KINGSVILLE, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor beach volleyball split opening day at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Beach Volleyball Tournament. The Cru dropped a 5-0 decision to tournament-host TAMU-Kingsville before beating East Texas Baptist University 4-1.
Ashley Salas and
Kelli Northup won Line 5 in both matches, earning a 21-17, 11-21, 15-13 over Division II opponent TAMUK before beating ETBU 21-12, 21-17.
Texas A&M-Kingsville 5, UMHB 0
- Ryland Polland/Kalani Vasquez (TAMUK) def. Aliana Rojas/Juliana Green (UMHB) 21-18, 21-19
- Grace Gettys/ Adrienne VanBrunt (TAMUK) def. Gracie Nichols/Kendall Harrington (UMHB) 21-18, 21-16
- Madelyn Wallace/Olivia Ziegler (TAMUK) def. Mindy Conger/Saige De La Fuente (UMHB) 21-10, 21-17
- Taylor McCarthy/Liana Huesca (TAMUK) def. Heidi Farrar/Faith Clark (UMHB) 21-14, 21-15
- Meghan Stiefer/Rylie Anderson (TAMUK) def. Ashley Salas/Kelli Northup (UMHB) def. 17-21, 21-11, 15-13
UMHB 4, ETBU 1
- Callie Humphrey/Bella Sigala (ETBU) def. Gracie Nichols/Kendall Harrington (UMHB) 21-16, 21-17
- Aliana Rojas/Juliana Green (UMHB) def. Shelby Adkins/Maddie McDonald (ETBU) 21-15, 21-15
- Heidi Farrar/Faith Clark (UMHB) def. Nadia Brockway/Mona Salgado (ETBU) 21-19, 20-22, 15-9
- Mindy Conger/Saige De La Fuente (UMHB) def. Bailee Kitchen/Sadie Blue (ETBU) 21-11, 21-8
- Ashley Salas/Kelli Northup (UMHB) def. Peyton Fredrick/Kyleigh Pate (ETBU) 21-12, 21-17
UMHB returns to action on Saturday, February 24th in a 9:00 a.m. match against East Texas Baptist followed by a 1:00 p.m. contest against Texas A&M - Kingsville.
