarily at the No. 4 (7-7) and No. 5 flights (11-6)
  • Teamed up with Raychel Ehlers to go 14-8 overall - 11-6 at No. 5 and 3-2 at No. 4
  • Went 4-5 on the season at the No. 4 flight alongside Emma Gonzalez
  • Tallied a season-high seven-match winning streak from March 12 to March 20
  • Ended the season on a three-match winning streak, including winning both of her matches at the 2022 C-USA Beach Volleyball Championship Tournament
  • Recorded wins on court No. 5 over nationally-ranked foes No. 18 South Carolina (April 15) and No. 13 FIU (April 29)


2021 (Sophomore)

  • Recorded an overall record of 24-8 on the season
  • Her 24 wins on the season were tied for the most on the season with Sarlota Svobodova
  • Played at the No. 3 (3-0), No. 4 (18-8), and No. 5 (3-0) flights on the year
  • Went 7-4 overall on the season at the No. 4 flight while playing alongside Emma Gonzalez
  • Recorded a record of 17-4 on the year with teammate Ellie Hanford
  • Went 3-0 at the No. 3 flight, 11-4 at No. 4, and 3-0 at No. 5 when paired up with Ginther
  • Turned in a season-high 11-match winning streak alongside Hanford from March 20 to April 7
  • Also tallied six consecutive wins from April 16 to April 24
  • Recorded a win at the No. 4 flight over No. 16 over No. 16 Stetson to start the season
  • Picked up three wins at the 2021 ASUN Beach Volleyball Championship Tournament, winning 21-7, 21-16 at the No. 4 flight versus Mercer (April 23), 13-21, 21-18, 15-10 against nationally-ranked No. 16 Stetson (April 23), and 19-21, 21-19, 15-6 over North Alabama (April 24)


2020 (Freshman) *Season Ended Early Due To Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic*

  • Posted a record of 9-1 on the season, going 8-0 at the No. 4 flight
  • Went a combined 8-1 with partner Kyla Manning, with all eight wins coming on court No. 4
  • Also went 1-0 with fellow freshman Irena Drobnjak, winning in straight sets at No. 3 in the 3-2 loss to UNCW (Feb. 22)
  • Eight of her nine wins on the season came in straight sets
  • Started the season with six-straight wins including two wins versus Catawba (Feb. 21), two over UNCW, and one each versus Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 28) and Nicholls State (Feb. 28) at the Blazer Beach Bash
  • Was on a three-match winning streak with wins over College of Charleston (March 7), Saint Leo (March 8), and Mercer (March 8) when the season abruptly ended
  • The lone loss of the year came at the No. 5 position against No. 18-nationally ranked Georgia State (March 7) at the CofC Beach Bash


High School

  • Lettered for four years at Methacton High School
  • Named to the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association All-District third team her senior year
  • A two-time PAC-10 Liberty Division first team athlete (junior and senior years)
  • Was a PAC-10 Liberty Division second team selection as a sophomore
  • Earned Pioneer Conference Athlete of the Week honors her senior season
  • Named the NBC Sports Fair Play Athlete of the Month in June 2018
  • Recorded 1,000-plus digs in just two seasons as the libero (junior and senior)
  • Led her high school team to the second round of the playoffs as a junior in 2017
  • Played club volleyball for East Coast Power, Synergy, and Stars and Stripes
  • A member of the National Art Honor Society
  • Honor roll student
  • Older sister, Erin, played tennis at Penn State Berks

Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2020Freshman

    5'7"
    12
  • 12

    2021Sophomore

    5'7"
    12
  • 3

    2022Junior

    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2023Senior

    5'7"
    3